baking adventures

after many episodes of the food network, i decided it was time to stop watching delicious desserts being made and instead make them myself. now i can't take all the credit...since a lot of my baking is thanks to betty crocker. HOWEVER, i still try to add my own twists, decorations, etc.

this is a raspberry filling i made for a berry crumble. it's two packs of fresh raspberries, a couple teaspoons of water, about a cup of sugar, and a teaspoon of baking powder (now these measurements are very lax because, well frankly, i don't remember the exact measurements, but just more or less these amounts should be fine).

then i put a crumble mixture on top, poured a quarter of a stick of melted butter on top and baked for 40 minutes at 325F. the final product is above. the filling was a little runny, maybe next time i won't put in the berry filling in the box. but other than that, it was berry-licious!

now this was my attempt at a strawberry shortcake. the cake was made from a shortcake mixture and i cut it in half, covered in whip cream and put sliced up strawberries on top. it was good BUT next time i know to cut off the tops of the cakes so they are flat.

i kept them with their natural baked dome-ness and after the first 30 seconds, the whipped cream and strawberries were falling down the sides *tear* a lesson for next time...layered cakes shouldn't be round!