baking

This is absolutely my favorite season for baking:  it's cold enough that running the oven for a couple hours adds some welcome heat, it's dark enough that there's nothing to beckon me outside and away from my kitchen, and it's forgiven enough to gain a couple pounds during the winter. So I've been experimenting with all sorts of new recipes!


My first ever frosted layer cake!

kind of looks like a big snowball

I only had one 10" pan and one 9" pan, so I "fudged" a little. (I have since bought a second 9" pan!)

What would Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry say?!

These cookies were the subject of an article in the WSJ. They lived up to all the praise! Amaze-balls.

I also made a delicious cranberry cake but forgot to take pictures.

I did, however, take a picture of the ugliest ginger bread cookies that have ever been baked on the face of this earth:

The first time America's Test Kitchen cookbook has handed me an utter fail.

Also a couple loaves of bread, two types of cranberry muffins (neither of which was anything to write home about), and some other stuff that was apparently quite forgettable.

So much fun! And so much YUM!!


Next up for this week: parker house rolls, foccaccia, and a long walk around the neighborhood to get some exercise! :)