Do you bake?

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I must admit I have only baked perhaps 5 or 6 sort of desserts and and mainly good at taste and preparation, not look.

Desserts, Breads, and other BAKED GOODs? Did you bake it? What is it?
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A heart shaped, white frosting with American flag sprinkles.. happy Memorial Day…

And a strawberry bundt cake with strawberry icing and sprinkles
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Tree Shaped Two Layer Chocolate Fudge
 
You know what I mean! High temps and smothering humidity for months to come!
 
You did a great job! I'd gladly have a slice of either (or both!) of these.

I don't bake as often as I used to - I was all up in holiday baking and I've backed off. Christmas cookies (2 different kinds, one involved using a cookie press), various dinner rolls, breads - I liked it!

Nowadays, I limit my baking to fruit pies. I have a wonderful pie crust recipe and always make it from scratch, then either canned tart cherries or sliced fresh apples go in. They are both wonderful. Occasionally I'll make a banana bread or crescent rolls, but that's about it.

Did I mention I also weigh less than I used to? ;) But I still find baking - cooking in general, really - therapeutic and creative. A bit of art in the kitchen, as it were.
 
LOL i took these pictures really fast... the first pic is from yesterday... didnt notice someone was in back of first photo.. or beer even..
Terri said:
You did a great job! I'd gladly have a slice of either (or both!) of these.

I don't bake as often as I used to - I was all up in holiday baking and I've backed off. Christmas cookies (2 different kinds, one involved using a cookie press), various dinner rolls, breads - I liked it!

Nowadays, I limit my baking to fruit pies. I have a wonderful pie crust recipe and always make it from scratch, then either canned tart cherries or sliced fresh apples go in. They are both wonderful. Occasionally I'll make a banana bread or crescent rolls, but that's about it.

Did I mention I also weigh less than I used to? ;) But I still find baking - cooking in general, really - therapeutic and creative. A bit of art in the kitchen, as it were.
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i enjoy baking for holidays.
i am trying to loose weight... i have been baking desserts because it is both healthier and cost less... i got a workout in today already at like 8am because of eating slices of the bundt and heart sheet cake last night... lol i was so needing to cardio lol
 
ZenDruid said:
So, AJ, you're on a sugar high from all that icing and candy - you wash it down with the pink India pale ale - and chase it with a blast of Reddi Whip! My friend, you are living LARGE! :ROFLMAO:
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so funny! lol.. didnt notice the beer took the picture really quick to send to a friend..
 
Those pictures make me wanna eat those all up.

I haven't baked in a long time, but I like making gingerbread cookies from scratch during the holidays, and sometimes I like to make brownies. That's really about it. I've been wanting to make a cake in recent months. But, I've been on a diet.
 
I love baking. I don't do it often*, but when the mood takes me I go for it. Bread, biscuits and cakes. We treated ourselves to a food mixer a couple of years ago and now I love making bread even more. I'm still trying to perfect my baguette-making though!

*during the Covid lockdown we were taking it in turns to bake something. We bought a new book and started working our way through it. We are talking unhealthy baked goods at least twice a week. I put on a lot of weight. 😄
 
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C-her said:
I bake/cook most my foods as I have gone to a Keto lifestyle.
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Good luck with that. I did not have the self discipline and will power for keto, but instead just went low carb. I eliminated all cane sugar from my diet and only rarely ate potatoes, rice, or bread. I ate normally otherwise, including fatty meat and butter. I ate a lot of cheese and avocados. My cholesterol levels stayed normal. Over less than a year I managed to lose almost 10 kg. I never felt deprived, with the exception of my beloved bread!
 
When I first went gluten-free, I baked. Learned how to make substitutions for everything I was missing. Learned there are no adequate substitutes for (Southern USA) biscuits, true sourdough bread, and doughnuts, which is all the gluteny goodness I ever really cared about anyway. So I quit baking. Since then, I found some doughnuts that are . . . . okay. Or maybe I just don't know the difference anymore after being gluten free for over a decade.

I've done keto and low carb. Lost 40 pounds. Went through a divorce and a pandemic. Found it all again.

I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do about the weight (keto? low carb?) but I'm pretty sure I won't take up baking :)
 
amo said:
When I first went gluten-free, I baked. Learned how to make substitutions for everything I was missing. Learned there are no adequate substitutes for (Southern USA) biscuits, true sourdough bread, and doughnuts, which is all the gluteny goodness I ever really cared about anyway. So I quit baking. Since then, I found some doughnuts that are . . . . okay. Or maybe I just don't know the difference anymore after being gluten free for over a decade.

I've done keto and low carb. Lost 40 pounds. Went through a divorce and a pandemic. Found it all again.

I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do about the weight (keto? low carb?) but I'm pretty sure I won't take up baking :)
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omg baking is so unhealthy but i cant stop.. more power to ya
 
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