tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67774268133858321152023-11-16T07:42:14.904-08:00Císte agus MilseáinCakes and Sweets
(for the most part)Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-54593794143306817372013-08-17T21:12:00.000-07:002013-08-17T21:12:02.829-07:00Pink Lemonade Cake <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I made King Arthur Flour's <a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/pink-lemonade-cake-recipe" target="_blank">Pink Lemonade Cake </a>for today's <a href="http://clandestinecakeclub.co.uk/" target="_blank">Clandestine Cake Club</a> event. I thought the recipe was well written but did have to adjust the baking time (the recipe read 25-35 minutes, but it was closer to 50 minutes for me). The cake had a nice crumb and was not too dense, but also not particularly light, which I was hoping for as this was a summery cake. The icing was easy to make, but I had to double the batch to make enough to properly ice and decorate the cake. I made it in two separate batches, I cut back on the lemon juice in the second batch because it was a bit intense. Overall, I think the cake was well received. I would recommend the recipe.<br />
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The event was really fun. This month's host is house sitting a mansion with beautiful views! I'll include some photographs below, as well as some photographs of the other cakes.<br />
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<br />Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-32065693949269534612013-08-16T17:39:00.000-07:002013-08-16T17:39:05.168-07:00Hello!Wow, has it been a long time since I've written an update. My apologies for that. Life has been, shall we say, overwhelming. We moved back to Arizona, my dog broke a canine tooth and needed a root canal and titanium crown, then developed pancreatitis, then I had to have two root canals retreated, all while raising a toddler, trying to settle in and search for a job! While all that was happening I organized the Phoenix chapter of the Clandestine Cake Club (read about it here: <a href="http://clandestinecakeclub.co.uk/">http://clandestinecakeclub.co.uk/</a>).<br />
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I had read about the Clandestine Cake Club on NPR's blog in May of this year: (<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/07/181932121/why-britain-has-gone-mad-about-baking" target="_blank">Why Britain Has Gone Mad About Baking</a>). I went to the website and saw that you could create a club in your area. I contacted Lynn Hill, the woman who started it all and got the <a href="http://clandestinecakeclub.co.uk/groups/phoenix-arizona/" target="_blank">Phoenix Chapter</a> set up. In July we had our first event with ten attendees. The theme for July was chocolate. I decided to make a recipe from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Roses-Heavenly-Cakes-Rose-Beranbaum/dp/0471781738/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376699052&sr=1-1&keywords=heavenly+cakes" target="_blank">Rose's Heavenly Cakes</a>, <a href="https://www.miette.com/pickup/cakes/vanilla-tomboy.html" target="_blank">Miette's Tomboy</a>. <a href="https://www.miette.com/" target="_blank">Miette</a> is a bakery is San Francisco. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The cake had a nice crumb and a deep dark chocolate flavor. While I liked the flavor of the vanilla mousseline that was in the book recipe, I found making it bothersome. It ends up being just an Italian meringue icing. It is the cake with the pink icing. The icing recipe didn't make a sufficient amount for proper decorating, so I filled the layers with a raspberry filling. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Our next <a href="http://clandestinecakeclub.co.uk/groups/phoenix-arizona/events/" target="_blank">event</a> is tomorrow. The theme is summer cakes, flavors and recipes that you associate with summer parties, picnics and BBQs. I've made a <a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/pink-lemonade-cake-recipe" target="_blank">Pink Lemonade Cake</a> from King Arthur Flour. I'll do a write up on that after tomorrow's event! </span></span>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-58105438394245240802012-10-01T19:01:00.003-07:002012-10-01T19:01:39.884-07:00Adjusting to Motherhood and Triple Cinnamon SconesI know I haven't made an update in a few months and I apologize for that. New motherhood is wonderful and overwhelming, amazing and heartbreaking... all at the same time. We gave birth to a beautiful little boy on June 12, 2012. He is incredible and beautiful. We are so in love. I can hardly bear to be away from him to go to work (that's the heartbreaking part). It's amazing to watch him grow and change.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Three months old</span></i></div>
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As you can imagine, I haven't had a lot of time to try out any new recipes. Of course, I've been whipping up my old standards because I can do those with my eyes closed... and with a newborn, many things are done with your eyes half open (it is possible to nap in the shower). <br />
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Now, our son is almost 4 months old and I was able to try out a new recipe while his grandparents were visiting. Yippee! <br />
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You're going to want to print out this recipe and make it. Trust me.<br />
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These scones are melt in your mouth delicious. Great with a hot cup of tea, as breakfast or dessert, as a snack with one eye open peering over the edge of a crib to see if a wee little one is sleeping yet as you try to sneak out of the room quietly.<br />
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I found the recipe on the King Arthur Flour website, <a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/triple-cinnamon-scones-recipe">Triple Cinnamon Scones</a>. The recipe is easy to follow and they are generous enough to provide substitutes if you don't want to order the specific product they're featuring in the recipe. I like that about the company. I tend to buy their products because they are great quality and reasonably priced, but sometimes I don't want to wait for my order to come in the mail to try something out. Sometimes, I want to make most of the recipe from scratch. <br />
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I loved patting out the batter on the counter and shaping it with my hands. There is something about making baked goods with your hands that is so satisfying.<br />
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The filling for these is amazing. I could have eaten it out of the bowl with a spoon. <br />
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The batter has cinnamon chips, the filling has cinnamon and the glaze has cinnamon as well. So so so yummy.<br />
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Trust me, you want to follow the link above, print this out and get to baking. This is a perfect brunch recipe for Autumn. It's perfect for a rainy afternoon with a good book. Just bake it!<br />
