Any Home Bakers Here?

[MotherofOrpies]

I sometimes long for the cold! We have hot summers which sometimes last til the end of September…temperatures usually go up in May and the heat wave stays til the middle of September , very little precipitation, only bearable in fall cos the days finally get shorter ! We’ve got a serious water shortage problem, with receding ground water, so, be happy you have it wet I do have a garden well (17m deep) but last year the only 2-year old pump died on me, thank God it still had warranty but…. It took over 8 weeks to get it replaced ( of course the hottest 2 months) and the government is considering putting meters on garden wells so then you’d have to pay as much as using city water

 

[R2elk]

I sometimes long for the cold! We have hot summers which sometimes last til the end of September…temperatures usually go up in May and the heat wave stays til the middle of September , very little precipitation, only bearable in fall cos the days finally get shorter ! We’ve got a serious water shortage problem, with receding ground water, so, be happy you have it wet I do have a garden well (17m deep) but last year the only 2-year old pump died on me, thank God it still had warranty but…. It took over 8 weeks to get it replaced ( of course the hottest 2 months) and the government is considering putting meters on garden wells so then you’d have to pay as much as using city water

Snow here doesn't do me much good. It is only the last week that the ground has started to thaw. Prior to that all the melted snow gets evaporated and carried off by the wind.

My well water is not suitable for a garden so I have to use the "city" water for my garden.

When I have a problem with my well pump (submersible), I pull and replace it myself. For a shallow well like yours I would expect it to have a surface mounted pump which is much easier to replace than a submersible pump is.

We don't have crazy water regulations here but some states do. Colorado for example claims ownership of all rainwater. It is illegal there to capture the rainwater for a person's own use..

 

[MotherofOrpies]

It is a submersible pump, but I am no good with electric stuff, and also too afraid to break something! Since the pump alone costs about €1000, I had to save for a long time to get it.
wow, at least we are ( still) allowed to use rainwater, or store it in tanks, I do have a 5000 L tank, but since our soil is almost all sand, it is empty after a week of irrigating the garden when the sun shines and no rain ( as usual) has fallen

 

[R2elk]

our soil is almost all sand

Welcome to the club. I live on a sand dune.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Welcome to the club. I live on a sand dune.

Broken rocks and clay around here!

 

[R2elk]

Broken rocks and clay around here!

Had that when I was growing up. I'll take the sand dune.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Had that when I was growing up. I'll take the sand dune.

Good choice!

 

[Sequel]

Welcome to the club. I live on a sand dune.

I live and garden on Esperance sand.

 

[cavemanrich]

Looking around in my kitchen today,,, I see a batch of ripe bananas. So naturally an IDEA pops into my thinking. I jump into the index and pull up @Aria Banana bread recipe.
Here is the link.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/any-home-bakers-here.921333/page-1231#post-19496984
I doubled the quantity of the recipe, and used machines to do my work for me. That is the reason I'm posting Play By Play.
Followed the recipe to a T
Play by Play.
Took a pix of the screen so I can just have on the counter on my phone,,, Handy place, rather than running to computer screen. I DOUBLED THE QUANTITY OF RECIPE.

7 Peeled bananas

Used potato masher to smash.

Set out my ingredients. Aria,, there is a violation in this picture. Yes,, It is the HONEY. It is by your inspiration I often use a quantity of honey in my Baked goods.

Bananas, oil, eggs, sugar, and all spices, including Baking soda, and Baking powder, plus Honey are in bowl,, ready to be mixed.

This is how it looks well mixed. Now ready to add flour.

Mixed with flour included.

Measured out Chopped Walnuts.

Added walnuts, and mixed

This is how dough/batter looks with all ingredients, and well mixed.

Poured into 2 round pans,,,, lined with parchment. Violation #2 Yes you do see my addition of streusel. I keep a quantity on hand for next baking in refrigerator. This way I don't need to make it every time. I consider this a cake, not a bread.

Out of oven. I bake @ 350°F for 35 minutes,, Toothpick did not come out dry,,, so continued for additional 10 minutes. Total time for me was 45 minutes.

On cooling rack.

Looks pretty cute. The cake is not over tanned,,,, The cinnamon and other spices turned the dough light brown in color.

Does anyone suspect that cake is somewhat warm
Of course it is,,, as well as Delicious

Cross section cut.