Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
I have tried to make successful corn bread several times throughout my life. Most of the time, this apparently easy bread just doesn’t turn out for me. For the past few Thanksgivings, I didn’t bother making it to avoid the embarrassment. Everywhere I read though, corn bread is supposed to be so easy that you […]
When a birthday rolls around and it’s time to bake a cake, I am usually on pins and needles. Will it turn out? After all, a birthday cake isn’t an everyday dessert. I’m usually baking the birthday cake the night before, or even the day of, so if it–dare I say–flops, then I am in […]
If you are regularly a cookie/cake home baker but have an adventurous spirit, try making custard-filled cream puffs! They are an elegant dessert to take to a party potluck and really not so bad in terms of difficulty. They just need a chunk of your time and attention. See my post on making the basic […]