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qtmixx64
 
Home Town: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Member Since: Jan. 2009
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Asian, Italian, Southern, Mediterranean, Low Carb, Healthy, Dessert, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Walking, Music
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About this Cook
American guy living and working in Asia!
My favorite things to cook
I love to bake scratch cakes...I am always looking for a good recipe. I love trying old recipes from vintage mixer cookbooks and I collect and use a few vintage mixers. I enjoy baking pies and cooking Italian, meat recipes and dips/snacks.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Italian Chrostmas cookies, cakes and pies.
My cooking triumphs
Fabulous scratch cakes, killer homemade pizza and delicious pies!
My cooking tragedies
This can always happen to the best of us...usually happens when I am distracted or in a hurry!
Recipe Reviews 3 reviews
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Thirty Minute Yellow Cake
Excellent!...thanks for sharing. I did the AP flour with baking powder as well as an extra egg. I also doubled the vanilla and snuck in a tad of almond and coconut extract...about 1/8 teaspoon of each. Super moist cake...one of my new favorite recipes. As a previous reviewer said...follow simple directions. Impossible for the cake to flop!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jul. 29, 2009
White Frosting
Excellent recipe...this same one has been in my family for ages and I know of some bakeries that use the same. They key is room temp ingredients and whipping for 15 minutes. ADDING EXTRA SUGAR will make it gritty. This also works well with a few tablespoons of cocoa or peanut butter to vary the flavors. This is a high success frosting compared to gritty, runny powdered sugar frosting that makes a mess and is sensitive to temperature. KUDOS!

3 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jul. 28, 2009
Aunt Bert's White Cake
Very nice cake. Not sure what the drama is some are having with the thin batter. I always like hot water batters since they are sure to turn out.The allow for maximum raise. I added 1 cup of coconut and used 4 egg whites and it was a nice moist cake. As a rule,scratch cakes are heavier than box...but scratch cakes are "real" anyway!...right?

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 31, 2009
 
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