True to my word, I made some time for me to bake a cake. This happened partially because I had a reason to bake. My boyfriend recently purchased a condo and to celebrate, he asked if I could make him a cake. Specifically, he wanted a lemon cake. The fact that I was able to make a lemon cake for the blog was a happy accident!
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It shouldn’t be a major surprise to long-time blog readers that it’s been a while since I’ve baked.
The month of March was filled with crafting adventures. But I’m also starting to spend less time at home. I have been given the opportunity to get back into community theater this spring. I’ll be stage managing a play that consists of a small cast of 8 actors. It’s a really funny play and I can’t wait to jump on board.
What does this mean for the blog?
It means I’ll be posting more infrequently. Most of my free time will be devoted to theater and then resting and seeing friends. But, I do plan to bake this Friday!
So I’ll be posting about that next week, even if it isn’t a recipe out of the MB cookbook.
Until then, friends….
This month was just not as baking-heavy as February. This tends to happen in March for me as the weather gets warmer, the days grow longer, and I start emerging from my winter semi-solitude. But, I did manage to bake two recipes, though!
In fact, many of my posts were crafting related, versus baking related.
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Ah, the muffins chapter!
I’ll be honest, muffins are not my favorite pastry. I’m definitely more of a cookie guy. But these Lemon Zest muffins are starting to make me rethink that statement.
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My father’s birthday was over the weekend. I made the cake, as usual. This year, he wanted the chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. So, I made the MB cake and this time I used the called-for chocolate buttercream frosting recipe. And much like the cake, it’s stellar! The use of melted chocolate chips was a nice change from cocoa powder and it showed! Much better chocolate flavor in the frosting.
This frosting also spread much easier than the other buttercreams I’ve made. I think this cake combined with this frosting is the only chocolate combination I’ll ever need.
It’s hard to believe that we are over a week into March! This month has been flying by and it wasn’t until I sat down to write this post that I realized I hadn’t baked anything yet this month. I’ve been so consumed with crocheting and getting things done on Fridays that the baking has sort of taken a backseat.
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One of my blogging goals this year is to do a recap every month of the recipes I made. I did this infrequently in the past and after I realized how much work actually went into them, I found it a bit difficult to find the motivation to do them. But since then, I’ve thought of an easier technique to actually get them written, so I’m trying that out this month.
In February, I made a total of four recipes. Let’s take a trip back through the last few weeks and revisit all the tasty treats I made!
Continue reading “February 2022 Baking Round-Up”This is not a recipe that is brand new to me. In fact, the basic cake recipe was the cake I baked for my first Magnolia Bakery Handbook recipe back in 2021. I have sensed made other versions of the recipe as other recipes such as the Caramel Cake I made in November.
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Despite spending some time in NYC, I did get some baking time in! But, since I was slightly exhausted Monday afternoon after returning home, I wanted something that was easy and required only a few ingredients. The answer was the colorful Confetti Cookies.
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Happy Valentine’s Day to those who celebrate. Or, Happy Singles Appreciation Day, if you celebrate that. This year, I wanted to bake something special for Valentine’s Day that wasn’t the traditional chocolate-based recipe.
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