Last thing you baked?

[janetta]

Vegan dark chocolate cake, with whipped salted peanut butter frosting between the layers and chocolate "butter cream" all around!
I made it for my bf's birthday last week

[marstec]

You are very accomplished at cake decorating too, janetta!

Here is confirmation that I am crazy: I made buns last night. 32C, with a humidex of 39 and no air con. I made a double batch (2 trays)...they were goooood.

[Natalka]

Yup, marstec - crazy, but YUMMERS!

[janetta]

You are very accomplished at cake decorating too, janetta!

Here is confirmation that I am crazy: I made buns last night. 32C, with a humidex of 39 and no air con. I made a double batch (2 trays)...they were goooood.

Thank you, Marstec!

Wow, impressive! I would never dare to make bread with it being that hot/humid...especially with no air conditioning.. lol
I'm thinking about making "english muffin bread" right now...and am totally stalling.
What are those buns like texture and taste wise? Do they keep? Freezable?

[marstec]

janetta,

These buns are really light and fluffy. Look up the recipe "Light Wheat Rolls" on Allrecipes. I use only 1/3 cup sugar instead of the 1/2 cup called for, and I use "best for bread" (high gluten) flour rather than the all purpose flour. You don't need to buy packets of yeast...use 1 Tbs per batch and if doubling the recipe, just use a scant 1 1/2 Tbs of yeast. I use real butter. Tell me how it turns out if you decide to make it.

They freeze wonderfully.

[ssbean]

Janetta that cake looks beautiful!

Marstec - Those buns looks so yummy. I can just imagine them warm with butter.

[linkbuildingservice]

I baked yummy cheese pizza, it was too good

[kashkoush]

if i could have a slice of that cake and a bun from that tray lol
here is my no bake protein bites

[smalltowngirl]

On thursday, I'll be making No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter squares (they taste like Reese PB Cups!) and Rocky Road Bars for Bakers Bingo (instead of money, you win baked goods and kitchen utensils!). Also, we'll bake some delicious Raspberry Muffins as well we just use frozen raspberries and it tastes so good!

[SillyLoocie]

Rhubarb Squares.

[alicia]

^^^ I love rhubarb everything. I used to walk around my grandparents backyard with a bowl of sugar and a stalk of rhubarb (my Poppy's rhubarb was on steroids!)

[marstec]

^Wanna see my rhubarb? I'm convinced it's a mutant. It's at least six feet wide on all sides. I love rhubarb coffee cake (the one with the sugary cinnamon topping), mmmm.

[kashkoush]

i 've never tried rhubarb before, i know that it's very sour (from food network) so it takes alot of sugar when used in baking? any alternative? and where do u guys get it from except gardens, i haven't seen it in stores

[marstec]

i 've never tried rhubarb before, i know that it's very sour (from food network) so it takes alot of sugar when used in baking? any alternative? and where do u guys get it from except gardens, i haven't seen it in stores

When it's in-season, you can buy it in the produce section of a grocery store...the stalks will be bundled together. I've also seen frozen cubed rhubarb in grocery stores. If you are near a farmer's market, they'll have it too.

Rhubarb does take a lot of sugar, but some people can handle more tartness too.

[alicia]

When it's in-season, you can buy it in the produce section of a grocery store...the stalks will be bundled together. I've also seen frozen cubed rhubarb in grocery stores. If you are near a farmer's market, they'll have it too.

Rhubarb does take a lot of sugar, but some people can handle more tartness too.

I always get it from my grandfather, but I've seen it in the grocery store - though its size is pathetic compared to the stuff I can get from my family. Perhaps a farmer's market has some decent sized stalks.

In regard to sugar - we don't usually cook it with that much sugar. I can eat it plain and raw. My favourite way to have it is stewed rhubarb (like applesauce but rhubarb) but we watch that amount of sugar that goes into it. Then you can serve that "shortcake" style, or over ice cream, or just all on its own. My Mom makes a mean strawberry rhubarb pie. She would make 20 pies in the summer when it was in season, freeze them and then just pull them out and bake them whenever she had company over. (I never realized all the batch cooking techniques my Mom used until I became more money conscious).