Today I stocked up on some supplies and am doing a baking day. I had an ego boost the other night while at a gathering with Mike's co-workers (a group of forest service firefighters). Occasionally I send a cake or some sort of breakfast with him to share, and get many thanks. Last week when I had all my cherries, I made a cherry cheesecake and pie to send with him. Both got rave reviews! They liked the cheesecake so much that they asked me to make it again the other night, so I did. I'm a sucker for a dessert request.
It was just enough of a boost in ego to make me want to make more for them before they go to another fire. This time I decided to make some muffins and a breakfast streusel cake. So far I've made poppy seed muffins (with a hint of lemon), and blueberry streusel cake. I'm yet to make the banana muffins I promised Mike. I found an especially nummy banana bread recipe that has a pudding mixture in it that I'm going to turn into muffins.If you use this recipe, I suggest adding a half a cup of flour to make them muffins. I cooked muffins at about 350 for about 20 minutes, give or take.
I found two of the recipes on the Joy Of Baking website this morning, and am oh so happy I found it. It's a great site! It has recipes and is educational in teaching techniques. My favorite kind of site! What's your favorite recipe website?
Here are the recipes if you're interested in trying them:
Melt In Your Mouth Banana Bread
Blueberry Streusel Cake
Poppy Seed Muffins
