Sunday, May 17, 2009

Pat a Cake, Pat a Cake, Bakers Man...

Ever since my first Easy Bake Oven when I was 6 or 7 years old I've had a love for baking, but recently I've gotten really into it! I'm trying to learn about cake making, different icings and frostings, fondant, cupcakes....the list goes on. I recently made some YUMMY shortbread cookies flooded with royal icing. They were delicious and since my husband doesn't like baked things very much I ate them all myself (I think Abby ate 3 :P). I got the recipe for cookies and the icing from www.joyofbaking.com. I got the instructions for how to flood a cookie with icing from www.cakejournal.com. Both websites are great and full of creative ideas!

Shortbreads:


2 cups (260 grams) all-purpose
flour


1/4 teaspoon (2 grams) salt


1 cup (2 sticks) (226 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature


1/2 cup (60 grams) powdered (confectioners or icing)
sugar


1 teaspoon (4 grams) pure vanilla extract

Royal Icing Using Egg Whites:

2 large egg whites

2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

3 cups (330 grams) confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar, sifted





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