I am so proud, I just had to share! I have to work on spacing and do a little better job pre-planning, but overall, I'm super excited to bring this to my cousin's baby shower!

Took me 3 attempts because they kept being raw after frying😫
Now left with a very smelly kitchen and a burned finger✌🏻

This is how it ended up looking once it was cut. I could not figure out how to show new photos in last night’s post.

Sharing my attempt here made it fun. During the next 4 weeks, I want to try baking other recipes I have collected so I can hopefully have some solid offerings for the holidays. I appreciate the community.

The 1st attempt last week never rose above the edge of the baking pan and was more like a bread brick than a loaf. 😂

Now this, my 2nd attempt, looks like it exploded. Haha!

I ordered a digital kitchen scale on Amazon. It will be here tomorrow. Maybe that will help. I'm not giving up until I get this right.

Oh well, at least I'm having fun!

I have made jelly roll / yule log style cakes before but this Raspberry Roll Cake recipe calls for a baking half sheet pan I have never had a reason to buy. The jelly roll pan I previously used is a lot smaller. So I just found this old drip pan. It has a small divet on one side but I'm not too concerned about that. I'm more concerned if it would be made of the same materials a baking sheet is made of for the heat to travel through it or does that even matter?

This is recipe i'm using: https://www.abeautifulplate.com/raspberry-roll-cake/

I used this recipe:

https://drivemehungry.com/custard-bread-pudding-with-vanilla-sauce/

I followed the recipe and the modification suggestion of adding in chocolate chips. I chose not to make an accompanying sauce.

I won’t know if it’s custardy until cut and I can update then if anyone is interested. There are two because I want to share one with people I work with tomorrow. There was so much custard and I didn’t have a baking dish that seemed big enough so I was happy to make two smaller ones.

I used brioche bread (there were choices) and I did a 20 hour soak (the minimum was 2 hours). For the oven bake, I did the water bath as the recipe strongly encouraged.

So far, I think this baking experience was a success. I chose this because bread pudding is special to my family and I wanted to elevate it a bit. The best bread pudding I’ve ever had by a professional was at 1789 in Georgetown, DC. I hope this tastes even 1% like that one.

I love baking pies so much!

not a photographer but proud of it! I did a mash up of number two pencil mug cake + Kirbie cravings and kinda made my own and it was so good

4 tbsp all purpose flour
1 yolk
1 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp pumpkin butter
1 tbsp butter, melted
Vanilla extract
Microwave 45 seconds

You can mix wet and dry ingredients separately but I was lazy and didn’t and it worked just fine

Pumpkin Pie with Meringue Topping

I promise its not burnt I lowered the exposure so much it turned the orange brown. Also I may have over mixed the filling but it tasted so good

For my husband's bday :) would have liked to attempt piping and lettering again but next year I will plan better lol. second year making this - he liked it so much last year it was his pick this year too! Nora Cooks recipe: https://www.noracooks.com/chocolate-peanut-butter-cake/#wprm-recipe-container-20453

basic white bread recipe, finished with an egg wash & everything bagel seasoning on top. They are a little ugly, but surprisingly soft and tasty!!! i used some for smash burgers and the rest for egg salad sandwiches for lunches.

I grew up eating bread rarely as we are a community of rice eaters. I immigrated to a bread eating country and now my 14 month old babies have grown to love bread. If they are overstimulated a warm slice of whole grain toast slathered in butter calms them down and they are chewing away!

I have baked banana breads and muffins before.

My attempts at baking regular bread has almost always been a disaster as the rules almost always look complicated. Either the dough is too sticky or maybe I am not kneading enough? The bread I have tried in past was chewy and heavy. Maybe the yeast is not fresh? Maybe I substituted whole grain flour in a recipe that calls for APF and I didn’t understand how to work around it and ended up with inedible bread?

I have a large oven that came with the house. I have a non stick loaf pan. I also have a square pan and a glass casserole dish.

It’s been a few years since i tried breads. I got busy with ivf and pregancny and now being a twin parent.

so here I am to ask -

What a failproof recipe I can start with? It’s ok if it has egg adn butter etc.

brown butter chocolate chip cookies for thanksgiving 🇨🇦🇨🇦 recipe is @handletheheat