I have been experimenting with baking and discovered I have a knack for it, or at least I have fun with it. The first time I made croissants they were actually quite delicious (with plenty of room for improvement, mind you.) So for Christmas I got a book called BakeWise that not only has the recipes for delicious baked goods but it has a lot of information about the chemistry involved in the recipe. This sciencey outlook really helps me get a handle on what the recipe is doing so I was really excited to try it out. I have made a number of things from the book but I wanted to share some cakes that I made.
This one I made for my sister's boyfriend's birthday (on Valentine's Day.) I had been holding onto an idea for a Super Mario cake and this was the perfect time to use it. The first step was to get a Super Mario screen grab and make sugar cookies. The cookies were quite small so cutting them out was a bit tedious but my sister helped and time flew by. Over the next few days I lazily painted the cookies; yes paint brushes and frosting. Except for the outlining, that was done with toothpicks. The cake I chose to make, Magnificent Moist Golden Cake, has three different recipes in the book (different techniques) and, this being my first crack at this cake, I went with the first one (dissolved sugar method.) I did my best to split up the batter evenly for each color but was a little short when I got down to the purple! I let the cakes cool overnight and put everything together the next day. Assembling the cake was really not difficult, I just had to frost it like a typical cake and the cookies just stuck right to frosting. It looked great. Reports of taste were that the cake was delicious but incredibly sweet (the whole thing tasted a bit like a sugar cookie) which I think comes from the author's southern sweet tooth. So next time, less sugar. Check it out.
This one I made for my sister's boyfriend's birthday (on Valentine's Day.) I had been holding onto an idea for a Super Mario cake and this was the perfect time to use it. The first step was to get a Super Mario screen grab and make sugar cookies. The cookies were quite small so cutting them out was a bit tedious but my sister helped and time flew by. Over the next few days I lazily painted the cookies; yes paint brushes and frosting. Except for the outlining, that was done with toothpicks. The cake I chose to make, Magnificent Moist Golden Cake, has three different recipes in the book (different techniques) and, this being my first crack at this cake, I went with the first one (dissolved sugar method.) I did my best to split up the batter evenly for each color but was a little short when I got down to the purple! I let the cakes cool overnight and put everything together the next day. Assembling the cake was really not difficult, I just had to frost it like a typical cake and the cookies just stuck right to frosting. It looked great. Reports of taste were that the cake was delicious but incredibly sweet (the whole thing tasted a bit like a sugar cookie) which I think comes from the author's southern sweet tooth. So next time, less sugar. Check it out.
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