Cake & Heels

In my continued attempts to create and maintain as many blogs as humanly possible, I've started another one.

Oh no!  Here we go again, right?

But really, the reasoning behind this is simple.  As I've found myself in a place where I'm doing much less loving & leaving of people in my spare time, and much more baking, the stories I'm constantly posting on this blog have very little relevance to the title. 

I'm going to maintain my love them & leave them to blog about things that interest me, of the slightly more scandalous nature...

And my new blog is the PG-13 (well more like PG-21, because really alcohol is a very important part of my baking) mecca for all things baked! 

So here we go. 

Cake & Heels

Eat My Blog Bake Sale

Last December a whole group of bloggers got together to showcase their amazing baking talents, while concurrently raising money for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. It also happened to be the location of my first "date" (well really a Myra, non-date, is this really a date? kind of date) with the G-Man. So it makes sense that on my birthday & very close to our 6-month "anniversary" we'd hit the streets for a summer goodie treat.

It was quite the feast, and I also got my first experience with Scoops! Pear & Gorgonzola Ice Cream?! WTF? I mean I know Caroline knew what she was talking about when she mandated to try every flavor at scoops, but why have none of you dragged me there?? Seriously, incredible.

Speaking of Caroline, I got to meet my cracked out favorite blogger IRL, and she even gave me a shout out on her blog!

But speaking of bake-sales, my mentee, mento, little NYUer and I have decided we need a bake-sale of our own! Our charity? Tisch West. How... gracious alumni of us, right?

Idea Factory: Peanut Butter Pasta

All in all a very cute little lego animation. Enjoy!

Love at First Bite.

"It doesn't even tell you how to make the heart in the apple ... and I was all like WTF?!"

Hilarious. Thanks Village Voice!

You're drunk.

PETER
Never mind... Listen -- suppose I
should tell you that Ellen Andrews
is going to have her marriage
annulled.

GORDON
Huh?

PETER
That she's going to marry somebody
else.

GORDON
You're drunk.

It Happened One Night.

Choco-Bacon Pretzel Sticks. Success!!

Tasty, easy & amazing. Conceived in the yummiest parts of my mind, I was pleasantly surprised that this turned out exactly as I had envisioned it! Hopefully the people at No Cookie Left Behind think they're as delicious as I do.

I started with 2 packages of Snyder's Pretzel Rods (Had to dig to the back of the shelf to find one where 90% of the rods were still in tact), 2 packages of bacon & 2 bags of mini chocolate chips. Once home, I sliced the bacon strips into halves and wrapped half of the rod in the strip. It was actually easier that I went cheap and bought the fattier bacon, because it worked well to cling to the pretzel.

The recipe I had suggested baking them for 20 minutes on a wire rack over a pan so the bacon fat can drip off without making the pretzels soggy. Not having an oven, I settled for using my space oven which ended up working really well. I drained the sticks over paper towels & let them cool off before dipping them.

Now for the chocolate. I normally use a bowl & make a double broiler over the stove, but figured it'd be much harder to dip it in a flat surface. Inspiration! I used my bpong.com pint glass & melted the chips slowly in the microwave, making to stir every 30 seconds or so! Topped them off with a few sprinkles for color & texture, then let them chill & harden in the fridge for 30 minutes.

I'm also now convinced that every baked good I make needs to have a logo... & thus the Choco-Bacon Pretzel Sticks are born!!

Very Sweet Paper Plane Animation :-)

Paper Plane from Margherita Premuroso on Vimeo.