Posts by pastrycake

Hi yall I love to give cookies tin as gifts.  I noticed that Cheryl's catalog online has cookies iced with buttercream.  Anyone knows how to make that kind so that it does not smear?  It looks fluffy and not...

I have made all 3 carrots from emeril's, bon appetit (without the glaze) and cooks illustrated cooks country cupcake version.   Every year I make a carrot cake for my coworkers birthday.   I have been emeril's recipe...

deltadude, Your recipe seems to have a lot of leavening for only 2 c of flour.  According the bakewise book, baking soda is 4x stronger than baking powder (which already has soda in it).  so, you are using 2 heaping tsp of...

Hey mudbug,  Just wanted to update that I gave your pancake recipe I try and it was delish! I also made the alton brown version and it was fluffy but kinda dense or thick tasting.  It is very similar to the cracker barrel...

I want to give home made gifts by giving out towers of goodies.. I plan to make white chocolate macadamia cookies with dried cherries, rum mini bundt cake, and perhaps something like gourmet popcorn or fancy chocolate covered...

Holiday baking spirit is in the air.  So, I am finally gonna make gingerbread cookies.. at least once I have a recipe. As far as food gifts,  I have made rugelach, sugar cookies, but never gingerbread man. This year I will...

I tried to make a rum cake from rosenbaum cake bible but I messed up and it was dry.   Would love to try the kahula cake but the recipe I found also calls for caramel vodka which I do not have.. anyone has a good kahula cake?

CARROT CAKE: 2 cups All-purpose Flour 2 teaspoons Baking Soda ½ teaspoons Salt 2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon 3 whole Large Eggs 2 cups Sugar ¾ cups Vegetable Oil ¾...

Need to make carrot cake cupake.  The cake form recipe calls for oil and the cupcake is butter.  How much mixing is needed when using oil recipe since difficult to tell.  do you even need to use a mixer?  Planning...

Hi, I failed twice making macarons..only was slightly successful once but most cracked. but, my biggest problem is the batter is too runny and spreads out when piped onto parchment. I aged my 3 eggs whites for a day, 2/3 c of almond...