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It's a snowy Saturday morning. I woke up early. Partly because Dougal wanted to go out and eat breakfast and partly because I can't get comfortable in bed in the morning.<br />
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I haven't felt much like baking most of my pregnancy (26 weeks today; we're having a boy!). I haven't had any crazy cravings, although I did go through a bagel with veggie cream cheese and a giant glass of Simply Orange orange juice phase. I also craved blueberry muffins from Dunkin' Donuts for a while. When we went to the grocery the other night, the strawberries and blueberries looked so beautiful that I placed a bunch in the cart. Last night I suddenly wanted homemade blueberry muffins.<br />
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I looked through my favorite book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Soul-Baking-Sur-Table/dp/0740773348">The Art and Soul of Baking</a> by Cindy Mushet for Sur La Table (I know I've mentioned it before, because I love it so!) and found a recipe for Blueberry Upside-Down Muffins. I've tweaked it a little based on the ingredients I had in the kitchen this morning, so I'll put the recipe below.<br />
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I just ate one hot from the over. Oh. My. Even the molten blueberry juice couldn't stop me. <br />
SO GOOD! Not just good, but melt in your mouth you may want to eat the whole platter of them yourself while hiding in the pantry so no one knows you made them good. I'm going to try to save some for my husband, but I may have to hide them and keep them to myself. <br />
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<u>Blueberry Upside-Down Muffins</u> <i>adapted from The Art and Soul of Baking for Sur La Table by Cindy Mushet</i><br />
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Makes 12 muffins.<br />
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Dry Ingredients:<br />
2 cups all purpose flour<br />
2/3 cups sugar<br />
2 teaspoons baking powder<br />
1/2 teaspoon baking soda<br />
1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg <br />
pinch of salt<br />
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Wet Ingredients:<br />
3/4 stick of unsalted butter<br />
1 tsp. of lemon extract<br />
2/3 cup of vanilla Greek yogurt<br />
2 large eggs, at room temperature<br />
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1/2 pint of blueberries<br />
18 teaspoons of brown sugar<br />
2 tablespoons of lemon juice<br />
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Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 12 cup muffin pan well. <br />
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Whisk the dry ingredients together in a large bowl and set aside.<br />
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Melt the butter and lemon extract together in a small sauce pan. Remove from heat and at the yogurt. If the mixture feels tepid, add the 2 eggs and vanilla and whisk together.<br />
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Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour the mixture of wet ingredients into the well in the dry ingredients. Stir together with a rubber spatula until there are no more pools of liquid and the batter looks fairly smooth (a little lumpy is ok). Set aside.<br />
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In the muffin pan, fill each cup with 1 1/2 teaspoons of brown sugar, sprinkled evenly over the bottom of each cup. Sprinkle a 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice over the brown sugar in each cup. Place an even layer of blueberries over the brown sugar/lemon juice mixture. Cover with muffin batter.<br />
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Bake for 18-20 minutes. When you remove the muffins from the oven the tops should be lightly golden and firm to the touch. Carefully place a platter over the muffin pan and flip the pan over (muffin pan will be upside down, platter right side up). Be careful because the blueberry juice will be piping hot and steamy.<br />
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Voila!<br />
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I purchased a <a href="http://www.surlatable.com/product/PRO-670836/Wilton-Standard-Doughnut-Pan">Wilton doughnut </a>pan at Thanksgiving and have just gotten around to trying it out. It worked out really well! The doughnuts were soft, warm and delicious! The pan comes with a simple recipe for both the batter and the glaze. I recommend using a piping bag to fill the tray.<br />
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I just started a new job in October and decided to bring a treat in for my training group. I made the Cinnamon Crown cake.<br />
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It is a beautiful cake that stays moist and has a delicate flavor. Perfect for breakfast or dessert. It calls for applesauce and I was lucky enough to have made homemade applesauce for the first time this year. I froze a large quantity of it and was able to use it in the recipe.<br />
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It has a lovely contrast of color when you slice it. Sadly, I didn't not get any photographs of the inside before it was gone. To say the least, it was well received and there was nothing left to bring home!<br />
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Next week I'm going to try making baked doughnuts for the first time. I bought myself a doughnut pan the week of Thanksgiving when I was buying new muffin pans for the cloverleaf rolls for our holiday dinner.<br />
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For now, I'm off to ice a cake and then maybe a nap. A nap sounds wonderful. Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-61269660180884756102011-11-24T15:58:00.000-08:002011-11-24T15:58:31.999-08:00Apple Streusel Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWmMtN_KL9Lz1leg7jzWky8_HkDIOQmWG9o_dFYydz9TG8knLeLBEI4jzSocfaJrnTgLP_Oub5j5Q6nkjXlBoGq4Rhr2RmQ8D4why9j_G4V2ycDSuaVuZ8INECcwmJbYYO0khpCMlc6A/s320/DSC02126.JPG" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I told you that I had a few posts up my sleeve! Here is the first, apple streusel cake. In September, if you recall, I went apple picking with my friend Mary. I picked a half bushel of apples. I made 4 pans of apple crisp, crock pot apple sauce (which I used in my next blog post) and then when we were sick of the apple crisp, I made this cake. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><a name='more'></a><br />
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I have two recipes to write for you and I will try to do that this week as I have some time off!Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-62679983841412167412011-10-04T08:52:00.000-07:002011-10-04T08:52:53.035-07:00Apple crisp.One of my favorite things about being back home is the season of Autumn. It is another beautiful rainy autumn day here. I know, I know, it sounds odd, but after living in the desert for almost eight years, I'm happy to see the rain. This morning I woke up to the sound of it pouring. What a wonderful sound!<br />
