I have been getting asked this question from friends, colleagues, and family since September.
My answer is usually:
My answer is usually:
"Honestly, it doesnt feel any different."
Dont get me wrong, it feels amazing to officially be married and call T my husband. But T and I have been together, living with each other for +5 years so in terms of any drastic changes to our lifestyle... nope, nothing really has changed. The only drastic change is that we got a bunch of new fancy cookware that we cant fit into our small shoebox apartment.
Whenever I have time and an excuse, I take out these "fancy toys" to play in the kitchen.
Several weeks ago, my team at work had an offsite, so I took that opportunity to finally use our new gifts like our new kitchen aid stand mixer.
I whipped up some breakfast scones and lemon pound cake for the team.
As the great American chef James Beard once said, "Food is the common denominator that brings people together."
As the great American chef James Beard once said, "Food is the common denominator that brings people together."
It really is! Everyone ate the breakfast baked goods (...even folks claiming they were on a diet). 3 hours later, we all walked away feeling much more like a cohesive team. I like to think food made a difference.... at least no one walked away hangry, right?
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| homemade iced lemon pound cake and berry yogurt scones |
Iced Lemon Pound Cake
Ingredients:
cake ingredients-
all purpose flour for dusting
1 and half cups flour
1 and half cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
zest from 2 lemons
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup plain greek yogurt (i used 2% fage yogurt)
3/4 cup buttermilk (i used buttermilk powder and diluted with water to make the liquid form)
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
zest from 2 lemons
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup plain greek yogurt (i used 2% fage yogurt)
3/4 cup buttermilk (i used buttermilk powder and diluted with water to make the liquid form)
icing ingredients-
1/2 cup powdered sugar (make sure it is sifted)
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp lemon zest
1/2 cup powdered sugar (make sure it is sifted)
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp lemon zest
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line bread pan with parchment paper.
2. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in bowl.
3. In food processor, place sugar and lemon zest. Pulse for 30 seconds.
4. Beat butter and lemon-sugar mixture in a separate bowl. I used my kitchen stand mixer on medium speed until it was fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Beat till mixed.
5. In another bowl, fold yogurt and buttermilk together.
6. In standmixer bowl, reduce speed to low. Add the flour mixture from #@. Then add yogurt mixture from #5. Mix on low speed.
7. Pour batter in pan. Bake for a hour, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
8. Cool cake on cooling rack. While cake is cooling, make your icing.
9. Add sifted powder sugar and lemon zest in a bowl. Add lemon juice and whisk all together.
Drizzle the icing over warm cake. Keep on rack to cool completely. Icing will harden over the cake.
10. Enjoy!
Berry Yogurt Scones
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
6 tbsp unsalted butter
pack of berries (i used fresh raspberries and blackberries)
1 egg and 1 yolk
1 and half vanilla extract
1 cup yogurt (i used greek yogurt. fav is fage plain)
sugar to sprinkle over scones
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in bowl.
3. Place softened butter into bowl, and use fingers to rub butter with flour mixture. The result should feel like fine meal.
4. Whisk egg, yogurt, and vanilla. I used my stand mixer on medium.
5. Stir yogurt mixture into flour mixture. Dough should feel moist. Not too thick, not too thin.
6. Add berries. Carefully mix. Berries will be delicate and may smash. I used my hands to mix.
7. Put small dollops of scone mixture on baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle sugar on scones.
8. Bake for 45 min or till scones are golden brown. The berries will extract water, so keep an eye on the scones. It may take longer to bake completely than 45 min, based on your oven.
9. Place on cooling rack. Enjoy!
On another note- Have you seen the "David S. Pumpkins" SNL skit? I LOVE it. If you havent seen it, watch it please. You will laugh till it hurts.
Someone at work decorated their storage as David S. Pumpkins!
Any questions?!
-mai
Mishka Commentary
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| One of my favorite food is berries! I was so excited when I saw Mai baking with them. I got to eat some. NOM NOM NOM. Hope she has more offsites in the future. |
