As if I wasn’t doing enough, I have this whole Daring Bakers’ thing to keep doing…
The April 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Esther of The Lilac Kitchen. She challenged everyone to make a traditional British pudding using, if possible, a very traditional British ingredient: suet.
I was a bit concerned about this challenge as [...]
It snowed on Friday.
Yep, here in Austin, Texas, the flakes flew for about 15 minutes. Just long enough for half the adults in my office to run outside giggling. Weather is always interesting here, because instead it being part of the normal routine, anything other than 76 and sunny sort of makes people freak [...]
Man, I really love scones. There just aren’t enough places to get good scones in Texas. And I mean real scones, not the crazy sugary things Starbucks sells.
Side note: If you’re in Austin one place to get great scones is The Steeping Room at the Domain. They have about five thousand kinds of tea, [...]
Can you feel it? The air is just a little different today. This is a day for all of us. To give a smile to a stranger, to hold the door open just a little longer. To welcome your new neighbors with a plate of brownies.
What would you bring to the Obama family to help [...]
Ingredients:
2 1/2 c. cake flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 large eggs
1/3 c. buttermilk
1/4 c. canola oil
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 c. pureed strawberries
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together dry ingredients and set aside. Cream together butter and sugar, then add eggs one at a [...]