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A couple of weeks ago I went apple picking with my dear friend, Mary. It was a rainy day but that didn't stop us from grabbing a red wagon and heading out in to the orchard. I picked a half bushel and arrived home trying to decide what to do with all these baking apples (Cortland). I made slow cooker applesauce (only to find out my husband doesn't like applesauce). I made several apple crisp (because I found out my husband is crazy about apple crisp). Lastly, I made a cake (which will be the next blog post).<br />
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For some reason, I forgot my camera that day. The orchard was wet from the rain and nearly vacant. There was a little bit of fog in the non-orchard trees and a little dog named Mr. Spot that followed us for awhile. Next time, I'll remember the camera. <br />
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I made the applesauce the next morning, letting it simmer in the slow cooker for eight hours, filling the house with one of my favorite autumn scents. Later in the day I started on the apple crisp, which is incredibly simple. Four large apples, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, flour, oats and brown sugar. Wonderful straight from the oven.<br />
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I can't wait to carve pumpkins and roast pumpkin seeds! September, October and November are my favorite months each year. Next week, we'll take a drive up north to see the foliage. <br />
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Next up: Apple Streusel CakeBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-79939345875909116442011-09-26T14:52:00.000-07:002011-09-26T14:52:17.438-07:00Pavlova!I was watching Barefoot Contessa on Food Network the other day. She was making a mixed berry pavlova and it looked incredible and light. I made it yesterday. One word: divine.<br />
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I used her recipe, <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/mixed-berry-pavlova-recipe/index.html">here</a>. Her instructions are always clear, which makes whipping this up a breeze. I think it would be perfect for a summer treat or a ladies tea. Since we seem to be having an Indian summer here in New England this week, I thought it would be perfect... and it was!<br />
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I did not modify the pavlova itself in any way, but I did not make the triple raspberry sauce. I used blueberries, strawberries and raspberries and mixed them with Splenda, allowing the mix to sit overnight, refrigerated. It created a light syrup on its own.<br />
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This dessert melts in your mouth. The sweetness of the berries and the slight crunch of the meringue with the cloud of whipped cream is wonderful. I love the lightness of it.<br />
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The recipe is very easy, I promise! <br />
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If you try it out, let me know! I'd love to hear what everyone thought of it. This is the first time I've made or eaten pavlova and I will definitely make it again. <br />
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Next up: Apple Crisp!Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-66568431921241456942011-09-08T11:39:00.000-07:002011-09-08T11:39:37.882-07:00I'm home!We're finally settled in to our new east coast home, happily. I haven't started back to work yet, but I have an interview next week. T started his new job on Tuesday.<br />
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I used to say that I didn't think I could stay home all day. Even if I won the lottery, I would work, but after having been home all week, I've changed my mind. I've gotten so much done and am so relaxed. As soon as I get everything accomplished on my list: living room curtains hung, cleaning, dog walking and the gym; I'll get back to baking up a storm.<br />
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This weekend I'm throwing a birthday/welcome to the east coast party for T. I'll be making seven layer bars and his favorite birthday cake (yellow with chocolate icing). We'll be grilling hamburgers and hot dogs on T's birthday gift. Nothing fancy, but it should be fun! <br />
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It will be great to see my friends that I've been 2700 miles away from for the bast 7 1/2 years.<br />
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In other news... it never ceases to amaze me all the things you find you need when you move into a new place. I've been living in my own place (with or without roommates/family) since I was 17 and still, we didn't have things we needed. We have less cupboard space here than we anticipated. I have to say though, I would have missed out on this sweet pie safe if we'd had enough cupboards.<br />
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One last picture, of my pup, Dougal, on his cross country ride. He usually doesn't like car rides, which is a rarity in dogs. He did amazingly well! Look at him, so chill. Having him in my life has made all the difference. I can't imagine a day without his fuzzy face. Please check out the new page for adoptable pets! <br />
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This is one of those disappointing moments. This is that recipe. I'm not going to post the recipe. I want to work with it an improve it.<br />
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As you know, we live in Arizona, currently (we move two weeks from today! YIPPEE!). It's HOT. Not your normal summer, I need to get to the beach or a pool hot. This is hell... or what one imagines hell to feel like. It's 110 degrees or more most days, if it drops below that, everyone thinks it's a cold front, even when it is still 109 degrees. The pool is NOT refreshing, it's like an hot tub without the bubbles. There is not escaping the scorching sun when you step outside because most trees don't grow tall enough here to provide any real shade. Breathing causes you to break out in a sweat. I use SPF 70 sunblock every day, multiple times a day and still somehow have a bit of a tan. GROSS.<br />
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I was excited about this recipe, frozen = cool and peanut butter... well, I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER!<br />
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I carefully followed the instructions, creaming ingredients...<br />
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Combining the two concoctions and delicately placing them in a prepared Oreo cookie crust. <br />
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It tasted like a salt lick and barely any peanut butter flavor. Disgusting really. I was, to say the least, disappointed.<br />
