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Hedelian
 
Home Town: Santa Ana, California, USA
Living In: Merced, California, USA
Member Since: Sep. 2009
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Frying, Italian, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Sewing, Hiking/Camping, Biking, Walking, Photography, Reading Books, Music
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About this Cook
College student who just likes to bake and cook.
My favorite things to cook
I love making cookies and cakes from scratch. I've tried cheesecake a few times cause I just love cheesecake, but they don't turn out so well.
My cooking triumphs
I'm especially proud of this white cake I made with an almost custard filling topped with strawberries that I made for our end of the year party at my job. It had a fondant sculpted Bobcat that my friend made on top of it. I'm really proud that the cake held despite the weight of the Bobcat.
My cooking tragedies
I was making frosting for a lemon cake for my friend's birthday before she came home. I had made one batch of frosting, but it turned out not to be enough. With not enough ingredients and not enough time, I rushed a frosting batch that went crazy. It initially started out watery, so I tried adding more powdered sugar, only making it lose it's original flavor, not making it thick enough for frosting. I then tried putting it on the stove in hopes it might get thicker with heat; also a failure. Finally, I tried to add flour, which eventually turned the frosting into a solid block stuck to a saucepan.
Recipe Reviews 3 reviews
Good Old Fashioned Pancakes
Made it. It was great. Just added the dry ingredients to the wet instead of putting the wet into the dry. Sifted them right in. Always seems to work better that way with most pancake batters.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jul. 13, 2010
Banana Cream Frosting
It's got a nice mild banana flavor. Not authentic banana since most of its flavor comes from the pudding mix, but it's nice nonetheless. Reducing the milk by half it still wasn't quite as thick as most people would want. Combine the liquid ingredients (milk/rum) last and add as much as you need to get the consistency you need.

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jun. 27, 2010
Amazingly Easy Irish Soda Bread
Moist and flaky. Nice recipe. More like a biscuit than bread.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 8, 2009
 
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