Gaming Party.

     A couple of weeks ago, at our new apartment with our roomates, we threw a gaming party. There were three TVs in the living room, each one hooked up with a different console, lots of drinks, and of course, some baked goods!
     I ended up kind of overloading myself with tasks for the party, I think. I made World of Warcraft hearthstone cookies (lemon sugar cookies) by rolling the dough like a swiss roll and cutting them, Bomb-Omb brownie bites covered in chocolate and decorated with cream cheese frosting and little coconut fuses, and yoshi eggs and 1 up meringue mushrooms! I think everything tasted spectacular, but I wish I had started everything sooner, because they could have looked better.
The recipes I used are as follows-
Sugar Cookies - I made a half batch of these and added zest from a lemon
Meringue Mushrooms - I dyed a little less than half of the batch green, but otherwise followed the recipe exactly as written
Bomb-Omb brownie bites - I made these brownies, used a generous amount of cream cheese frosting to keep them together, then rolled them in melted chocolate.

Red Velvet Cake

    
     This was the last Winesday that I've managed to host. With moving into a new apartment, and all the other activities I've been working on, it just hasn't happened for a while. This red velvet cake was a recipe that was suggested to me by a friend and fellow baking enthusiast.
     Red velvet cake has always been something that I've wanted to try, but I've never had an excuse to until now. I barely had enough dye to make it, but I was very happy with how it came out. I wish I had had more time and materials to make it pretty, but taste is top priority, right?
Anyways, the recipe I used for this cake is found here. As always, I halved the recipe to make a much smaller cake. Instead of using the provided frosting recipe, I used a basic cream cheese frosting. I also added little slices of banana to the middle section. All in all, it turned out quite well!
     The Schmitt Sohne Riesling was one I decided to try for the first time with the red velvet cake. Riesling typically has a sweeter edge to it than most wines, so it usually goes fairly well with desserts. This wine, though, had a bit too much of a mineral taste to me, and tended to clash a bit with the cake. I ended up having to save the rest of the bottle for later in the evening. On a scale from 1-10, I'd say Schmitt Sohne 2008 Riesling would get a 6 from me.

The long break in things that are baked.

I know it's been a long time since I've posted anything, but I can assure you, it's not because of lack of inspiration and motivation! I've been very busy the last couple of weeks making and planning yummy things that will be up on this site very soon. Keep an eye out!