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We had to throw it out. It was inedible.<br />
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So, sometimes, recipes are not all they're cracked up to be. I will tweak this a bit and maybe try it again... or maybe I won't. It sounds like a nice idea, but perhaps I'll stick with pies that actually have to be baked!<br />
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In other news, last day of work is this coming Friday! Woo! On the move the Sunday after that! Can't wait to get back to the east coast. I'm looking forward to lots of cool weather baking and Autumn.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-89829943834440165372011-08-03T12:03:00.000-07:002011-08-03T12:10:27.070-07:00I hate and love summer.Summer is wonderful for fresh produce and grilling and getting my skin to stop being quite so translucent. Unfortunately for B in AZ and, more surprisingly, for me in NY, summer is just too hot for baking. Every time I turn on the oven I find myself praying to be delivered from hell. I live in an attic apartment with my husband (who, during the summer, seems to run disappointingly hot) and if we don't have our one window AC running, I could practically cook a loaf of bread by simply mixing the dough and leaving it in a pan for a couple of hours. The midwest gave us a heat wave a few weeks ago and it's just now starting to cool enough to think about baking. I'm dying to do custard again; it just tasted so good and it's a great chilled dessert. But I've had peaches in the fridge and I've hidden the gingersnaps from the hubby and as much as I'm craving custard, I know what's next.<br /><br />Peach pie with a gingersnap crust, only days away.Bridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11959774571378051043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-33578143192074144312011-07-15T20:19:00.000-07:002011-07-15T20:19:08.856-07:00Stuff and nonsense.I haven't been baking much. There is so much to do and to be honest, it's hotter than hell here. We're in the height of monsoon season and we had a haboob last week! It was massive! (I'm not explaining, you'll just have to Google that one!)<br />
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<ul><li>I gave my notice at work on Monday. That felt amazing. Seriously amazing. Four more weeks of work and then I am done. </li>
<li>We have to go through our spare bedroom this weekend. It's time to sort through the things we own and determine what is really necessary. It's amazing how quickly we accumulate things. </li>
<li> I need to download some Neil Gaiman and Kurt Vonnegut books for my Kindle. It looks like we have five solid days of driving back east, so I'll be needing some entertainment. </li>
<li>We need some new tunes for the ol' iPods. (Recommendations welcome!)</li>
<li>Packing. Oh holy crap. I hate this part. I hate having my life segregated in to label boxes and chucked all over the place. </li>
<li>Address changes, turning services off, turning services on. </li>
<li>Keeping the doggie calm. I have to make sure he's ok with the move. He's a sensitive boy. I have a feeling I'll be riding in the back seat with him most of the journey. </li>
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I guess that sums up the next six weeks or so. We are so excited... beyond excited really.<br />
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A new chapter and lots of adventure! Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-59450154941272714652011-07-06T11:58:00.000-07:002011-07-06T11:58:07.115-07:00More big news!We've been approved on the place we put a deposit on! Woohoo, we have an address!!! I also had a brief preliminary interview this morning with a full phone interview on Friday. If I make it past the phone interview I may need to fly home for an in office interview on Tuesday. Eep, that will be pricey! The start date would be while we are driving cross country. <br />
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Fingers crossed that it all works out!Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-62988527606377857412011-07-04T06:56:00.000-07:002011-07-04T06:56:48.618-07:00Big news!On the baking front there is nothing new to report. It is far to hot (117 degrees F just the other day) to turn on the oven in our wee kitchen. I've mostly made no bake recipes like coconut cream pie.<br />
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I'd like to introduce you all to my friend Lisa. She has just started a blog called <a href="http://kissin-frogz.blogspot.com/">Kissin' Frogz</a> about her misadventures in trying to find a date and dating. It is charming and funny, a great read over all. It often makes me laugh as well as making me appreciate being married! Follow her and show her some love!<br />
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Our big news is that we have plans to move east on 20. August 2011. We've sent a deposit on a place to live and are just waiting to hear if we've been approved. We've given notice that we're moving to our current rental company (No, shockingly, we don't live in a house, but a two bedroom apartment we've outgrown. We just couldn't commit to living here.) Two weeks from today, we'll give notice one month notice at work (as such, I'm not sharing this post on Facebook or Twitter). <br />
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It should be five fun filled days of the three of us in the car driving 2,700 miles. Our dog, Dougal, hates riding in the car and cries most of the time. I'm currently researching ways to make him more comfortable.<br />
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We're very excited and scared but feel is the best thing for us. We'll arrive just in time for autumn! I can't wait for a white Christmas. New England, here we come!<br />
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A few notes on recipes from other countries:<br />
<ul><li>Be sure to convert the temperature. This recipe calls for 220 degrees, but that is in Celsius. I baked this at about 430 degrees Fahrenheit. </li>
<li>Measuring... I use a scale. The recipe uses ounces, but as we know, 8 ounces of liquid can be quite a different amount than 8 ounces of flour. I can not stress enough the importance of a good kitchen scale. I am lucky that our friend, S, gave a wonderful scale as a wedding gift. I use it so often that I don't know how I got along without one before. </li>
<li>Patience. I am baking this bread for the second time this morning. I made some miscalculations, though slight, that really botched up the first round last night. Try, try again! We'll have nice warm fresh from the oven bread for breakfast this morning. Who can complain about that. </li>
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This bread is everything I loved about Ireland. It's warm and inviting, sweet and lovely. It has soft texture and amazingly buttery flavor. It is incredible warm with jam or room temperature with a thick soup or stew. It goes with almost any meal. I especially love it with Guinness and beef stew or lamb stew.<br />
