Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Today is Carol’s birthday. It’ll be an understated one for sure but I’m trying to bake a cake. I’m a damn good cook but other than biscuits baking ain’t my thing. I got some commercial mix. How hard could it be? Wish me luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Happy birthday to Carol and good luck with your project. I'm sure your culinary efforts will be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Don't overmix it. Other than that they are pretty foolproof. May God grant her many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Happy birthday to Carol. Ellie May cooked biscuits I’m sure you will bake as good as she did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack, SASS #20451 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 You MUST add extra flour and eggs due to high altitude if you are at home. If down East just use a normal recipe if a store mix. If from scratch do not pack dry ingredients in measuring cup. Just scoop full and then scrape off flat with knife, etc. Baking is part science. You must follow the recipe for good results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, Happy Jack, SASS #20451 said: You MUST add extra flour and eggs due to high altitude if you are at home. If down East just use a normal recipe if a store mix. If from scratch do not pack dry ingredients in measuring cup. Just scoop full and then scrape off flat with knife, etc. Baking is part science. You must follow the recipe for good results. Yeah at home we use high altitude recipes. We’re at 700 ft here instead of 7,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Today is Carol’s birthday. It’ll be an understated one for sure but I’m trying to bake a cake. I’m a damn good cook but other than biscuits baking ain’t my thing. I got some commercial mix. How hard could it be? Wish me luck. Hey Bob, back when I was on facebook maybe you noticed Dutch oven cooking and baking are a hobby of mine. If I can bake a cake in a Dutch oven using fire (either from a box or from scratch!), you can do it in a convection oven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Happy Birthday to your bride! Good luck with the cake !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I suggest you DO grease and flour your cake pans. Do not overmix. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Just now, Cat Brules said: grass and flour I'm not sure is "grass" is legal where Bob is. I've heard of grass in brownies, but never cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Yeah, it got “fixed” for me, apparently. GREASE, is the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Sheet cakes are easier to prepare than multi-layer cakes. Recipes need to be followed exactly for good results. Store-bought frosting is good stuff. It spreads easily lacks lumps. If you screw up, supermarket bakery departments sell good birthday cakes ready made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 The vast majority of people over bake everything, including cakes. If you want it to stay nice and moist, take it out earlier than you think you need. Carry over cooking comes into play here. Think of it like hits and misses. If you know it’s not ready, it’s not ready. If you know it’s ready, or you think it’s ready, or you think it’s not ready, it’s ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Henry, SASS #53503L Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 YOU GOT THIS! Best to Carol on her Birthday and to you too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 5 hours ago, Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 said: Happy birthday to Carol and good luck with your project. I'm sure your culinary efforts will be appreciated. Read the directions again and again as you go along. It's easy as can be if you don't screw it up. Happy birthday Carol. Don't be too hard on him if he doesn't do a perfect job. He's trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I'm sure the cake will be fine. Happy Birthday to Carol and many more of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I hope Carol and you are happily celebrating. Best to you both. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 Ta Da! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Don't look too bad, UB! Happy Birthday, Miz Carol! Don't be too hard on him, it's the thought that counts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Beautiful job, UB. I'm sure Carol loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Where did you buy it? OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Happy Birthday Ms. Carol and Bob ya did a good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Bet she remembers this day for a long long time. Happy Birthday Carol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 By golly now that's well done! I'd hoped to post my tale of woe before you threw that one at the oven -- I mean in the oven -- but here goes anyway (respectfully tendered for the benefit of anyone else who wishes to try their hand at culinary creativity!) I was a bachelor, out on my own for the first time, and rather than do something intelligent like walk down to the general store and pay fifty cents for a Hostess cupcake, I decided to bake my own. No Crisco to grease the pan. I used bacon grease. No flour to flour the pan. I used dry pancake mix. What could go wrong? Besides, I was a working chemist, I measured the ingredients with precision, set the oven as if it were laboratory calibrated, timed it to plus-or-minus one-half of one second for baking time. I found I'd produced a fine chocolate ... brick. Two square inches in the dead center was the only edible part of the whole thing, and that if you soaked it in coffee first. I knocked it out of the square tin pan and leaned it up against the burning barrel in the back yard. The neighborhood stray dog came along and sniffed at it, h'isted his nose in the air and walked away looking as if I'd insulted him. Nine months later it was still there, unaffected by the seasons, until the township came along and dumped the contents of my burning barrel in their dump truck, and tossed in that chocolate mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 looks like ya done a fine job , UB Happy Birthday Ms Carol CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Ta Da! I've seen worse. Hell, I've made worse. You done good, Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Wyatt Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Nice job UB. And Happy Birthday to Carol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Ta Da! The main ingredient is Love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finagler 6853 Life Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Impressive! Congratulations and happy birthday to Carol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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