andrew's Profile

From: Vancouver Island, BC Canada

Joined: February 1st, 2009

About me: Welcome to Cookbooker! I've been cooking for years, and right now I'm especially interested in baking - artisan bread, pizza and various treats.

Favorite cookbook: Ad Hoc at Home

Favorite recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Latest review:

January 6th, 2013

Blueberry Muffins from Bouchon Bakery

These were okay muffins, but nothing special. I'd been led by the instructions to believe they would be something out of the ordinary - they have molasses, honey, lots of butter, and rest in in the fridge... read more >


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C is for Cooking: Recipes from the Street

By Susan, M.S., R.D. McQuillan, Sesame Workshop
Wiley - 2007

16th February 2009

Zoe's vanilla cupcakes with pink frosting : page 114

These are nice, fluffy cupcakes, and as with many of the recipes in this fun cookbook, cut out a bit of the fat with plain yogurt, with no loss to moistness or taste. They're not any easier for kids to help out with than any other cupcake recipe - unlike some of the recipes in this book, but I find that my 3 1/2 year old can crack eggs with a bit of practice and even hold the electric mixer.

One note - for the pink frosting, chop the strawberries very finely and only beat them into the butter for the 30 seconds it recommends, then very gently as you add the powdered sugar. The first time I made these I figured I'd use the beater to break the strawberries up, but it ended up ruining the frosting; it broke apart into tiny little globs.

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