Wednesday, April 16, 2008

I want to learn to bake too...

Not only am I wanting to learn to cook better, I also want to learn how to bake. Cooking and baking are two totally different animals.

With cooking it can be okay if you don't follow the recipe exactly or add more or less of something (with some exceptions like rice, it has to be 2:1 ratio no ifs, ands, or buts). With baking, if it calls for 1/4 teaspoon baking powder you better add 1/4 t... not 1/2 or 1/8. It is exact.

A few weeks ago Steven and I made cookies from scratch. They were very good.. and fun! I also want to learn how to bake a cake and make frosting from scratch. I'm sure it's not very hard. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with box mixes, but I'd like to try and make a cake myself.


So I'll get out my mixing bowl... but where did I put the measuring cup?



From LOL cats

7 comments:

Shelia said...

We want you to learn to bake too! Yum-o! And, you know, it's not just desserts -- there are lots of main dishes you can bake.

Tony Watson said...

Cornbread, cornbread, cornbread, and cornbread. These are four of the best projects to practice on.
Happy baking!

-Connie said...

Haha I like Daddy's advice on baking!

And I also like the new layout!!

Amanda said...

Thanks, I like it too. :-)

So... I was thinking... said...

It didn't take my comment from last night for some reason...

So, take two:

Yummy.... I have a recipe for cream cheese frosting. I will have to dig it out for ya and post it. Seems easy.

Also... let me know when you make some carrot cake, I will be happy to help eat it. :o)

-Connie said...

I was thinking about where I've seen good homemade cake recipes... And ya know who has some good ones?



Ina!! LOL!

Amanda said...

I know!! She has good pie and tart recipes too.

I was going to leave a long message, but I'll post about her tomorrow instead, lol.