More Cake

As I was leaving to take Nora's Birthday cake to her on last Friday, Contractor Jim (who is becoming a friend as well as buiding our wonderful new shop) said "So where is my cake?"

I decided to surprise him and make him a chocolate cake this week. It takes me a long time to do a cake, but I do a really good job - Henry calls them my "ten dollar cakes". When I was a bit miffed at that description, he explained that he didn't mean $10 for the whole cake, but $10 per SLICE... like a really good 'White Tablecloth Restaurant' desert! I was mollified. This is the cake I made for Jim's family: a very dense chocolate cake with a raspberry/moscarpone and whipped cream/Chambord filling and a chocolate French Buttercream frosting. Nice.

Since I had a bit of cake batter left over, and a 6" cake pan takes about half as much as an 8" pan, I made a small cake for Henry to have for his dessert - so he wouldn't feel left out. The little cake is the same as Jim's, and met with great success (and destruction) last night. Yummy, it was.

Saturday Bread

I haven't made bread for months! I made a Birthday cake for Nora's 50th, and delivered it to her on Friday... Then I came home and needed to bake something else.

Saturday morning I decided on bread, because I am good at bread and making it makes me feel good. I made plain French Bread, it had good crumb and a nice nutty taste. I only have one baguette pan, so I made some rolls for hamburgers, and a plain loaf. I need to give some of these away: they won't keep more than two days... and it has already been three.
Dog treats, maybe?