A seminar paper is due tomorrow? Time for a Mexican Chocolate Cake.
Kitchen is a mess from last night's (ok, and the night before last night's) dishes? Anzac cookies are just the thing; they only require one bowl, and I think there's a clean one around here somewhere...
It's a rare thing that I allow myself enough time to prepare for baking, and often find myself having to make do with whatever I have on hand, which is generally hoity-toity flours from Bob's Red Mill (teff, anyone?) and cans of pumpkin. And this is why I've had these vintage cookbooks for years and cooked nary a thing from them. But oh, my, they are pretty to look at.
A belated New Year's resolution: I will bake some scrumptious delight from these cookbooks for my next gathering. Procrastination baker's honor.
xoxox
Fancy
A belated New Year's resolution: I will bake some scrumptious delight from these cookbooks for my next gathering. Procrastination baker's honor.
xoxox
Fancy
I'll come to a gathering if you'll make that cream puff with chocolate sauce. At this very moment, Andrew is making me a birthday lemon tart. First, a nice juicy hamburger (my request of course).
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, I always wanted to make fondant. This was based on an illustration of a girl in a late '50s cookbook who had a blond ponytail, well manicured nails, and a pink and white striped full skirted dress who daintily held said fondant and had the following speech bubble next to her; "I'm very fond of fondant!" When I finally made it, it was mushy junk, which is partly no doubt a result of me not having known the difference between confectioner's sugar and granulated sugar. These pictures take me back...*sigh*
ReplyDeleteKaren, I love that story. There is just something about photos of desserts that make me so happy. I think it has a lot to do with worshipping Strawberry Shortcake and her pals as a kid. Clearly I should have named our cats Custard and Soufflé.
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