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No words needed:
Caprese Salad with Freshly Grown Tomatoes and Basil
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I have two words for you: silicone liners. If you don’t know what I am talking about google them. They are rockstars and have completed my baking world.
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I made the cake above in my last cake decorating class — Happy Independence Day!
Happy 4th!!
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Attached is my VERY first decorated cake from my Wilton Cake Decorating class. The class is fun, but there are some crazy ladies in there who are know-it-alls which can be very frustrating. Anyway, they all looked at me strange because my icing was not “white” and it was more cream colored. Well, I didn’t use Crisco — that’s why! I’m a purist… buttercream icing should use butter and not Butter Flavored Crisco. The End. Unless of course you’re a Vegan, and then I completely understand!!
My 1st decorated cake!
Farmer Ran
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I’m going to periodically update this section with recipes from my garden and local places I love to pick crops (and maybe a baking adventure or two)!
First and foremost… I SUCK at making pizza dough. I need some serious help. I use a stone, I make it thin, but somehow it ends up dense. OY. Any thoughts?
Farmer Ran
You’ll have to talk to my Matthew! He’s a pizza dork. And a little OCD about it. He uses the broiler to make a pretty delicious neapolitan pizza on a pizza stone in a conventional oven. I can probably snag his dough recipe, if you are interested!