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Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My worst baking disaster was the first Valentine's Day my boyfriend (now husband) and I shared in NYC. We decided to "save money" by making dinner at home, including a red banana tiramisu from Todd English's dessert cookbook. The ingredients totaled about $75 (which would have bought us a very nice cake). The recipe was for individual cakes - instead we crammed the batter into one springform pan. When we tried to remove the outer ring after it had baked, the hinge snapped off due to the denseness of the cake. We tried to salvage it by adding the thick white chocolate frosting, but there was no way to even get a knife through it. Long story short, we ended up just grabbing bits of frosting off the top and then throwing the cake, pan and all, down the trash chute!
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Seriously Italian: Mint in Italian Cooking
My Sicilian mother's family sauce recipe includes lots of fresh mint (as well as basil). I never ate store-bought sauce growing up so I honestly had no idea that was odd until I started making it for my husband! We also put fresh mint in our lasagna and manicotti filling. It doesn't taste right any other way.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My worst baking disaster was the first Valentine's Day my boyfriend (now husband) and I shared in NYC. We decided to "save money" by making dinner at home, including a red banana tiramisu from Todd English's dessert cookbook. The ingredients totaled about $75 (which would have bought us a very nice cake). The recipe was for individual cakes - instead we crammed the batter into one springform pan. When we tried to remove the outer ring after it had baked, the hinge snapped off due to the denseness of the cake. We tried to salvage it by adding the thick white chocolate frosting, but there was no way to even get a knife through it. Long story short, we ended up just grabbing bits of frosting off the top and then throwing the cake, pan and all, down the trash chute!
Seriously Italian: Mint in Italian Cooking
Love this post. I'm not Italian (though my husband is) but I loves me some mint, so I'm thrilled to discover all these new-to-me ways to try it. Thanks!
Seriously Italian: Mint in Italian Cooking
Mint is widely used in Italian cooking, I thought this would have been fairly well known. I was introduced to using mint in Italian cooking when my husband's grandmother taught me how to make her chicken cacciatore.
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Every time I bake it's a disaster :)
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest baking success was making cinnamon buns.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest baking disaster was my sons first birthday cake that I tried to bake and I forgot the eggs... lol it was horrible flat gummy horrible! Thank you so much for the chance to win!
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Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
I like to try different candy recipes during the Christmas Holidays, so a few years ago, I found a recipe for homemade cherry chocolates. They were easy to make and tasted great, so I made a lot of them, for family and friends. Now, every Christmas they all want more of them, lol, which is fine, with me, they are easy to make and you can make them early in the season. They improve with age.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
my biggest success was making cream cheese pound cake it came out so perfect that its a request every year
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
Biggest success is when I make my Candy Bar Cheeskcake. Always turns out perfect. I have never had any horrifyingly bad experiences. So far, so good (knock on wood).
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
Let's just say that you cannot switch Baking Soda and Baking Powder in and out...you must use what the recipe calls for...*bleck*
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest baking success was the Baed Alaska I baked for my husband's second anniversary.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest success is my amazingly awesome Christmas dinners each and every year! I fix all of the traditional favorites and try 5 or 6 new recipes I have selected during the year for something special.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
baking mix and flour are not the same thing. the hockey pucks disguised as muffins that came out of my oven are proof of that.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest success would probably be pound cake and blondies as people always seem to love them. I don't have a big disaster story as I check and double check because I do worry about that. I did make a Scooby Doo cake once though that was adorable and tasty but a pain to decorate, I had never attempted that before.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest baking success was when I took a cake decorating class and made my daughter a birthday cake with a birds nest and a little bird. I think it turned out quite well.
Then there was the time I tried my luck at making roses on another cake and that didn't turn out to well.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
one time I was baking a quiche in the oven and it overflowed all over my oven ...Thats was not an easy mess to clean! I was so upset with myself, that I've never tried that recipe again.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest disaster is when I forget about what I am baki8ng and burn it. It happens about once every 3 months. My biggest success is my cakes. I have become really good at baking cakes and everyone seems to love them.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
I have a disaster about once a week whenever I end up burning something.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest downfall was my first attempt at baked beans, as a novice cook years ago: double the recipe and I must have doubled the time--results were hard, dry, and so stuck to the dish that rather than try to remove it I actually threw out the baking dish. And I was poor and never threw anything out, but this was BAD.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
The first time a made cookies in my apartment I used the broiler pan because I did not have a cookie sheet and I remembered my mom using some kind of cooking paper(yes I know now its parchment) I used wax. the wax melted and I tried scrapping it off. There were big black burnt stipes on the cookies. I still brought them in to work for our class bake sell. They sold like hot cakes. All the kids thought it was chocolate stipes.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
I recently made my first ever yeast coffee cake, and it turned out heavenly!
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
I found a great recipe for frosted sugar cookies and made them brought them to work. Everyone thought the were from a professional bakery they turned out so well!
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
i found a recipe in an old best desserts cookbook for my daughter's graduation party. I was so stressed out! The cinnamon rolls I made were compared to professional ones. It was certainly a miracle!
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
I found my go-to dessert that is quick and perfect. I make a key lime pie (only 4 ingredients) and sometimes I layer the bottom of the shell with frozen blueberries or raspberries (they must be frozen so they held their shape while the pie bakes) before I pour themizture on top.
A quick homemade whipped cream and everyone is thrilled.
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I've had a few disasters. Most of them involve forgetting whether or not I put in an ingredient or how much I put in. Lots of flat cakes.
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My Sicilian mother's family sauce recipe includes lots of fresh mint (as well as basil). I never ate store-bought sauce growing up so I honestly had no idea that was odd until I started making it for my husband! We also put fresh mint in our lasagna and manicotti filling. It doesn't taste right any other way.