05 Mar 10 | by Lorraine in: Food, Ordering In
You know how people who’ve neglected their blogs for a long time invariably apologize that “things got really busy” for them?
Yes, I’m back. And things did get really busy for me. To catch you up:
- My little online bakeshop has been doing very well. It’s gotten to the point where I sometimes have to decline orders. This makes me a little sad, but I’d rather not overwhelm myself with so many orders that quality suffers (I bake everything myself).
- We quietly launched the Food Bloggers Network, a project I’m obviously extremely passionate about.
- I’ve been spending a lot of time on Twitter. I have two accounts: a personal one and one for my bakeshop.
- I now blog regularly about several things: web development over at Devlounge, recipes at bFeedMe, and all things Apple at Apple Gazette. I also create and post video tutorials at Tubetorial.
What a busy bee I’ve been. Of course, with all of this going on, sometimes my husband and I don’t have time to prep and cook meals for ourselves. Which is how I discovered what’s become one of my favorite take-out dishes ever:
The truth is, the thought of Cheeseburger Pizza never appealed to me. Shredded lettuce? Burger sauce? But the other day, already in a bad mood from the heat and hunger pangs, I grudgingly ordered a Cheeseburger Pizza from Shakey’s, requesting a “New York Hand-Tossed” crust.
I loved it. The lettuce, the sweetish sauce, the cheese… all of them worked surprisingly well atop a chewy crispy pizza with lots of mozzarella.
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01 Apr 09 | by Lorraine in: Baking
I’d like you to meet one of the loves of my life. This is Kitty, and she’s a pink Kitchenaid Artisan Mixer
. I’ve had her for around six months now, and she’s still as beautiful today as the day we brought her home. Actually, she’s more beautiful now, having churned out hundreds of cupcake and cookie batters, whipped up a whole lot of cream and meringue, and valiantly kneaded bread dough. Kitty rocks.
If you’ve been on the fence about buying a Kitchenaid stand mixer, here’s my advice: do.
There are some awesome deals on the stand mixers now at Amazon- I like to check it once in a while if only to ooh and ahh over all the pretty colors: KitchenAid Artisan 5-Quart Stand Mixers
at Amazon.
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01 Aug 08 | by Lorraine in: Baking, Desserts, Food, Super Sarap, Sweet Stuff
I’m pleased to finally announce the launch of my new baking business: Sweet Lorraine Bakeshop!
My products currently include some of the best cupcakes you’ll ever have, as well as some cookies and bars that I’ve developed throughout the years. Please do check it out »
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28 Apr 08 | by Lorraine in: Baking
My grandfather, who I grew up with and loved fiercely, passed away this week. And although he had been sick for quite some time, the “finality” of his death is hard for me to deal with. I miss you, Papa.
However, the good news is that in true Lorraine fashion, I’ve been subliminating my grief by baking up a storm- and will be blogging my successes (and okay, yes, my failures) here in the next few weeks. So don’t cancel your RSS subscription just yet… there will be yumminess coming! I promise.
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02 Apr 08 | by Lorraine in: Baking, Super Sarap, Sweet Stuff
Much to the horror of my thighs, I’ve started baking again. It began when my sister asked me to bake a cake for her baby’s baptism party on Sunday. I decided that not only would I make my tried-and-tested Chocolate Mousse Cake (from Nigella Lawson’s How to Be a Domestic Goddess
), I would surround the latter with vanilla cupcakes in varying sizes. Since I’ve never made vanilla cupcakes before (I know… I’m a chocolate person), I made a test run yesterday, using Billy’s Vanilla, Vanilla Cupcakes recipe from Martha Stewart.
The cupcakes were delicious. I cut down on the sugar in both the cake and frosting recipes, and they were still fantastic. Soft and moist and very light. But the best part was icing them.
I only have a very old, very cheap hand-me-down plastic icing decorating kit, so it was quite messy, but the cupcakes came out so pretty. Sorry, no photos- but I served some to guests last night, then sent the rest to various family members- and they were all gone before I could remember to photograph them!
Anyway, what I really want to say is that I LOVED piping the frosting. Even with my hot hands, even hotter kitchen, and el cheapo of the cheapest decorating sets, I had such a blast doing it. Now I want to buy a new set- but I need some advice. Should I order one of these?
…or stick to a more traditional set like this?
Your comments and suggestions please!
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