Using my KitchenAid mixer for the first time.
Making sure I have all of the ingredients ready.
What a beautiful machine.
Making frosting from scratch.
There are 12 cups of powdered sugar in there!
My first cake from scratch.
Sealing up the sides.
Done!
I decided to break out my PC Easy Accent Decorator.
I really didn't know what I was doing. Just playing.
Mmm . . . you can't make Colts blue with blue food coloring.
Prepping for my first chocolate cake from scratch.
Oven time.
This one is a triple layer cake. I busted the top layer.
Chocolate frosting from scratch.
All done!
Making french bread from scratch.
Not bad for my first try.
The finished product.
Random jello cake. Made the same day as the bread.
Kyle using our new popcorn popper.
This was our Valentine's evening.
Finally . . . making bagels.
After they've had a chance to rise for the second time.
East coast method: proofing the bagels.
Proofed bagels ready for the oven.
This doesn't look very bagelish.
Fresh out of the oven.
They look (and tasted) more like croissants.
Trying a new cinnamon roll recipe that uses mashed potatoes.
Letting the yeast bubble. You could actually hear it.
Hanging out with the dough.
Before rising.
After rising.
The first of four sections.
Butter/cinnamon + sugar layer.
Round two of rising.
Close up.
The finished product. VERY yummy!
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