Any Home Bakers Here?

[ronott1]

Not bad actually. I'll try this again.

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Looks good!

 

[SnapdragonQ]

SO many good looking breads today!!

I made something that I haven't made it many years... Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
So simple but Oh the memories that brings back. Kiddo is not a cake fan and dislikes frosting so birthdays always entail some other treat instead. And that means I just don't make cakes anymore. In my BGF days (before GF) I must have made a cake monthly or something cake like.
At least this is one GF thing I can say that tastes JUST like it's gluteny counterpart. YUM.
...and now I'm nodding off need a nap from the sugar crash...

 

[ronott1]

SO many good looking breads today!!

I made something that I haven't made it many years... Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
So simple but Oh the memories that brings back. Kiddo is not a cake fan and dislikes frosting so birthdays always entail some other treat instead. And that means I just don't make cakes anymore. In my BGF days (before GF) I must have made a cake monthly or something cake like.
At least this is one GF thing I can say that tastes JUST like it's gluteny counterpart. YUM.
...and now I'm nodding off need a nap from the sugar crash...

Did you follow a regular recipe and use GF all purpose flour?

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Did you follow a regular recip and use GF all purpose flour?

I totally cheated and used a GF yellow cake mix and the recipe on the box.

It's been a long time, but based on what I remember it's pretty close to the regular recipe. I did sub out the butter with refined coconut oil, which affected the taste a tiny bit, as in not quite as rich and not buttery.

 

[N F C]

These are from Sue, she made Orange/Cranberry Soda bread today. She can talk to it, I'm just the technodweeb posting her pics for her. It was delicious

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She did a good job, it looks very tasty!

 

[Aria]

These are from Sue, she made Orange/Cranberry Soda bread today. She can talk to it, I'm just the technodweeb posting her pics for her. It was delicious

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Bob, Sue's baking look DELICIOUS. Are you going to share recipes?
Orange Cranberry sounds so yummy. Aria

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Some more of my GF books arrived and I found a sourdough recipe that's called "Soft Sourdough" and it calls for using a sponge. That's all, just the sponge.

The directions call for making a sponge with a little bit of yeast and put it in the fridge for 3 hours. Then sprinkle the dry dough materials over the sponge and back in fridge for 4 to 6 hours. Then mix in wet ingredients and beat with a paddle attachment in a stand mixer until it's a soft sticky dough. Turn into a buttered bowl, covering with butter (oil for us), and back in to the fridge for overnight. When ready let it sit out and rise for about 30 min then bake.
(our dough is treated differently, no punch downs and usually not as long of a rise)

So is this really a sourdough then? Since it comes from a sponge and not something that needs to be made over 7 to 10 days? What am I missing here?

If this is really a sourdough then I'm all for it!! No discards to deal with or wasted flour to cry over. With the cost of GF flours you better believe if I spill even a tiny bit on the counters, I'm scraping it up and putting it in the bowl!

 

[ronott1]

Some more of my GF books arrived and I found a sourdough recipe that's called "Soft Sourdough" and it calls for using a sponge. That's all, just the sponge.

The directions call for making a sponge with a little bit of yeast and put it in the fridge for 3 hours. Then sprinkle the dry dough materials over the sponge and back in fridge for 4 to 6 hours. Then mix in wet ingredients and beat with a paddle attachment in a stand mixer until it's a soft sticky dough. Turn into a buttered bowl, covering with butter (oil for us), and back in to the fridge for overnight. When ready let it sit out and rise for about 30 min then bake.
(our dough is treated differently, no punch downs and usually not as long of a rise)

So is this really a sourdough then? Since it comes from a sponge and not something that needs to be made over 7 to 10 days? What am I missing here?

If this is really a sourdough then I'm all for it!! No discards to deal with or wasted flour to cry over. With the cost of GF flours you better believe if I spill even a tiny bit on the counters, I'm scraping it up and putting it in the bowl!

What they are having you make is a yeast culture. It will work but is not sourdough.

 

[pennyJo1960]

See I do not do buttermilk get the bread slicer I may do more of that again

 

[SnapdragonQ]

What they are having you make is a yeast culture. It will work but is not sourdough.

*bubble bursted*

Still gonna at least try it though. Once I have the right flours for her bread blend.
Maybe it will be a good compromise cost wise.