I bake and cook all of the time, and my friends know me for my cooking :) I love to make simple foods, so i can still enjoy the natural, simple, and basic flavor of the ingredients. I prefer fresh pastas and fresh marinara sauce. Or warm bread. Lasagna. Pumpkin pies. and Holiday Chirstmas treats, cookies, cakes! :) Once, I made a deliciously moist cappucino cake with the most delectable coffee-flavored buttercream icing. All of my friends loved me for it! For me, the worst tragedies come in when I am almost finished with cooking or baking something for a special occasion, and then suddenly I realize that I am missing an ingredient or two. Or more...