BAKING & DESSERTS ~ A VERY BUSY WEEK!

                                                            
CARROT CAKE with CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Lest you think I've fallen off the face of the earth, let me give you a little taste of what I've been doing since my last post when I brought you Gooey Chocolate Cakes from Tuesdays With Dorie.

Carrot Cake, Coconut Cake and Chicken Pot Pies
Within the last few days, we made a Six Pound Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting; a luscious Coconut Cake; 6 extra large Chicken Pot Pies; a large batch of White Chocolate Butter Pecan Cookies; LOTS of Eclairs & Cream Puffs with homemade vanilla custard AND 21 Pie Crusts.

Hollywood or Bust!
We took way too much video footage for You Tube tutorials and now have to edit all the goofs and bloopers! Our son John, will be forced into slave labor to attempt this painstaking Hollywood knock-off job.  It should be interesting to see the finished videos: "How to Make Pie Crust" & "How To Decorate A Cake".  If anyone can do it, he can.

Quiche, Cupcakes and Lemon Meringue Pie
Tomorrow (Saturday) is another day, and this is what I have planned: Spinach, Garlic & Feta Quiche; Chicken, Cheddar & Broccoli Quiche, another big batch of Meringues (lots of egg whites to use up), Lemon Meringue Pie, and if I get to it, a batch of Mocha Cupcakes, a Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffeecake and The Most Extraordinary French Lemon Cream Tart!

Everybody is saying "Enough Already! No more Desserts!"  But you know what? They keep coming back for seconds and thirds!

                                                                         
In addition to all the baking, I'll also be joining in on a little fun at Erika Martin's Stampin' Mama Retreat tomorrow in Middlebury, Vermont. Her friend Jen has come in from Detroit to do a few classes on Photography ~ and I desperately need some coaching in that department! Now, I want to make this perfectly clear for those of you that think I'm a Scrapbooking & Stamping freak. I have a real problem with crafts! I have absolutely no patience whatsoever with any craft other than cooking and baking. I tried, I really did. The girls tried to show me how to cross-stitch, crochet and knit. I just don't get it. However, I do love the finished cards, boxes and all the other fun things that Erika does with paper crafts! So, I bribe her into making cards for me when my stash is getting low. Lazy, huh?

                                                                                 

When I get going again, I'll be posting about all the food and baked goods we created while we were in Vermont. I'll leave you with some of the photos I took while making these desserts. Until then, make sure <<<------ to look to the left of this post and check out some of my recipes on Suite101.

Comments

[cassie]

Does that mean you are going to post a recipe for Chicken Pot Pie - a video tutorial? I hope so! My hubby loves this and keeps telling me I could make it instead of buying frozen ----- yeah - his belief in my cooking abilities is WAAAAY overrated!!! I'll be keeping an eye out to see if that gets posted!

[Joanne]

Yum! That carrot cake looks good! I'm hoping that will be a recipe you share!