Saturday, January 22, 2005
BAM!
I must admit that I've tried to be a little more creative in the kitchen this past week. I started on Sunday with (not bad) first attempt at making chicken curry.
A couple of days later I made a lovely mushroom and black bean quesadilla with red onions and red peppers, with a side of fried plantains:
A few days after it was fresh fried tilapia topped with a garlic, mushroom (guess) red pepper medley with a side of salad spinach with pesto salad dressing and a sprinkling of parmiasan.
I then thought I could apply these wonderful skills to cake making, so I went and purchased a Boston Cream Pie cake making kit. The front cover looked quite lovely, so I obtained the necessary ingredients and went about concocting the dessert.
Seems within the realm of reason...
I seriously followed the instructions to the letter. The only exceptions were that, because we didn't have a proper mixer, I had to do the mixing and beating by hand. Unfortunately the cake failed to rise properly, so instead of having a nice tall that I could cut in half and spread filling in the middle, I was treated to an inch tall shell of a Boston Cream Pie.
I was determined to put in the cream, but the top began crumbling as I tried to cut it in half, so I ended up breaking off hunks, applying the cream, then replacing them. I then figured that the icing would cover everything, but instead of being runny enough to cover the whole cake, it only came out in squirts, which resulted in a very different image, despite my attempts to spread it over the top.
But alas! It was not to be!
Don't let me near your cake mix. No, really.
A couple of days later I made a lovely mushroom and black bean quesadilla with red onions and red peppers, with a side of fried plantains:
A few days after it was fresh fried tilapia topped with a garlic, mushroom (guess) red pepper medley with a side of salad spinach with pesto salad dressing and a sprinkling of parmiasan.
I then thought I could apply these wonderful skills to cake making, so I went and purchased a Boston Cream Pie cake making kit. The front cover looked quite lovely, so I obtained the necessary ingredients and went about concocting the dessert.
Seems within the realm of reason...
I seriously followed the instructions to the letter. The only exceptions were that, because we didn't have a proper mixer, I had to do the mixing and beating by hand. Unfortunately the cake failed to rise properly, so instead of having a nice tall that I could cut in half and spread filling in the middle, I was treated to an inch tall shell of a Boston Cream Pie.
I was determined to put in the cream, but the top began crumbling as I tried to cut it in half, so I ended up breaking off hunks, applying the cream, then replacing them. I then figured that the icing would cover everything, but instead of being runny enough to cover the whole cake, it only came out in squirts, which resulted in a very different image, despite my attempts to spread it over the top.
But alas! It was not to be!
Don't let me near your cake mix. No, really.
