I'm Still Here!

I swear I didn't fall off the face of the Earth since my last post. I was gone for a few weeks over the holidays and then apparently very busy in the new year, including two back-to-back trips out to California for work. I haven't done much baking, but I did get an awesome new book for Christmas called Baking: From my home to yours by Dorie Greenspan, and I think you should know about it.

This book is pretty fantastic. While I was home for Christmas, I made some key lime meringue pie, sugar cookies, Russian tea cakes, and a vanilla pudding with chocolate ganache from the book. The key lime pie is my favorite by far, and since I've never made a meringue before, I actually made the pie twice while I was home just to get it down (and because everyone wanted more).

If you like to bake, even just a little, I'd seriously recommend this book. I've made it my mission to try and make everything in it...including that lovely black and white cake on the cover. I've paged through the entire book and marked pages that I'd like to try first, but everything in it looks good. Nothing in the book seems too complicated or advanced, so even if you aren't a baking whiz you could still use it.

That's it for now kids. I do have some more baking jobs coming up including a Hawaiian themed birthday cake and a Dora birthday cake. I'll be sure to post lots of pictures when I complete them!