So due to numerous influences I decided that a Red Velvet cake would be the first scratch cake with the new mixer. Big mistake. I don’t know if it’s just a tough recipe or if I just suck at following instructions now but so far, not good...

The sides are burnt and the middle fell. I was supposed to use three 8 inch pans, but only had two 9 inch. After the 25 minutes of baking the centers were raw (liquid) so I continued baking till the “toothpick” came out clean. Looks pretty bad. I am debating frosting it or tossing it… I am gonna try something easier this weekend. Like cinnamon bread. Mmm.

The recipe.
UPDATE:

I frosted.

We’ll keep you posted on how it tastes. In the meantime, I did find another Red Velvet Cake recipe I’d possibly try next… From smittenkitchen.com.

tagged: baking fail red velvet paula dean

daniel · lunch time · 2 comments · ping it

Clearly I am a domestic goddess. Well, god actually. Either way, I have done grocery shopping, I have laundry going, and I just took a cake out of the oven. In just a bit I will be making dinner. I rock! I also called my mom, but she didn’t answer. I am all family-domestic today!

Just so you know, it is a low sugar cake that I am trying out. I have found that the most effective weight loss trick for me was to cut out sugar, so I am looking to find ways to have all the normal things I like in a low sugar form. Sheesh! I sound like I have one hell of a sweet tooth. I don’t actually, but I enjoy baking things and having dessert on occasion. Most of my sugar was in the red wine I love so much… and the types of packaged foods I brought for lunch (you’d think yogurt was harmless…) So anyhoo, whatever it takes. I was up to a 40 inch waist on my pants and now I am almost ready to explore the world of 36. I think I can handle no/low sugar along with my usual low fat.

Okay, I gotta create a meal. Richard isn’t home yet, but I don’t wanna eat too late. Besides, we’ve been arguing all day anyway. I can eat on my own.

tagged: richard mom laundry pants grocery cake baking dessert   meh

daniel · early evening · say it · ping it

Today Richard went rollerblading with a friend. I opted out. I wasn’t feelin’ it today. Also, I tore up my feet pretty bad last time, and cannot do this workweek with painful feet. No way. But I put the time to good use. I went to the mall. I went to Starbucks. I went to the grocery. Then I came home and baked.

Mmm. Did he say bake??

Yup. I baked. I found this recipe online a week or so ago. I held back on making them, due to my new diet and all. Today I gave in. Now the recipe is called Vampire Cupcakes. They are very cool looking. They even “bleed” when you bite them! But the recipe involved making the cake mix and frosting from scratch. Bleh. I don’t really do scratch these days. I was raised in a Betty Crocker cooking household. Even the Betty Crocker cookbook had recipes that called for canned foods and boxed mixes. Heh. So I substituted the 2 cups cake flour,1 1/3 cups sugar, ect. for a supreme moist deluxe Betty Crocker mix. For the frosting I substituted the 1 1/2 cups sugar, 2 large egg whites, room temperature 1/3 cup water, ect. for a tub of Betty Crocker whipped white frosting. Everything else I followed exactly…

Take a peek:

Ingredients… Mmm! Fancy!

Cupcake innards.

Filled and ready to frost!

Creepy AND tasty!

tagged: richard cupcakes baking lazy betty crocker vampire cupcakes

daniel · mid-afternoon · 3 comments · ping it