Baking Bygones

I used to be really into baking. Some highlights include pineapple upside down cake with this amazing caramelized brown sugar glaze, carrot cake with raisins and pineapple, just the way I like it, bagels (involves finicky yeast and you have to BOIL them first!), and chocolate cheesecake (the water bath was so complicated).

Then one day I realized I hated the cleaning part--ooey gooey batters and viscous chocolately mixtures do not wash away easily, and encrusted remnants are difficult to get out without soaking for like 50 hours. So I gave it up.

That being said, I admire people who put up with the clean up. My sister baked a delicious strawberry cheesecake this weekend for my mom's birthday, and Katherine made three separate items for Ban's birthday bash at Hotel Fig.


Triple-Chocolate: Bakestress Katherine and her chocolate cupcakes with nonpareils, chocolate white chocolate chip cookies, chocolate covered grahams topped with fleur de sel.