Ricotta in the house

20 August 2010

The past week, I've been waking up each morning super anxious, and getting that really awful feeling of not having done an assignment when it's due. I wake up thinking to myself whether I've baked for the day or not, then I remembered I didn't have to bake everyday anymore... seriously suffering from bad withdrawal symptoms :((((

STRESSED!!!!! for no reason...

I've never baked with ricotta cheese before, but have been seeing recipes calling for it now that I'm constantly scanning through recipes (more than ever). So, I bought a 500g tub the other day and found a couple of easy-enough-cakes to trial it out with.

On Friday it was back to business at work, I didn't set a price per piece because I wasn't really happy with the chocolate raspberry ricotta cake, it didn't have any eggs in it and was pretty "dull". I only managed to raise $30.60 from all items after a week of no baking for the office (I'm still baking elsewhere!!!), so that probably just covers the ingredients...

I actually liked the Lemon Ricotta Cupcakes, the ricotta made it moist and dense with extra lemony icing. A bit of a drama the night before, nearly burnt down the kitchen AGAIN! I wanted to make some fancy decoration with the lemon rind - lesson learnt: never leave the stove unattended when you have syrup cooking!!!!! I set off the smoke alarm and the whole house smelt like burnt charcoal with a lemony scent.... luckily I was awake this time... only walked away for 5 minutes!!!!!!! so the rind was wasted, had to make do with some coconut dusting :(

I also attempted a Bread & Butter Pudding for the first time... surprisingly easy thing to make, and nice served warm (a bit disgusting cold)...

I think I need to start making more fruity things to get more interesting colours for photos.... it's been brown, brown, brown and brown for a while now.....

My calender is suddenly filling up with cake orders, so I'm trying to "clear" my orders as fast as I can... just did a whole day of baking in an attempt to kill several birds with one stone, in between voting and driving parents around and dinner out... must go lift legs up for blood to circulate a bit. More baking tomorrow.... eeek!

A few people have suggested I should get covered for the ingredients now that my initial goal has been achieved or even keeping all the money raised from now for myself!!!! (wow how nice would that be! I can save up to go to mexico!!) but it feels like I'm at the point of no return now that I've donated all baking expenses so far... anyway, I'll see how I go, although a bit reluctant to take on more orders (soooooo tired and a little pove!) I really can't say no to people who want to help out this way.

Also, I've got a bit hyped up about the idea of hosting a Sugar4Water event in September... a water themed picnic perhaps with water balloon fights involved! I think it's a go ahead although nervous about the responsiveness, and I'm suppose to make the invites this weekend......... argh.... how time just slips by when you're constantly baking!!!!!

I would LOVE to sleep in tomorrow, but that may not be an option :(