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After what was to be a relaxing four day weekend for us turned out to be anything but relaxing, it is so nice to sit down with a cup of <a href="http://www.barrystea.com/">Barry's Irish tea</a> and a couple of slices of this bread with some black raspberry jam and relax. <br />
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One day we will go back to Ireland (just the other night we were telling friends that we would love to live there). One day I will have this bread there, again.<br />
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For now, I will make this a family tradition. Saturday and Sunday mornings it will be on our breakfast table with jam.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-69865063448954594952011-06-17T15:24:00.000-07:002011-06-17T15:27:05.699-07:00It's that time of year again!Yep, time for the charity bake sale at work. I spent all day yesterday baking, taste testing and packing my items. I pared it down a bit from previous years. I made seven layer bars (they're always a big seller), mini coconut cream pies with graham cracker crusts, cranberry cheesecake bars and lemon blossoms. This last item is new for me.<br />
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T's father made them and brought them to Maine last year for pre and post wedding gatherings. They were so delicious and lemony. They reminded me of glazed cake doughnut wholes. He sent me this <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/lemon-blossoms-recipe/index.html">recipe</a> from Paula Deen. I thought this was a family recipe, made from scratch, but it's not. It uses cake and pudding mix. I prefer recipes that don't use mixes. They are delicious though and if you're in a bit of a hurry, they don't take too long to make. The recipe makes about five dozen. Great for a big family picnic or fourth of July party!<br />
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I had today off from work, so I dropped off the goodies for the bake sale this morning. I hope everything sold well and money was raised for <a href="http://www.stvincentdepaul.net/">St. Vincent de Paul Charity</a>.<br />
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Up next? This weekend I'm going to make the bread I've been raving about because my flour came in Tuesday!Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-86057623740138189452011-06-09T19:42:00.000-07:002011-06-09T19:42:28.237-07:00Banoffee Pie!We had this delicious pie our last night in Galway. It is a banana and toffee pie that can be made with either a graham cracker crust or a regular pie crust. I decided to use a basic graham cracker crust. I found the filling recipe at <a href="http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/05/mini-banoffee-pies-from-talia-christine.html">A Beautiful Mess</a>. The filling was the right flavor but consistency wise a bit off from what we had. It should be creamier. Next time, I think I will try making this <a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Banoffee-Pie-Classic">recipe</a>, from <a href="http://saveur.com/">Saveur.com</a>.<br />
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I think this is a great summer recipe because it requires no oven time and it is served cold. I love cold desserts in the summer! It is rich, so a small piece will satisfy and not leave you with that heavy feeling in your tummy. <br />
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In other news... I finally was able to get the recipe for the bread I've been pining over that we had in Ireland. I e-mailed the bed and breakfast owner that we stayed with in Dingle, <a href="http://www.anspeice.com/">An Spéice</a>. She was kind enough to e-mail me the recipe and I've ordered the required flours from <a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/">King Arthur Flour</a>. I should be receiving my order this week! We are going to have this bread all weekend! Yum!Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-61168172990036090402011-05-21T22:22:00.000-07:002011-06-17T17:55:38.527-07:00Ballymaloe Brown Bread... still not the right bread.I am still in search of the bread we had in Ireland every morning. Considering that every where we went served it with every meal, you wouldn't think it would be so hard to find a recipe. I tried the recipe for <a href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Ballymaloe-Brown-Bread-15632">Ballymaloe Brown Bread</a> for <a href="http://epicurious.com/">epicurious.com</a>. While delicious, it's not the right bread. I will make it again though. It's simple, only requiring one rise and no kneading. It has a nice crust and was fantastic warm with some nice <a href="http://www.kerrygold.com/usa/index.php">Kerrygold Irish butter</a>.<br />
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In other news, I bought myself a little tea pot. It's not a kettle. You heat the water before you put it in. You leave the teabag in it, allowing it to steep. Every time I had tea in Ireland (is this getting old yet?) it was served this way and for some reason seemed to taste better than any tea I've ever had. A teaspoon of sugar, bit of milk and you're in for a treat! <br />
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On my way through the mall, I passed Williams-Sonoma and decided that today was the day. I was going to go in there, pay more than I probably should, and leave with the NordicWare Teacake pan I had been coveting for ages. If I was coming back to work on Sunday, I was coming back full of tiny, tiny cakes.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3L9NtsJRgad3Kv6QFM2MQFarnoDWACjN9j2T_97jdfFXXLr8sMvgAd4iaYv1zKDkJA9U_9t053cHN3XDg3RMqZUpAVxbNYpWQ0_f1Skb6pPyCxiVZT0EpccCJi1ae5mYUwUc7z4kUBg/s1600/DSCN2738.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3L9NtsJRgad3Kv6QFM2MQFarnoDWACjN9j2T_97jdfFXXLr8sMvgAd4iaYv1zKDkJA9U_9t053cHN3XDg3RMqZUpAVxbNYpWQ0_f1Skb6pPyCxiVZT0EpccCJi1ae5mYUwUc7z4kUBg/s320/DSCN2738.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609173646384670866" border="0" /></a><br /><a name='more'></a><br />The pan came with a recipe that I gladly used, this being my first time making itty bitty cakes. I'll own up: I overfilled the wells, something I'm prone to doing. My muffins often come out abnormally large. Owning up again: I used the almond adaptation of the recipe, which adds almond extract along with the vanilla, but in order to not be under-almonded, I cut 1/3 c. of the flour and used 1/3 c. almond meal instead. They still came out pretty!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY19MAvYiZb5w6dJKgOGQHV8fxOR6mvZBUPFU1owzeEB0wBzWEBORqbkhhmbOoLGwFfFc6472wuFDmqoipSuEPsVjC0rPCGa_ZUFYmPPzrsvWrJNWZxQsjYIkwJ9eMWTCAm0M5Dckuy0Q/s1600/DSCN2741.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY19MAvYiZb5w6dJKgOGQHV8fxOR6mvZBUPFU1owzeEB0wBzWEBORqbkhhmbOoLGwFfFc6472wuFDmqoipSuEPsVjC0rPCGa_ZUFYmPPzrsvWrJNWZxQsjYIkwJ9eMWTCAm0M5Dckuy0Q/s320/DSCN2741.