15 December 2020
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that my stories now only consist of my baking and occasional birthday tributes. There’s one beach photo from this fall but that’s about it. But I also want to document my delectable creations, so here they are…
05 September. I made pineapple buns with Elizabeth! They grew really big, and the top part lost its crunch due to the Florida humidity.
06 September. My roommate said goodbye to her best friend (who went overseas for a year for ministry), so I wanted to cheer her up with one of her favorite desserts. It’s a mini blueberry pie (the size of a cupcake).
12 September. Some of the interns and I made apple cider donuts. I’ve never had one so I don’t really know what it’s supposed to taste like, but it was not bad. Someone had a mini donut mold (think waffle maker, but for mini donuts), so we used that. It was not bad.
Apple Cider Donuts
20 September. I watched a bunch of Master Class videos of Thomas Keller and Gordon Ramsay, which made me really want to roast a chicken. So I did. It turned out pretty good! Even though this isn’t a dessert, it’s still a baked good.
05 October. I made bulgolgi beef and roasted broccoli for dinner with some coworkers, and of course we also had to make dessert. This one isn’t new; it’s lemon tartlets.
Lemon Tartlets
10 October. It’s Elizabeth’s birthday! Since it was for her birthday and I wanted to get it right, I practiced. So technically, I made two. The one I gave her (pictured below) had a better swirl and lighter sponge.
Japanese Roll Cake
I also made banana muffins and butter mochi bites for her birthday brunch. I made them look nice haha.
12 October. Had to make a chocolate roll cake for my coworkers because I told them I made a roll cake. Also had to use up the rest of the whipping cream. And extra practice isn’t a bad thing!
Chocolate Roll Cake
30 October. More roll cakes. But this time, it’s pumpkin, with cream cheese filling, and has polka-dots. Very rich and surprisingly yummy.
Pumpkin Roll Cake
And I made these little mummy dogs for our Halloween party! One girl said they look like babies. I guess…
Hot Dog Mummies
07 November. Full disclosure: I was planning to visit a friend in Indianapolis during this time, but the trip was cancelled because someone in her circle got COVID 😢 It was sadder because we had planned to cook together and celebrate her birthday. Even though we weren’t in person, I still made her the dessert she wanted for her birthday: a mango tart.
(I made pumpkin roll cake and chocolate chip cookies in between this, but not worth posting because I’ve made them before).
19 November. My community group leader’s daughter was turning seven years old, and she request black and white cookies! I have no idea what they were, but I was determined to bake for her birthday. After a little research, I learned that these originated from New York, and were special because the batter contained buttermilk. They grew much bigger than I thought they would in the oven, but thankfully they didn’t touch.
Black and White Cookies
21 November. Yes, I baked for my birthday, but not a cake. I made cinnamon buns that I had wanted to for a really long time. They were SO GOOD, because the dough contained yeast. I love bread 😋
24 November. Hmm, I guess I baked two things before Thanksgiving, in addition to the turkey. Say hello to pumpkin pie, and baby pumpkin pie. And also these sugar cookies because I was dying to use the 3-D printed Totoro cookie cutters my friend made for me.
27 November. I made taro buns for my coworker who came down with COVID (she loves taro). But then I realized that she lost her sense of taste and smell, so I’m not sure how much she enjoyed the buns… OH WELL. At least they looked nice! I put food coloring in the taro to make it more purple.
02 December. Finally attempted egg tarts, after craving them from a dim sum run we made a few weeks earlier. The middle tasted very eggy. Will need to try them again and make them better.
06 December. I received over forty piping tips for my birthday, and I wanted to play with them! So Elizabeth and I baked cupcakes for Tony John’s birthday and arranged them like a Christmas tree. The green frosting contains so much green food coloring. Also, we had a grilled cheese competition, and my team won! I don’t even eat cheese haha. But you may start to see a pattern – I make lots of food that I’ve never had before. And apparently they all turn out OK! (that’s an understatement.)
14 December. Final bake before coming home! Watching the Great British Bakeoff put me in a very festive baking mood. Everything on the holiday episodes look so delicious and delightful, and I wanted to make some too. So I decided to make a Stollen Wreath. It’s German fruit bread, with dried fruits soaked in rum. It’s my first time baking with booze! The bread turned out a little dry, but not bad for a first run. I brought the leftovers back to California, and my dad said it tasted like the UK.
Stollen Wreath
Wow, this post is much longer than I thought it would be. I guess I do bake a lot. If you have any recipe recommendations or things I should try to make in 2021, let me know! Don't worry, I also cook normal food. I just don't take pictures of them. Merry Christmas!
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