Any Home Bakers Here?

[Bonkerelli]

Hi!
I bake (and lurk). Just made this this afternoon. https://butterwithasideofbread.com/cherry-nut-bread/
My husband got some dried cherries that are delicious by themselves. I thought about making some cookies with them, but decided to make this cherry nut bread.
I used pecans and made a brown sugar cinnamon topping. It turned out a bit more dense than what the bread in the blog looks like, but that's because I used some freshly made yogurt in place of milk.

Hello there! That looks yummy!

 

[ChickenMumAbi]

ohhhh so glad I found this thread! I love baking (not sure if i'm actually good at it tho! ) following!

 

[Crazy Maizie]

What is the worst "fail" you had in baking?
I was doubling a muffin recipe.. well I doubled the flour and nothing else, lol.

The ones etched into my memory.

I started cooking and baking young. When I was around 9, I made eggnog. Then, the recipe said you could warm it a little. So, I did. I warmed it a little too much and ended up with scrambled eggnog.

At around 13, I baked some cookies for my dad who drove semi truck across the country. I didn't have any eggs and found some kind of powdered egg substitute in the cupboard - it had bugs in it (I'm thinking like a flour weevil). I threw it out. Made the cookies with no eggs. They turned out paper thin with lumps of chocolate chips. He ate them anyway and said they were the best.

A few years after that, I made some apple pies. I grabbed the cinnamon and sprinkled it all over the apples. Well, come to find out cinnamon and chili powder containers look very similar.

I know I've made fails since then, but I just know how to cover them up better. Like a bday cake for my son that was supposed to be a layered cake, but wouldn't come out of the pan. Oh look I made you a volcano cake! Turns out kids love volcano cakes.

 

[Marie2020]

Sprinkle corn meal or flour on the paper first next time.

Gas Mark 6 is 400F so it should work well for that type of bread. You would get a darker crust at that temp.

Thanks Ron

 

[Bonkerelli]

ohhhh so glad I found this thread! I love baking (not sure if i'm actually good at it tho! ) following!

That's ok.. it's the adventure baking that counts. Glad you can join us.

 

[Bonkerelli]

The ones etched into my memory.

I started cooking and baking young. When I was around 9, I made eggnog. Then, the recipe said you could warm it a little. So, I did. I warmed it a little too much and ended up with scrambled eggnog.

At around 13, I baked some cookies for my dad who drove semi truck across the country. I didn't have any eggs and found some kind of powdered egg substitute in the cupboard - it had bugs in it (I'm thinking like a flour weevil). I threw it out. Made the cookies with no eggs. They turned out paper thin with lumps of chocolate chips. He ate them anyway and said they were the best.

A few years after that, I made some apple pies. I grabbed the cinnamon and sprinkled it all over the apples. Well, come to find out cinnamon and chili powder containers look very similar.

I know I've made fails since then, but I just know how to cover them up better. Like a bday cake for my son that was supposed to be a layered cake, but wouldn't come out of the pan. Oh look I made you a volcano cake! Turns out kids love volcano cakes.

That is awesome!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

few years after that, I made some apple pies. I grabbed the cinnamon and sprinkled it all over the apples. Well, come to find out cinnamon and chili powder containers look very similar.

Lol, I had forgotten that one! I ruined a batch of cinnamon rolls that way!

 

[Bonkerelli]

Lol, I had forgotten that one! I ruined a batch of cinnamon rolls that way!

You could call them spicy buns

 

[topochico225]

Lol, I had forgotten that one! I ruined a batch of cinnamon rolls that way!

My mom did that, but in a new and exciting way. Cumin rolls were not widely approved of

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Lol, I had forgotten that one! I ruined a batch of cinnamon rolls that way!

I noticed soon enough that I kind of wiped the apples and then used the cinnamon. You could still taste the chili though.