Cooking Excapades

Jun 28, 2007 23:02

I am attempting to increase my cooking experiences. I have been making about five new dishes each week, and have been enjoying myself immensely ( Read more... )

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dontgiveahoot June 29 2007, 04:41:35 UTC
Ouch. yeah, I must admit, if you were going to cook your first cake, cheesecake probably wasn't the best idea. Your average basic cake with icing on might have been a better beginning point. I have never made a cheesecake but I've heard that they can be a fair bit trickier than you'd originally think.

Still, congrats on getting it done, eventually (and sorry about your mixer), and good luck with Justin's birthday cake!!

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lana77 July 1 2007, 10:23:39 UTC
Well both the cheesecake and the chocolate mud cake came out well - there was only two pieces of cheesecake left on Friday night (and I left them for mum - which relates to my brother & his girlfriend having them). The chocolate cake is sooo rich Jus and I were only able to eat small pieces each - but it is not overcooked as I thought it might me (after 2 hours cooking), only the top (which is now the bottom) was hard.

Am one happy cook.

On the other hand we had Adam screaming practically non-stop from 4 - 6 tonight and by the time I got him to sleep I was completely exhausted. (But now I have to work).

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dontgiveahoot July 2 2007, 01:41:21 UTC
Hey, thats great to hear that it came out well! Chocolate cake that's rich is good - better than the cakes where the only way you can tell it's chocolate is the fact that the cake is a brown colour, hey? I can only really do basic cookery, so I applaud your increasing skills and expanding repetoire!

On the other hand, Adam screaming for hours on end is not a good thing. *gives you and Justin a gentle head-rub to ease the tension* He's probably old enough now that you could start using essential oils directly, albeit in VERY diluted amounts. If it's an upset tummy, you could rub his belly with a warm chamomile teabag? Don't know if that would work - just a thought.

Oh, and what do you want for your birthday? Start thinking about it now so that I can start budgeting and looking as soon as you decide, mmkay?

*huggles* Congrats on your excellent TAFE results!

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