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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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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Rose's Heavenly Cakes

By Rose Levy Beranbaum
Wiley - 2009

Very nice, and a good alternative to banana bread for your spotty bananas. The cake is exceptionally moist and has a very light crumb. Lemon zest lightens the flavour a little too, and the icing is delicious - though this would be just fine without icing too.

I made the recipe as written, with no substitutions other than using sour cream instead of creme fraiche. It did rise a little more than she suggested it would in the recipe, but I don't mind a curved cake!

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I'm including this review for those of you who are not quite as expert in cake making as the previous reviewer (lovely photo by the way!), or who don't have all the tools recommended in the recipe.

I have a silver springform pan, but no cake strips and no cake nail either, but I forged ahead and the cake still turned out to be delicious and it didn't suffer too much for not having the nail or the strip. It was light and fluffy and had a lovely orange flavour. I didn't frost it and we just had it as the dessert for a nice lunch.

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