Hello everyone, I have decided to make a baking journal.
You may have seen my VCE Journal, which has kind of turned into a baking and book discussion, and I feel as if we should move to the Creative Corner Board. I have been an avid baker all my life, and it is a real passion of mine. I am not really a savory "cooker", and mainly stick to my realm of baking.
I like to mix and adjust recipes to my liking, and even try to make the gluten free or vegan alternatives from time to time. I would like to say I do two types of baking: cooking for myself, or cooking for others. When I bake for my self, it generally isn't fancy by any means, and more so fits my food requirements. I have quite a few food intolerances which has stopped me from baking in the past, but I try to find ways around it. Whether it is swapping flours, oils, sugars or just making the recipe just right, I make it to suit me.
Now even though I enjoy those baked goods I have cooked for myself, I LOVE making food for other people. It can bring people together and it brings me so much joy to cook for others. I can go really simple or over the top. From biscuits to elaborate cakes, it is awesome to the joy my baking brings people. I also find baking a massive stress reliever. If I am feeling worried, anxious, whatever emotion, I will bake it off. It makes me feel really happy to. Although the clean up session afterwards is not the enjoyable. Thank you Dishwashers.
Ok, so what to expect? Sometimes I will just post pictures of what I have made, I may include my recipes or links to recipes I tried. I am also doing food studies which will increase the amount of baking I do
yay, and I may post pictures of older projects I did.
So for my first post, here are two of my projects from a while ago. The first one was my birthday cake (couldn't eat it, but it looked pretty). I had used compound chocolate, because who has time to temper it. I coloured it with a powder dye, as water based food colouring does not go well with chocolate. Someone gifted my gold leaf, and I decided to use that and I think it turned out well. The cake was a triple layered Vanilla sponge, with cream and chocolate ganache on the inside. It was decorated with buttercream as a gradient and had more chocolate ganache on the outside as a drip effect. I also made small meringues and finished it off with some of those silver round sprinkles.
This Captain America cake I did for a friend's birthday. I didn't know what to get her so I said that I will give you a birthday cake as your present. She was Vegan, and I had never tried that before, so this was a bit of a challenge. I made the buttercream with Nutellex as the dairy substitute and it worked out well. It was a double layered vanilla cake with almond milk and apple cider vinegar egg. The fondant was already vegan so I was ready to go!
So I hope you follow along, and feel free to ask any questions.