I baked blueberry pound cake!!!
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smittenbyuWell, technically I got the ingredients together, put them in a pan and then let the machine do the kneading, rising, and baking! But hey, for one who has never done it before, it's the closest I have gotten to do baking!!
I bought a bread machine! We have been thinking of getting that or a kitchenAid/Cuisinart mixer to help to bake all kinds of stuff! I had promised D that for her 3rd birthday I will bake her a cake! And now with her allergies and all, I really would have to!
At Trader Joe's there was this blueberry pound cake that was absolutely delicious! It was also the only thing with no nuts in it at all and D devoured it! But by golly there was so much sugar! They also didn't use fine sugar (am sure they did it for a reason!). So, you could really taste the sugar in it! So, today I drastically cut the sugar level and had ourselves a great blueberry pound cake at home!!
It was a little on the dry side. Have to figure out why! N doesn't know I finally went and bought it. It was one of the He comes back tomorrow and so plan to surprise him with some fresh loaf of bread! Hope it comes out well! I was so confident, today I didn't buy any bread from the store!
How exciting!
Next purchase will be an Indian wet grinder so we can make up all kinds of batters to make dosas, idlis, etc.! Yum... Our mixer broke and the American blenders don't grind grain so well. Although my cousin was using a regular blender to make her batter! But it tends to overheat the machine and you have to let it cool, etc. Or you could just buy the batter from the Indian store, which is what we have been doing. But there are so many things you can do with a wet grinder! yummmm....
I always get inspired to get in the kitchen and do stuff after visiting Indian friends/family who have a mom figure visiting them! lol...
I bought a bread machine! We have been thinking of getting that or a kitchenAid/Cuisinart mixer to help to bake all kinds of stuff! I had promised D that for her 3rd birthday I will bake her a cake! And now with her allergies and all, I really would have to!
At Trader Joe's there was this blueberry pound cake that was absolutely delicious! It was also the only thing with no nuts in it at all and D devoured it! But by golly there was so much sugar! They also didn't use fine sugar (am sure they did it for a reason!). So, you could really taste the sugar in it! So, today I drastically cut the sugar level and had ourselves a great blueberry pound cake at home!!
It was a little on the dry side. Have to figure out why! N doesn't know I finally went and bought it. It was one of the He comes back tomorrow and so plan to surprise him with some fresh loaf of bread! Hope it comes out well! I was so confident, today I didn't buy any bread from the store!
How exciting!
Next purchase will be an Indian wet grinder so we can make up all kinds of batters to make dosas, idlis, etc.! Yum... Our mixer broke and the American blenders don't grind grain so well. Although my cousin was using a regular blender to make her batter! But it tends to overheat the machine and you have to let it cool, etc. Or you could just buy the batter from the Indian store, which is what we have been doing. But there are so many things you can do with a wet grinder! yummmm....
I always get inspired to get in the kitchen and do stuff after visiting Indian friends/family who have a mom figure visiting them! lol...
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Date: 2012-08-26 06:58 am (UTC)The cake may have turned out dry if you over-bake or if your bread machine cooks hot? I'd never tried making pound cakes in a bread machine though, only breads and bread/pizza doughs.
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Date: 2012-08-27 06:33 pm (UTC)hmmm..apparently the cake was fine and I was just being over critical. ah well.. I enjoyed the fact that I could control how much sugar to add! yay!
Today I am going to try making dough for chappatis! Doing it by hand is easy in fact, but heck it will be interesting if it can do it for me! :D