Almost done 99.9%

March 21, 2013 I decided to take up cross stitching. It's cheap, doesn't take up space, and you don't need to be a rocket scientist to do it. Right up my alley!

                             

I thought I would breeze though this in a week. Life had other plans...About a week later I completed Jayne.

I got busy moving, getting sick, tending to a sick child. Always something else more important to do. March 24th, 2014 I was able to get 3 more done over a year after I started. 

July 17th, 2014 I completed the pattern!! It needs a washing badly and I will frame it. There are several errors it would drive me mad. It wouldn't be until I was moving on to another section that I would notice. I had no real interest in taking it apart to fix the errors. I learned a few things along the way to improve the next pattern I do. 

Print the pattern bigger

wear my glasses

use a magnifying light 

wash hands obsessively 

Don't be lazy! Cut the strings 

No more white aida 

Make a little time everyday to stitch 

  Photos by me, Pattern belongs to weelittlestitches esty.com

Here's to hoping the next one won't take over a year!

So I found this cake...

I am always looking for interesting cake recipes.  Last week I came across a cake called Chocolate Blueberry Roulade Torte. I found an English translation for this recipe and got wicked excited. 

Original site

site http://www.azlitamasammanis.com.

English Translated

http://www.bestyummyrecipes.com/chocolate-blueberry-roulade-torte/

I gathered everything I needed and got to work.


Quickly I realized something was not right with this recipe I believe several things got lost in translation.


I decided to nix the recipes all together and use the ones I knew were tried and true. 

Old South Jelly Roll Cake from Paula Deen

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/old-south-jelly-roll-cake-recipe.print.html

Zest in the orange peel before folding in the egg whites.

Tish Boyle Brooklyn Blackout Cake

http://tishboyle.blogspot.com/2011/03/brooklyn-blackout-cupcakes.html

Make a double batch of the stabilized whipped frosting and add 1 TBSP of vanilla extract.


I started taking photos of the steps and completed cake, I didn't finish. I plan on making this cake and I will post the full set of photos. It was frustrating to work with this because of the issue with the translation. I learned that I can bake what I know and use those elements instead of what the original recipe called for. It was mainly the look I was going for which didn't turn out the way I wanted it too. That's when I found out to double the whipped cream recipe.

This is new.....

This is the first blog I have ever done. I  was kindly badgered by a friend to start. Here goes nothing!


Mainly I will blog about food, recipes, photos, and my own triumphs and failures with baking and cooking. From time to time about the comings and goings of everyday life around me. (The photos I use in this blog will be my own unless otherwise marked.)

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