Fresh Strawberry Pie
What better way to celebrate strawberry season than with bright fresh strawberry pie! Ingredients 1 baked pie crust2 quarts strawberries1 cup sugar1 tsp lemon juice1/2 cup water4 tbsp corn starchWhipped cream Instructions 1。In a medium saucepan, combine ~1/3 of the strawberries, lemon juice, and cup of sugar. Mash these down and bring to a…
Macaron Recipe and Flavor ideas
Inspired by Tasty Macaron Shells Required equipment: Mixer Rubber spatula 2-3 Cookie sheets Parchment pater Small circular object (to trace) ~1in diameter Pipping bags with a Wilton A1 tip (if you don’t have these, you can use a gallon sized bag with a ½ in diameter whole cut into the corner) Required ingredients: Macaron Mix…
Nikki’s Flaky All-Butter Pie Dough
Makes one shell. For a covered pie just repeat recipe. I haven’t yet tried doubling the recipe (sometimes scaling just doesn’t work) Ingredients 1 ¼ cups flour ¼ tsp salt 2 tbs sugar 1 stick butter (diced and frozen) ¼ cup water 2 tbs white vinegar 1 tbs cinnamon (optional) Instructions Dice the butter and…
Smash Bros go Baking
Hey everyone! These are practice for my upcoming craft show! I’m going to a Smash Brother’s tournament soon and thought I’d make them my test subjects. I’m also testing out some dual tip food decorating pens by Chefmaster. Hopefully with them, I can get more consistent results than piping my designs with batter. The brown…
Science Macaron Commission #2!
Drosophila embryos stained for their CNS!
Science Macaron Commission #1
Mice! A colleague in a mouse lab is defending! There are two types: long tail and kinky tail. The long tail has almond extract flavored buttercream, and the kinky tail is vanilla. Extra batter!
Macaron Cuteness! (Recipe to Come)
The animals have lemon buttercream, whereas the caps are coffee flavored.
S’mores Macaron!
Very similar to Tasty’s macaron recipe. I haven’t written up my recipe formally, but Tasty’s is the closest. If you follow their’s you’ll get a great result. In my s’mores, there’s a dash of cinnamon in the batter and a whole container of marshmallow fluff in the buttercream. Drizzled with semi-sweet chocolate deliciousness.
What to do with Extra Eggs? Make Creme Brûlée! (Recipe to come!)
Like many of you, I don’t own ramekins. However, you can make these bad boys in a muffin tin!
When Sisters Bake: Unicorn Swirl!
This tastes exactly how you’d expect a unicorn to taste, like pure sugar.
Chocolate Raspberry Roll Cake
This was inspired by The Great British Bake Off, I blended two recipes in order to make a fluffy gluten free sponge. This was the first cake recipe I’ve created myself, and I’m super excited to share it with you all! Estimated time: 3 hours Sponge Cake 5 eggs 3/4 cup Bob Redmill’s 1 to…
The Journey Begins
Hey all! I’m Nikki, a Molecular Geneticist with a passion for baking. On the insistence of my lab mates, I’ve decided to document my baking adventures. I’m not the most skilled, nor have my treats been made with fancy equipment (ok some fancy ones I found at Goodwill), but you can learn along with me!…
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