Any Home Bakers Here?

[R2elk]

Different here, I WOULD stay home (though more would be hard, many weeks I only go out twice)

Wow, twice a week! I very rarely go to town more than once every two weeks.

 

[N F C]

Hi all, just stopped in to share this short video. There are 4 different poke cakes to make, Aiden wants the Oreo one for his birthday. Enjoy

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=121599782614499

That chocolate turtle cake looks good! Actually, they all do...it must be getting close to dinner time.

Is Aiden going to help make his b-day cake?

 

[N F C]

Here are the pics. It tastes fantastic, I just wish it had risen more. The crumb is perfect as well and the crust is nice and soft.
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Your bread looks great Bob!

 

[igorsMistress]

That chocolate turtle cake looks good! Actually, they all do...it must be getting close to dinner time.

Is Aiden going to help make his b-day cake?

Yes'm anything with peanut butter usually gets my vote! I think that shortcake one would be great for summer though, minus the graham crackers. I'm going to bake the cake tomorrow morning, we wouldn't have time for it to chill after school.

 

[ronott1]

Is this what you mean: King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Bread Improver (12 OZ) and
High-Gluten Flour - 3 lb
both from KA.

This one for gluten: https://shop.kingarthurflour.com/items/vital-wheat-gluten-16-oz

 

[ronott1]

You're@ Davis right? I read the hospital has treated covid19 patients.

Yes! and one person died today up the hill from us in Placer County

 

[ronott1]

As for the death rate, I'm looking at number of people exposed verses how many die. If something kills 100% of people that get it but only 1 in a million gets it, it's not that bad...

I would imagine that covid 19 will be in the millions and will kill between 1 and 2 percent.

In real numbers, covid is expected to kill 1.1 million. That would be about 22 million catching covid 19

Still large but more like a bad flu season

 

[ronott1]

@rjohns39 That is a really nice looking Whole Wheat Bread! I had alot of problems making 100% whole wheat bread, I am encouraged to try again now that I see yours.

Make sure you are not letting the dough over-rise. Let it rise only till doubled - when you poke it, the hole stays.

When I was making home ground Whole Wheat bread, I added 1 tablespoon of Vital Wheat Gluten to the dough and it really improved it. I think all the extra bran from the wheat berries makes the dough need the extra wheat gluten. I lived in Wyoming at the time and had to let the dough rise 3 times instead of 2. The first rise only took 1/2 hour and if I let it rise for a whole hour, it would be over risen and the texture would be off after baking. Essentially, by letting it over rise, I was letting the gas bubbles get too big and break the gluten strands that are created by the kneading. The Gluten strands are what hold in the gas bubbles and make the bread rise.

There was a place in Davis called Sarah's Healthy bread. They sold sandwiches on bread that looked just like Bob's bread.

Being tasty and having a good crumb is very good for bread!

 

[ronott1]

Hi all, just stopped in to share this short video. There are 4 different poke cakes to make, Aiden wants the Oreo one for his birthday. Enjoy

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=121599782614499

Do you like them better than soaked cakes, like rum soaked pound cake or tres leche cake?

 

[ronott1]

Never seen a sams club out here ... We shop at Costco mostly for all our meats .. I buy Jimmy Dean sausages at wally as they are 1 lb.. Italian, hot or regular are all on the list

Sam's club in in Sacramento and Vacaville. I was a member of the one in Vacaville before costco moved to Woodland