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609173919170565874" border="0" /></a><br />The recipe also included directions for an egg white and confectioners sugar glaze/icing but I figured that since I'm already deviating, why not go farther? I love apricot with almond so I made a little apricot glaze and dipped my little cakes in headfirst.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGmlzkph_K7121I8u3Nrz2MgWVmbabKmNs5LiaIcKdCuCPmN3KL5WHJnPWjMdFXRcbYfvTYLZlNImisdQgd3GFz6Xbl_Riz8_hKYHEKit7AfwGOjyiOwg2NwSfZY21kiVxHoaI0y-RJ8/s1600/DSCN2742.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGmlzkph_K7121I8u3Nrz2MgWVmbabKmNs5LiaIcKdCuCPmN3KL5WHJnPWjMdFXRcbYfvTYLZlNImisdQgd3GFz6Xbl_Riz8_hKYHEKit7AfwGOjyiOwg2NwSfZY21kiVxHoaI0y-RJ8/s320/DSCN2742.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609174084071655362" border="0" /></a><br />There are few better ways to wrap up a bad day than with apricot glazed almond teacakes and a cup of Sleepytime Vanilla.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmd-RpLGkGtWmyZvTjH6-XPxnz8rVEklUIUN3N0TnpiOChJSmjVMJ96-qdF46achXyp1YIInPMXKOdnwvjQKzT_XuNqDRD7e9uPgM_7npNGggSxJWP_vSR3c2pZLvNNv_oQgjMDR2wEe8/s1600/DSCN2744.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmd-RpLGkGtWmyZvTjH6-XPxnz8rVEklUIUN3N0TnpiOChJSmjVMJ96-qdF46achXyp1YIInPMXKOdnwvjQKzT_XuNqDRD7e9uPgM_7npNGggSxJWP_vSR3c2pZLvNNv_oQgjMDR2wEe8/s320/DSCN2744.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609174234403249106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyH-9bxCUUBe8OsEixc5z7U5pAd90n6S_KUAW9PmTpetK4k2QFM1pNC83CvoopNw-lQVE__8ZXjJpf_Wa2DfjFMBlxwD4KVJYTS6lnwkzmt-n142CW_Ikm0CdVfkvM47L8Vz_1TpvJNM/s1600/DSCN2745.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyH-9bxCUUBe8OsEixc5z7U5pAd90n6S_KUAW9PmTpetK4k2QFM1pNC83CvoopNw-lQVE__8ZXjJpf_Wa2DfjFMBlxwD4KVJYTS6lnwkzmt-n142CW_Ikm0CdVfkvM47L8Vz_1TpvJNM/s320/DSCN2745.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609174421458757138" border="0" /></a>Bridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11959774571378051043noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-34795838077669801372011-05-16T15:52:00.000-07:002011-05-16T16:09:37.491-07:00Fluffy Pink Bunny CakeI am pretty sure that my ridiculousness knows no bounds. Just because something is made to look ridiculous, though, is no reason that it shouldn't also be delicious. Case in point, the Fluffy Pink Bunny cake.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPd28-YJSsyQAP3FR_ce2Hdv-FQfVBOY4hBmTcqmNmexDmX8lpxzkbPmBNz597kZKKyM5oeomY4y5n2em6bGyBVOarDaLbGoEIwlCjELZy7iA_miv4_nnnGk5451Jncu-k5XStx6Q3OUc/s1600/DSCN2648.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPd28-YJSsyQAP3FR_ce2Hdv-FQfVBOY4hBmTcqmNmexDmX8lpxzkbPmBNz597kZKKyM5oeomY4y5n2em6bGyBVOarDaLbGoEIwlCjELZy7iA_miv4_nnnGk5451Jncu-k5XStx6Q3OUc/s320/DSCN2648.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607451173859377426" border="0" /></a><br /><a name='more'></a><br />Cakes covered in dyed coconut are usually Betty Crocker boxed mixes coated in canned frosting, right? Well, as I [sometimes] say, go big or go home. This is a devil's food cake from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Soul-Baking-Sur-Table/dp/0740773348">The Art and Soul of Baking</a>, a brilliant wedding gift from B. I started with a heart-shaped pan for the face.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTN-LBJi1YiDDcOwy1tL2shIDimaQMxGlg-1vIemyTb1pRomlqyq9g2MflxXEBQgf6VtMCRzMz85-7nPXt5TzRwVMe3-18cX-VqOQaORQ3Hn7DQ8p6VO2jHJDUmRvhNH4x2rtKfR-AgQU/s1600/DSCN2637.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTN-LBJi1YiDDcOwy1tL2shIDimaQMxGlg-1vIemyTb1pRomlqyq9g2MflxXEBQgf6VtMCRzMz85-7nPXt5TzRwVMe3-18cX-VqOQaORQ3Hn7DQ8p6VO2jHJDUmRvhNH4x2rtKfR-AgQU/s320/DSCN2637.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607453729261887506" border="0" /></a>Then I cut ears from a round.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzmzKyguTtOSH2Se6rqKcD16wBKPD4CboMzkGL2ri6V9cCHr1t6dUTkxT0eFPZS_DBZ8yh8VBMl8AWhEZRqPonSp6Li-tSSmg6Q91FoCq7FRc_6ESSUTEcJRfCtEvON5qrKLI9rly5Xg/s1600/DSCN2641.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzmzKyguTtOSH2Se6rqKcD16wBKPD4CboMzkGL2ri6V9cCHr1t6dUTkxT0eFPZS_DBZ8yh8VBMl8AWhEZRqPonSp6Li-tSSmg6Q91FoCq7FRc_6ESSUTEcJRfCtEvON5qrKLI9rly5Xg/s320/DSCN2641.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607453931136666642" border="0" /></a>It's lovingly topped with Swiss meringue buttercream. This was a birthday cake for a friend and when I found out that he loves peanut butter, I used the Nutella adaptation but with peanut butter instead. I swear, it tasted like a Butterfinger Blizzard from Dairy Queen.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEiIidVJFFFmnFiehmk7A6aSSr0FreePVPjkvxOd0_6jKrWeEGvQVq4Uvjq5XsIOI-KbHfpKOwMuhjFLH_M-2lSTvbwdYmrTEJFEBznEZdUWWdRJaK6feIbCNqD29MMgR0BVtX7TSrTxs/s1600/DSCN2639.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEiIidVJFFFmnFiehmk7A6aSSr0FreePVPjkvxOd0_6jKrWeEGvQVq4Uvjq5XsIOI-KbHfpKOwMuhjFLH_M-2lSTvbwdYmrTEJFEBznEZdUWWdRJaK6feIbCNqD29MMgR0BVtX7TSrTxs/s320/DSCN2639.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607454206840808642" border="0" /></a>Dying the coconut was fun and a little bit scary. It's easy to overdo red food coloring but I'm really happy with how it turned out.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqEWH7jDJTHQDO1UafhKN8ptDCs95xqLIyWD-G9KXkswI0iSAS2KXE7os9YpTg-NyVFyUfs7D0QmDtPToX2RB8bHIXe06B0nWOM-AyyLUv3TJhD3qQTQ-Ltg9zaxMZ_K53U3H5DURbHc/s1600/DSCN2646.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqEWH7jDJTHQDO1UafhKN8ptDCs95xqLIyWD-G9KXkswI0iSAS2KXE7os9YpTg-NyVFyUfs7D0QmDtPToX2RB8bHIXe06B0nWOM-AyyLUv3TJhD3qQTQ-Ltg9zaxMZ_K53U3H5DURbHc/s320/DSCN2646.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607454426734921090" border="0" /></a>Two chocolate chips for eyes, a little extra peanut buttercream for the insides of the ears and the nose. After all these layers of flavor, how did it turn out? Like a Mounds bar made with peanuts.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZX2xN3gvqO8IJua7KnDpey4v1whyjRryhQCfo14yb6rnSK34Xh9hyphenhyphenIu1QkSKah9lllFO9BHWnN-vE1nOJUlyBaelk3imCwWKC4OQEzgMCN0Fw0u-sn6OPCGZvio0CjN9dK9WKS2CNw6I/s1600/DSCN2647.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZX2xN3gvqO8IJua7KnDpey4v1whyjRryhQCfo14yb6rnSK34Xh9hyphenhyphenIu1QkSKah9lllFO9BHWnN-vE1nOJUlyBaelk3imCwWKC4OQEzgMCN0Fw0u-sn6OPCGZvio0CjN9dK9WKS2CNw6I/s320/DSCN2647.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607454695669352498" border="0" /></a>Bridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11959774571378051043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-69437375434427327222011-05-08T22:18:00.000-07:002011-05-08T22:18:03.774-07:00Ireland and the search for the right Irish brown bread.I've been meaning to write about our honeymoon, but between adjusting to the time change on the way back and our normal schedule kicking my butt the past week, I was too exhausted. I've been craving Irish brown bread, which we ate daily, since we've returned home. I have a loaf of it in the oven as I type (smells wonderful), so I figured, "What better time to reminisce?"<br />
