A busy month...of baking!

It's been a busy month since my last post in March. I'm very happy about this of course, but I shan't bore you with the details. Instead, I must highlight how my interest in baking was piqued because of the fabulous sponge cake AwwesomePossum baked me for my birthday.

Here's a slice of the first whole cake I baked in over 10 years:


It's a simple vanilla sponge cake which I garnished with almonds and strawberries. It was not fluffy enough for me, but I was impressed it was easy NOT to make a cake that tasted like a rock (Remember the cake my dog refused to eat?).

I then spent every weekend after that baking, making a set of sponge cakes in cupcake shells for a friend's gym opening.


I made another whole strawberry cake for practice.


And I tried my hand at meringues (since there were leftover egg whites)...


I also baked carrot cake for AwwesomePossum's birthday and I was delighted that it did not taste like cardboard!



The downside to all this (Yes there is a downside!)...my electrical bill was 25% higher last month due to excessive use of the oven!