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Tuesdays With Dorie - Chocolate Chocolate Cupcakes
So I don’t know. Once again, I’m left with something that isn’t all that special. Pretty dry and not great. I actually baked them for less time than recommended, and until the very moment a knife came out cleanly. I don’t know what else to do, and I’m ready for a [...]
Read More..>>Tuesdays With Dorie - Pumpkin Muffins (and a drawing)
I made two batches of this week’s Pumpkin Muffins (one with the sunflower seed topping and one without). I have to say, they may be my least favorite of the Dorie recipes I’ve tried thus far. They taste good. However, there’s nothing outstanding there that urges me to make them again. [...]
Read More..>>Comic Sans: Churros
Comic Sans is the name of things I draw when I am bored. I hope you are as indifferent to reading them as I am indifferent to drawing them!
Read More..>>Tuesdays With Dorie - Lenox Almond Biscotti
There’s not a whole lot of story to how these things came together. It was a fairly painless process, and the end product was just the right mix of crunchy and soft. I’m proud of how they turned out. This will be the first dessert that I bring in to share with my new coworkers.
Today [...]
Tuesdays With Dorie - Caramel Peanut-Topped Brownie Cake
Now this is more like it! I’m tired of all these successful baked goods! Give me something that I can mangle! Give me caramel peanut-topped brownie cake!
It’s a bit strange that in all my months of baking, I’ve never actually had to make a cake. I’ve made pies and cobblers, cookies and tortes, puddings and [...]
Tuesdays With Dorie: Creme Brulee
I promise that brevity will not be the norm. However, I’m in the process of starting a tough new job, and over the next few months I’ll be spending a lot of off-time studying. Look! Here be my creme brulee!
I used the broiler method, which proved to be successful enough. Half of my custards caramelized, [...]
Read More..>>Sometimes I wish the Internet didn’t exist.
Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to Internet and he’ll masturbate for a lifetime.
Information has never been more available, and it has never been more portable. We are living life On Demand right now. Socialization has given way to the Facebook, friendship to the blogroll, and appointment [...]
Tuesdays With Dorie - Dimpled Plum Cake
I’m in a bit of a hurry this week, but I’ll show off the goods.
In-pan: looking okay.
Out-of-pan: flavor explosion.
I think my plums were too big, which created too many dimples. Therefore, when the cake came out, it came apart. Science.
Smell you later.
Tuesdays With Dorie - Chocolate Chunkers
In deference to the many honorable ladies and few honorable gentlemen of Tuesdays With Dorie, I have decided to bake all future recipes fully clothed. It will remain this way until Ugly Food for an Ugly Dude becomes a pay site (or until I become a Handsome Dude).
I made a few changes to the recipe [...]
Tuesdays With Dorie - Chocolate Whopper Malted Drops
These cookies came out boringly well! I guess that’s a good thing, but it’s almost embarrassing how little I have to say about the cookies. I was happy to see that there is far less butter than the previous week’s recipe. The batter was great, and the cookies came out nicely. I liked the crunch [...]
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