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[BakerAunt]

Thanks for the compliments on the cake. It's the King Arthur favorite fudge birthday cake (think that is the title). The original uses a ganache of melted chocolate chips and half and half (or heavy cream). As my husband and I have to watch saturated fat, especially as there is no one else around to help us eat the cake, I replaced it with the chocolate glaze.

[Mike Nolan]

To me, frostings made with powdered sugar have a different taste and mouth feel, some of which may come from the cornstarch in it. It is possible to get powdered sugar that doesn't have cornstarch in it through baking supply companies, but you probably have to use it quickly and it may be a lot more expensive than ordinary powdered sugar or only be available in large bags.

Baker's sugar is more finely ground than ordinary table sugar. And I've been known to pulverize sugar in the food processor.

If the ganache is cooked a bit (longer), the sugar might fully dissolve from the heat.

[aaronatthedoublef]

BA, nice cake. Is it a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting? I have a similar recipe for ganache frosting but it calls for granulated sugar. If you follow the recipe (I stopped) it can be kind of gritty. I bet your powdered sugar would fix that.

I made my first test batch of hand pies. I made a KA recipe with blueberries and a sour cream pie dough. Sour cream is the liquid. I only had six but the recipe said I should have eight. The blueberry filling is nice and basically a quick preserve. I can probably sub in strawberries too. I will also try to figure out how to make some pies like chess pies and pumpkin pies into hand pies. The pies have nice layering. I'll work on the yield. I also need to work on scaling - can I mix pie dough in a stand mixer?

Next are macarons. The brewery wants to use macarons as a GF alternative. But they also want to package three different cookies together. I've checked with some nutritionist friends and we cannot package GF and non-GF together and call it GF.

I'm thinking a chocolate chip cookie, a shortbread cookie, and a chocolate chip cookie to start.

I've started using my couche for my ciabatta. I'm still not getting a high enough rise. I may start doing a stretch and fold to increase integrity a little.

[BakerAunt]

Isn't it amazing the kind of appliances that are out there?

I did try a Dash mini-waffle maker one some years ago. I thought it was defective, but I later learned, after I took it back for a refund, that one of the plugs in the kitchen (before we remodeled) wasn't working correctly, so it might not have been the Dash appliance.

Of course, I like making a batch of waffles and stashing the extras in the freezer for quick breakfasts.
I have been looking at the Greenpan ceramic waffle makers, but they are not Belgium waffles, which I prefer. My old waffle maker, going on 35 years still works well as long as I oil the plates.

[BakerAunt]

I made Pumpkin Wholegrain Waffles for breakfast this morning as a pre-birthday treat for my husband. Our dog, Annie, is also a major fan of waffles of any kind, as am I. We had rain most of yesterday evening, which was a relief, as we had dust storms--probably bringing dust from Texas, Oklahoma, and the Midwest into our area most of yesterday afternoon. Today is cold, and the high of 36 F happened early this morning.

I baked Maple Cookies (no butter), a recipe that I developed today. I used a ceramic cookie stamp with shamrocks on it in honor of St. Patrick's Day tomorrow.

Now that we are done with dinner, I will be baking my husband's favorite chocolate cake for tomorrow.

[navlys]

Funny thing , you reminded me that my son (and significant other) gave us a Dash waffle bowl maker 4 years ago for Christmas. I haven't tried it yet. I'm thinking one of these days!!!

[Mike Nolan]

I picked a small (49 grams) tomato today, sliced it up really thin and we both had it on sandwiches.

This was definitely a Defiant tomato and was the best hydroponic tomato I've grown so far. There are a lot of Defiants on the vines, and while they aren't getting much larger than this one was, they'll be tasty.

[cwcdesign]

We have a fairly new Aldi's on the mainland - I haven't been yet, but plan to go on Monday when I'm over there for a doctor's appointment. We had a Lidl (Aldi's competition) in our town in Ireland -we loved shopping there - good cheese selection, breads and snacks - our problem with the produce was that it was large amounts like Sam's- we did have a green grocer though which was really nice.

[Mike Nolan]

I suggested the half-hour idea on another forum and was raked over the coals by a lot of people, it would mess up a LOT of things. (But I still think it's a valid compromise.)

[RiversideLen]

That's a fine looking meal, BA, I love radiator pasta although I haven't seen it in years.

Still trying to adjust to DST, my sleep was way off last night, so a lazy meal day. A while back I discovered that you could get grocery delivery from Grub Hub and that the Jewel stores have a hot food department that has pretty good fried chicken (12 pieces for about $11.00). So, I ordered the chicken (and a few groceries to make the fees worthwhile) and made fresh broccoli and mashed potato. I have enough chicken left for a lunch and a couple more dinners.

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Why don't they compromise on DST, instead of moving it up an hour, do a half hour and keep it all year.

[RiversideLen]

BakerAunt wrote:

Our internet went out on Thursday

I have an Amazon Fire Stick streaming device. On Thursday it wasn't holding the internet connection. On Friday I checked again and still the same thing going on. So, I looked to replace it and saw the latest equivalent was on sale for $30. The old one is about 5 years old, so no big deal, I ordered it. It arrived on Saturday and I promptly hooked it up. Well, the same issue persisted. I thought about it and decided that maybe the gateway needed a reset (duh, should have thought about that sooner). So, I hit the reset and the problem is solved. Now I have an extra streaming device.

[cwcdesign]

I had yummy leftovers tonight and I hate the adjustment to daylight savings time - the sun is now coming up at 7:45 - ugh! I wish people would understand that you don't get more daylight - it's just redistributed - it drives me bonkers (steps off her soapbox)

[BakerAunt]

Our internet went out on Thursday, so I am going to post my cooking from Thursday through Saturday here.

I roasted another chicken for dinner on Thursday, as we again were able to get a good deal on a marked-down one on Tuesday. I roasted sweet potato chunks to go with it, but I put those in the countertop convection oven, which does a better job than the large oven. I also made gravy to use tomorrow. We completed the main meal with microwaved frozen peas. We had planned to do our big shopping trip today, but there was light snow late last evening, and temperatures dipped below freezing, which means salt being scattered on the roads, which would result in having to clean the car when we got home, so we put the trip off until next week.

I made mashed potatoes to accompany the leftover chicken for dinner on Friday. I steamed the potatoes before mashing them with their skins, then added some salt and low-fat evaporated milk. We also had a mixed greens (from farmers market) salad with tomatoes. I made Italian Seasoning dressing using the Penzey's mix, but I added a bit of Dijon mustard and maple syrup.

Saturday night's dinner was leftovers from Friday, but we had microwaved frozen peas with it.

[Mike Nolan]

Did you set your clocks ahead (where necessary)?

[RiversideLen]

I made salmon balls, mac and cheese (from frozen), and broccoli.

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