Archive | June 2012

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Betty Baking With Jennifer Maesen

Betty Baking With Jennifer Maesen

Last week was a fun week full of cake baking and photo taking! My lovely and creative friend Jenn of Jennifer Maesen Photography was kind enough to come over from Pacifica to shoot some photos. Jenn’s goal is to capture life’s precious moments…one photograph at a time.  She loves creating beautiful art for clients which […]

A Day Making Puff Pastry and Palmiers

A Day Making Puff Pastry and Palmiers

This is what I spent 5 hours of my day making. 5 hours seems long ….but, I actually think I made good time; considering I got them done in under a week. I used a “quick puff pasty” recipe (FYI, I think it’s considered quick because it takes less than a day. But, it still […]

Battenberg Cake: June’s Daring Bakers’ Challenge

This month, Mandy of What The Fruitcake?! came to our rescue last minute to present us with the Battenberg Cake challenge! She highlighted Mary Berry’s techniques and recipes to allow us to create this unique little cake with ease. I found the video to be very helpful. I did spend I good amount of time […]

Pumpkin Loaf

Not much to say. Made the Pumpkin Walnut Loaf out of the Art and soul of Baking – minus the Walnuts. And then, I made it again. I like it best with cream cheese icing. I put some in the middle and then I put more right on top. Yum! (In my mind, the loaf […]