http://www.bakingasweetlife.com Sun, 31 May 2009 22:16:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sometimes simple is best.  Probably more often than not, right? I have had an itch to make a sweet and simple 6" cake.  I thought an all-American classic of yellow cake with chocolate frosting would be perect! Unlike the past layer cakes I've done, I decided that this time I ... http://www.bakingasweetlife.com/2009/05/30/simple-cake/ I know this is a baking site.  This fact is not lost on me as I post this un-baked (savory, not sweet!) Thai coconut shrimp.  Charity and I are taking a hiatus from our SOB adventures and instead alternating picking ingredients and then making a recipe with that.  It can ... http://www.bakingasweetlife.com/2009/05/25/un-baking-thai-coconut-shrimp/ I like to think of myself as someone who embraces challenging recipes... and I think I usually am that person.  But this latest edition of SOB that Charity, of Sweet Charity Pie, and I bring you had me seriously procrastinating.  I was scared of laminated dough.  I mean really scared. ... http://www.bakingasweetlife.com/2009/03/20/pain-au-chocolat/ Chocolate peanut-butter macarons, to be exact :) This was the very first time I've ever attempted parisian macarons, and I've wanted to try to make them for a long long time. In our latest SOB installment, the pick was mine and I jumped on the chance to make these. Charity was ... http://www.bakingasweetlife.com/2009/02/10/sob-macarons/ In our latest SOB installment, Charity chose - and lemon curd it was!  I won't point out for too long that this was chosen around November or something (??) but with the holidays and other craziness, I just couldn't get on the ball.  But the New Year is well underway ... http://www.bakingasweetlife.com/2009/01/17/sob-returns-lemon-curd/ Oh my - was I excited about this one.  Here's the next installment of SOB starring Charity of Sweet Charity Pie and myself :) It was my pick this time, and although we both already did a creme brulee for Tuesdays with Dorie, and although we had just done a ... http://www.bakingasweetlife.com/2008/11/27/pumpkin-creme-brulee/ In our third SOB installment, Charity (of sweetcharitypie) and I bring to you vanilla ice cream!  I was surprised about a few things - 1. I had NO idea how many egg yolks went into ice cream 2. How bad for you the-real-thing-from-scratch ice cream really is for your arteries 3. How cream ... http://www.bakingasweetlife.com/2008/11/16/vanilla-ice-cream-from-scratch/ Like most things I attempt for the first (or second) time, the results are mediocre.  Sometimes I get lucky, and sometimes I get persistent.  The latter was the case with the truffles.  You see, Charity and I had chosen truffles to kick off our SOB baking bonanza.  I did the ... http://www.bakingasweetlife.com/2008/11/02/peanut-butter-chocolate-truffles-finally/ Dorie may have gotten it right this time.  I'm willing to consider changing my opinions.  These pumpkin muffins were everything she promised.  They were fantastic.  I had hoped these would be sweet - but not too sweet; perfect for breakfast with a little butter and maybe a dab of honey.  ... http://www.bakingasweetlife.com/2008/10/21/twd-pumpkin-muffins/ I alluded to it in my last post - this so called buddy baking project.  HOW EXCITING! Charity, as you'll soon meet, is my new blogging buddy, and together we're going to work our way through Sherry Yards "Secrets of Baking". This is a *fantastic* baking book with loads of ... http://www.bakingasweetlife.com/2008/10/20/the-scoop-on-the-sob/