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We flew out on 15 April to Dublin, Ireland, landing in Dublin at 8:00 AM on 16 April. We were told try to sleep on the flight and not to sleep when we got to our first bed and breakfast. <a href="http://www.worldirishdancing.com/2011/">The World Irish Dance Championship</a> was taking place the same week we were there, so our flight was full of teenagers competing in the championship. Needless to say, they were excited and we didn't get much sleep because they didn't sleep. We landed, retrieved our luggage and rental car and head off to our first stop, <a href="http://www.cornerville.net/">Cornerville</a> Bed and Breakfast in Howth, about twenty minutes outside of Dublin. After quick showers we took the train in to Dublin to tour <a href="http://www.tcd.ie/">Trinity College</a> (fortunately, our guide was hilarious) and see the <a href="http://www.tcd.ie/Library/bookofkells/">Book of Kells</a>. The campus is beautiful and the Book of Kells is amazing. You can only view the four pages on display, but the art work is stunning. We met up with a friend from Dublin for <a href="http://www.dublintourist.com/details/askel_mcthurkels.shtml">dinner</a> and our first pints of Guinness in Ireland (it tastes so much better there). After dinner we headed back to Howth and went to bed early. We were exhausted.<br />
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The next morning we woke early to a wonderful breakfast with brown bread and tea. I don't know if I'll go back to drinking coffee. After we packed up and loaded the car, we headed to <a href="http://www.powerscourt.ie/gardens">Powerscourt Estate</a> in Enniskerry, Bray, Co Wicklow. We had a wonderful lunch there overlooking the Italian garden and enjoyed a cream scone for dessert. We walked the grounds on a self guided tour from which the views of the Wicklow Mountain were gorgeous. From there we drove to <a href="http://www.kilkennycastle.ie/en/">Kilkenny Castle</a>, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, toured the castle and grounds. Then on to Ballinure, Cashel, Co. Tipperary and for a one night stay at <a href="http://www.derrynaflanhouse.com/">Derrynaflan House</a>. They make their own cheese and yogurt (delicious!).<br />
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We started our third day touring the <a href="http://www.cashel.ie/tourism.php?sect=Rock%20Of%20Cashel">Rock of Cashel</a> and <a href="http://cistercians.shef.ac.uk/abbeys/hore.php">Hore Abbey</a>, Cashel, Co. Tipperary. St. Patrick visited the Rock of Cashel and the tour was very informative, accompanied by beautiful views. We walked to the abbey which was a mile or so down the hill. I bought some Irish wool yarn and then we drove to Ballyferriter West, Dingle, Co. Kerry and spent two nights at <a href="http://www.anspeice.com/">An Speice</a>. We really loved Dingle. The major town is cute, but the area we were in is a little more remote. Ballyferriter really only consists of 3 pubs, a hotel/bar/restaurant and a school. We walked most places. We spent a day driving the <a href="http://www.dingle-region.com/slea.htm">Slea Head Drive</a>; going to <a href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/ireland/gallarus-oratory">Gallarus Oratory</a>, <a href="http://irlande-tourisme.fr/us/ireland-things-to-see-and-do/listings/product/?fid=FI_50299">Kilmalkedar Church</a> (we saw ruins with ogham!), <a href="http://www.megalithicireland.com/Reask.htm">Reask Monastic Site</a> and <a href="http://www.discoverireland.com/us/ireland-things-to-see-and-do/listings/product/?fid=FI_49001">Dunbeg Fort</a>.We stopped at the cafe at <a href="http://www.louismulcahy.com/">Louis Mulcahy Pottery</a> for tea and the chocolate biscuit cake I mentioned <a href="http://cisteagusmilseain.blogspot.com/2011/05/chocolate-biscuit-cake.html">here</a>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Rock of Cashel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUVMAXAKhkI2QpYFSl3Mx5D2vx-a9mSd2b368njMTae0U2skpEKTSQZkz6u0guE0zJoSSQxumYN_rqRxiCpNUiEINBx4iDwYkSaQ9B_9KSFJnoOwGbKqiO28k0yYxcsjdRvbBBsEmkUw/s1600/DSC01493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUVMAXAKhkI2QpYFSl3Mx5D2vx-a9mSd2b368njMTae0U2skpEKTSQZkz6u0guE0zJoSSQxumYN_rqRxiCpNUiEINBx4iDwYkSaQ9B_9KSFJnoOwGbKqiO28k0yYxcsjdRvbBBsEmkUw/s320/DSC01493.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Rock of Cashel from Hore Abbey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZa-kHMiqktRqUjXyq7y9I9dzp2GlVB8Sps__Nuc4IfLew95_Twt6NKM6sI21dqeyt8x6u_DeQariofp1eRxEsGpJt6KlOSCiVTfTBnbOOfgPlXumZTfv9FvYE_tWO0nnRAR6eFvQxa98/s1600/DSC01513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZa-kHMiqktRqUjXyq7y9I9dzp2GlVB8Sps__Nuc4IfLew95_Twt6NKM6sI21dqeyt8x6u_DeQariofp1eRxEsGpJt6KlOSCiVTfTBnbOOfgPlXumZTfv9FvYE_tWO0nnRAR6eFvQxa98/s320/DSC01513.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A postcard from Rock of Cashel showing the chapel (it was behind scaffolding).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hUfF71pQMdqka6gZMKkhd1IEH13aJvz5hG6BgM0UPPX1wIFLiSCXGrI41B3Uu9KyaNoDmX3lj4r5SKzQ83PXsPrnulddb-HfpjCpUX4sWTjNHme51hF0S3YMz_Orh8lKQXo_V9Y3HjU/s1600/Rock+of+Cashel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hUfF71pQMdqka6gZMKkhd1IEH13aJvz5hG6BgM0UPPX1wIFLiSCXGrI41B3Uu9KyaNoDmX3lj4r5SKzQ83PXsPrnulddb-HfpjCpUX4sWTjNHme51hF0S3YMz_Orh8lKQXo_V9Y3HjU/s320/Rock+of+Cashel.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Ballyferriter West, Dingle </div><br />
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On our fifth day, we drove to the <a href="http://www.cliffsofmoher.ie/">Cliffs of Moher</a>, County Clare. It was rainy and quite foggy when we arrived, but beautiful nonetheless. In the past you could walk out on the cliffs, but due to so many deaths, they've closed off the path. The wind can be strong and has blown people off into the sea. We spent that night in Doolin at <a href="http://www.harbourviewdoolin.com/">Harbour View</a> bed and breakfast. We went to dinner at a great pub called <a href="http://www.mcgannspubdoolin.com/">McGaan's</a>, talked to the owner most of the night and listened to traditional music played by local musicians.We had wanted to take a ferry while in Doolin to view the Cliffs of Moher from the ocean, but it was foggy and rainy in the morning causing their first tour to be at 4:00 PM, too late in the day for our plans.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Like I said, rain and fog.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MEJ-oxM3uh1FoUFu-oW5si32Mrm2iIdGtsINVNNPTZKUKm1I_b58yowsvDvUkDJDquSkbki5vTcgZ6IJOCCE7FmycKiIZwYEKyrbUcA9iRhKw56I_pNm5s1m4AZnXf43AsWlrhmOANo/s1600/DSC01645.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MEJ-oxM3uh1FoUFu-oW5si32Mrm2iIdGtsINVNNPTZKUKm1I_b58yowsvDvUkDJDquSkbki5vTcgZ6IJOCCE7FmycKiIZwYEKyrbUcA9iRhKw56I_pNm5s1m4AZnXf43AsWlrhmOANo/s320/DSC01645.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Stunning nonetheless.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebf-Dm_svj9KeIXQBNUHjOQn8dv1fBjyu9EaniW51dGIVN9EdKj8rmWLs1qFQjayc7o74-F6tfAnyYBq-0ewi5cC0QmIbrn94l6OrBMP0qMXWD17TDArLuPosVxjweFMVkAXJ5pbo9fg/s1600/DSC01662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebf-Dm_svj9KeIXQBNUHjOQn8dv1fBjyu9EaniW51dGIVN9EdKj8rmWLs1qFQjayc7o74-F6tfAnyYBq-0ewi5cC0QmIbrn94l6OrBMP0qMXWD17TDArLuPosVxjweFMVkAXJ5pbo9fg/s320/DSC01662.