My Carrot Cake

Since it's the Holiday season, there's a lot of baked goods around. When I came here in the United States, I learned how to bake out from the box or from scratch. I just follow the procedures. I think I'm good at it. So three nights ago, I baked a carrot cake.

It was good. My husband and I are getting there to finish it all. I just wish that my mom and sisters can taste what I am baking this Christmas. I miss them so much. I wonder what to bake next.

Brazo de Mercedes

Two nights ago, I attempted to bake my favorite rolled cake, Brazo de Mercedes. It's been years that I haven't eaten this kind of rolled cake or sometimes referred to as jelly roll. Like what I said in my previous post, I am going to enjoy baking and bake my favorites.

I gather all the ingredients and visited the website, Panlasang Pinoy and copied how to make the rolled cake. I thought that making Brazo de Mercedes is not easy to create but when I watched the video, I fully understand everything. It wasn't that hard at all. As you can see from the photo I posted, I made a mistake rolling the cake. But it tastes really good as my husband and I ate it all the next day.

The Joy of Baking

Baking is one of the things I want to learn. Yes I can cook and I started cooking at a young age. My mother taught me well in cooking but baking is different. I wanted to make baked goods such as bread, pie, cakes and cookies from scratch. I want to learn that someday I can make really good carrot cake and banana nut bread (they're my favorite). I made some cakes out from the box but I wanted to explore the joy of baking.

The reason why I started to bake today. I am making Chocolate Crinkles. This will be my first ever baked cookies I made and I am proud of myself. I can't wait to bake more! I love baking! If you want to learn how to bake these beautiful and delicious cookies, I got the recipe from Joy of Baking.