I have no idea why a low-carb Gentile girl suddenly feels overwhelmingly compelled to make Challah bread for Shabbat, but there you go.
And I am beyond proud to say it turned out epic! Whew! Woo!
Recipe here: Challah – Averie Cooks
Before 2nd rise
After 2nd rise, before baking
After baking
Before eating
Ummm, you don’t want to see any pictures after that.
cross posted on my daily blog
We have a new girl in the office where I live. I wanted to welcome her, so I made cupcakes. Hey, it’s what I do. :)
Remember that cherry extract I got a few weeks ago? Yeah, it rocks in the plain white cake mix. I used 2 teaspoons. Also, because it’s Autumn and I wanted to play a little – I’ve been in a mood, not sure why – I added some food coloring. McCormick has these Fall Colors that are really nice. I used 10 drops of the burgundy in this batch.
They looked okay going in, and the kids said the batter tasted good. But I still kept my fingers crossed anyway.
And they turned out okay! Whew!
I added 2 drops of regular yellow food coloring to plain white frosting and mixed it up right in the little tub. I was going for an ivory look. I thought that might have more of an Autumn feel than stark white.
And of course, I had to use the Autumn cupcake liners and sprinkles I picked up recently, too. :)
I let the kids have one, testing purposes you know! They said they turned out awesome, yay!
But wouldn’t you know, when I took the cupcakes over to the office to meet the new girl and say hello, it was her day off! *facepalm*
Oh well. The other ladies said they might leave her some, lol.