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy honeymooners!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KU0qq9_6Sx5U4q7hyphenhyphen2sTqjjk67kXAdvhVblbjMPkzjqzrtTx2jSd7QGksajUx3IOdHj6GC0Ig-xOqys8CNJH3eoRzqtFqgEqFqWsb2ndye8CIXFgRBGepwqZwNdpV41vyqvHeSEYVlc/s1600/DSC01664.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KU0qq9_6Sx5U4q7hyphenhyphen2sTqjjk67kXAdvhVblbjMPkzjqzrtTx2jSd7QGksajUx3IOdHj6GC0Ig-xOqys8CNJH3eoRzqtFqgEqFqWsb2ndye8CIXFgRBGepwqZwNdpV41vyqvHeSEYVlc/s320/DSC01664.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> McGann's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UrTKzwUPg9w7UMLPQ_S3_i9HBJXAcIOY0pneNgMZWjDwNgJVhgFkWHc6Q2m9IBMyp6TGYI3uVUajKr4sKN3LTwDQ9_hT-0SXi45mqSEFXgW5QFZaTtpgXJ-h45WBpdpzPKRpbKTelW8/s1600/DSC01671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UrTKzwUPg9w7UMLPQ_S3_i9HBJXAcIOY0pneNgMZWjDwNgJVhgFkWHc6Q2m9IBMyp6TGYI3uVUajKr4sKN3LTwDQ9_hT-0SXi45mqSEFXgW5QFZaTtpgXJ-h45WBpdpzPKRpbKTelW8/s320/DSC01671.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
With the ferry ride in Doolin now not being a possibility, we headed north to Galway. We spent two nights at <a href="http://www.bedandbreakfastgalway.net/">Kilbrack House</a>. We went in to Galway the first day to shop a bit and had dinner at <a href="http://www.thedailbar.com/">The Dáil Bar</a>. We briefly met up with a friend of mine to say hello. The next day we took a ferry to <a href="http://www.aranislands.ie/Inis-Oiir/inis-mor-island/">Inis Mór</a>, the largest of the Aran Islands. We took a mini-bus tour of the island and hiked up to <a href="http://www.irishtourism.com/attractions-ireland/dun-aengus_155199-attraction.htm">Dún Aengus Fort</a>. I'd really wanted to rent bicycles but it was pouring rain when we got there, though our day had started out sunny. I wouldn't have traded a sunny day for anything as our tour driver, Mr. O'Toole, was so charming and funny. He knew every inch of this island and every inhabitant. We saw seals laying on the beach and what he called leprechaun cottages. This location was my favorite part of the trip. I love the Aran Islands and I told T that I would like to retire there someday. The have a gaelic language summer school!<br />
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On Easter Sunday,our last full day in Ireland, we took the train from Howth into Dublin and took a hop on hop off bus around the city. We were told it was the best way to hear about the history and the easiest way to get to Guinness Storehouse and Kilmainham Gaol. <a href="http://www.guinness-storehouse.com/en/Index.aspx">The Guinness Storehouse</a> was amazing and a bit like a pilgrimage for me. I was so impressed that my husband liked Guinness while we were in Ireland. He hates it here at home. Admittedly, it does taste different and is so much better in Ireland. <a href="http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/dublin/kilmainhamgaol/">Kilmainham Gaol</a> had a memorial for those executed for the 1916 Easter Uprising, so that was pretty eerie but also amazing. I had read so much about these men and women and to see where some of them spent their last days really brought their fight for freedom home.<br />
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We flew home the next day. We took about 900 photographs total. It was beautiful and we only had rain on 2 days (in the morning), which was very lucky. I can not wait to return.<br />
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So, let's talk about this brown bread. The <a href="http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2011/03/10/brown-bread-irish-soda-bread-recipe/">recipe</a> I tried, is just wheat Irish soda bread and not what I have been raving about. The brown bread I had in Ireland was more of a yeast bread, a little more dense and moist than a soda bread. So while the recipe I made tonight was fine, it is not what I wanted. I've been searching all night and think I may have found it! It may be referred to as <a href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Ballymaloe-Brown-Bread-15632">Ballymaloe Brown Bread</a>. I'm going to try to make it soon and I'll be sure to let you know how it goes.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777426813385832115.post-25582310326923656642011-05-01T12:47:00.000-07:002011-05-01T12:47:55.244-07:00Chocolate Biscuit CakeWhile we were in Ireland, I tried every dessert I could get my hands on that I'd never seen here. Chocolate biscuit cake was one of those.<br />
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We were driving the <a href="http://www.dingle-region.com/slea.htm">Slea Head Drive</a> and had been told to stop and see the pottery at Louis Mulcahy. Amazing pottery and they happened to have a little <a href="http://www.louismulcahy.com/cafe/index.asp">cafe</a>. I'd fallen hard for Irish tea, so we decided to stay for tea. When ordering I spotted this cake and asked what it was. I was told it was chocolate biscuit cake which is made with digestive biscuits. T and I were familiar with these as we often pick up the chocolate coated <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mcvities-Digestives-Milk-Chocolate-300g/dp/B000EZUAEW">McVities</a> in the British/Irish section of the grocery. The idea of these in cake form thrilled me (it's the little things in life). So we asked for a slice. In a word: amazing.<br />
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When we got home, I searched online for a recipe. It read through a few, but the only one that was like what we had eaten was this <a href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chocolate-Biscuit-Cake-364790">one</a> on <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1854817556">Epicuriou</a><a href="http://www.epicurious.com/">s</a>. You see, it's not actually cake, it's simply a chocolate mixture used to coat digestive biscuits, then they are placed in a cake mold, chilled and then coated with melted chocolate. No actual cake involved. A small slice with tea is a perfect afternoon treat. It's rich and wonderful. Melts in your mouth wonderful, with a bit of crunch for texture. <br />
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Eight ounces of plain digestive biscuits coated with a mixture of chocolate, sugar, butter and egg that has been melted and combined in a double boiler. Place in a cake pan, refrigerate for a few hours. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxnCFzl1WcQay7BkAWsZHqfLO26EDhrWk7R2LTgQbPw0y7mHAcTrCEg_w4XlLaj00b_8Rp3cD7EquQs6MitrjppOFH2ZIGsKn_0AUd943jrQuR16PUXfSlxQ95-u0bT3ZZnK8K_JRKj0/s1600/DSC02038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxnCFzl1WcQay7BkAWsZHqfLO26EDhrWk7R2LTgQbPw0y7mHAcTrCEg_w4XlLaj00b_8Rp3cD7EquQs6MitrjppOFH2ZIGsKn_0AUd943jrQuR16PUXfSlxQ95-u0bT3ZZnK8K_JRKj0/s320/DSC02038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I let it sit on the counter while brewing my tea just to soften it enough to make it easy to eat with a fork. Delicious and simple!Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457999697378320786noreply@blogger.com5