Lazy Baker

Sigh. This weekend was not a good one. First off I didn't get any baking done, but that was mainly because I wasn't feeling great when I actually tried to get some done. Not good at all. I was planning on making chocolate chip cookies, but that failed at the attempt.

This week I will get those cookies done and I plan on making some chili too.
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Dried Cherry Crumb Cake

Mmm. Doesn't that sound yummy!? It looks so good when it's finally done. It's nice because it doesn't have any icing, so I can actually eat them.

Crumb muffins :)

I also made them Blueberry White chocolate muffins and macadamia nut cookies. But I don't ahave any pictures for those though. Sadly. This week has just flown by. This weekend I didn't really feel like baking but I'll most likely just pop some chocolate cookies into the oven tomorrow or maybe later tonight. 

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My Chocolate Chip Cookies

I haven't made chocolate chips in a loong time, and that's what the request was at work. "Can you make chocolate chip cookies?" Or anything with chocolate. I guess all the vanilla wasn't doing it for them anymore. Aren't they getting demanding? Haha.

My new mixer creaming the butter and sugar. 

Mmmm.... Cookie dough. Hard to see the chips though. 

Waiting to get into the oven =D

Perfecto!

I'm still planning on making 2 different kinds tomorrow. I'm a busy baker this weekend! White chocolate macadamia nut, and Toffee Pecan cookies!!! Good thing cookies take no time at all to make. =) 

Til tomorrow!

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Success!

I am terrible. I get so distracted by the food that I forget to take pictures!! I had wings again last night, and they were so yummy. I walked out afterwards and remembered that I was supposed to take a picture. Terrible, I know.

So I brought in my carrot cake to work, and got awesome reviews on it! I'm so happy. They keep asking me if I'm turning into a baker as a second job, and that I should look into it. Hmm a thought? Haha, I have thought about it. I just don't know. I could make it work. But where? I think I have to decide the location first. Right now, I'm just content baking (as it is a great stress reliever) and having people enjoy what I make and bring in.

Cookies next week!
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Carrot Cake!

I have this awful habit of baking late at night. I didn't finish this masterpiece until 12.30 am! I sadly didn't take as many pictures as I wanted to either, Tiz is failing at being my photographer while I'm baking, as I'm concentrating too hard.

I made a carrot cake, with cream cheese icing. I always have excessive amounts of icing left over, and this time I even cut the recipe in half! I'm not keen on huge amounts of icing anyways. I find it too sweet, even if I don't make it sweet. So, that's how I'm not going to turn into a fat baker, because I rarely eat anything I make. One or two here and there, but no more than that.

I really enjoyed making the icing, it was ridiculously easy and looks so cool when it's made. The carrot cake smelled divine as soon as I added in the cinnamon. Once it started baking, MM! Delish. It looked so gooood. (And I didn't have any problems with volcanic batter this time either. It was perfection.)

All in all, this was a complete success. No burnt edges or anything!! Or complete meltdowns on my part. I am known to be a complete mess in the kitchen ;)

Until next time!
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From Scratch Cupcakes & Cravings

So this past weekend I made my first "from-scratch" cupcakes, and they were a hit!!! Thank you, Magnolia Bakery cook-book.

I made the basic vanilla cupcake and vanilla buttercream frosting, with blue food colouring. I made the icing a little too liquidy, so it kept separating on me. Made a super cool "blue jean" colour, but not what I was going for. It also didn't keep it's shape well for me to decorate, it kind of slid off my cupcake before I could refrigerate them. Doesn't really matter because they tasted awesome. I will perfect them next time. I've made the necessary notes. My cookbook has been christened and is nice and smudged now. Hah.

It made it hard to get them even when they kept slipping.

Regular sized and minis!

My mom did this one, and because it was a bit warm, and

slippy icing, she kept yelling "It has SIDEBURNS!!"

It's the Elvis cupcake.

I also made Fettuccine Alfredo one evening for my brother, boyfriend and me. I got the recipe from my friend in BC, and it was YUMMY. It was kind of touch and go, but I figured it out. It tasted good, but I don't think I did it properly. I'll know better for next time. Also came to the realization that I don't really like alfredo sauce. I get tired of the flavour really fast. I'll probably make it a rose next time. Yum. I love pasta. Sadly, I didn't have time to take a picture of it... Too frazzled trying to make it. 

BUT tonight I finally satisfied my craving for fish and chips. The best fish and chip place is off Clark Blvd in Brampton, Heritage Fish and Chips. SOO GOOD. And reasonable prices. Topped off with lemon and tartar sauce, a nice cup of tea that comes in a tea-cosied pot (so British), and good company makes a perfect meal and night. 

I was being healthy and ordering the Greek side salad.

I ate my mom's chips though, gotta keep with a 

tradition!

Enjoy!

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Volcanic Loaves & Cupcakes

I've been baking like mad, (by mad, I really mean once a week) and I bring in the stuff to work. The guys all love me because I bring in free food. I get compliments on them so I'm happy. This week I start the "from-scratch" stuff. We shall see if the compliments still come in. Hah. I bought a cookbook that's just desserts, and I'm super excited to start baking from it. I can't wait. I can't wait to start decorating the cupcakes with actual homemade frosting/icing. It's so pretty and holds so many pretty famous desserts.

But for now, here's some random pictures of my not-yet-from-scratch baking.

Tiz got a little carried away when we made horse sugar cookies.

Cherry Chip mini cupcakes!! Yummy.

My exciting new cupcake liners!

Chocolate & Vanilla cupcakes with chocolate shavings

My disastrous loaf. It tastes amazing, but put to much batter 

in the pan and it volcano-ed on me. I cut off the top and

covered it in icing. :) 

More next time I bake for updates. I'm really loving all this time I have on my hands to bake!

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