One of the best things about being forced to stay at home the past two months has been the opportunity to slow down and live life at a less American pace.
Baking with my children has been a great experience. For all the funny jokes parents are making about being driven a little nutty by their kids (the struggle is real), there is no substitute for these memories we're making right now.
Last night, we put together a Genoise sponge cake. We're big fans of the British Baking Show, so making one of these and topping it with chocolate ganache was a lot of fun. Here are the pictures!
Here's the cake, after being cooked in a cake pan.
Flipped out onto a cooling rack.
The ganache was 50% heavy whipping cream, 50% semi-sweet chocolate (56% sweet).
Here is all that is left this morning...we did indeed have some cake for breakfast. 🙄
Not bad for a first attempt! Duck Duck Go is a pretty good recipe finder.
What sort of sweets have you learned to make lately?
-Jeff
Hey, @protegeaa.
That does indeed look awesome. You can tell by how quickly it disappears. :)
I'm glad you mentioned the making memories part. I think that's important to recognize within a family at any given point in time, but especially when global circumstances keep you confined to one another.
It was tasty, although a bit basic. Since it was my first scratch cake ever, I feel really good about it.
And yes, the memory making was the best part. Cooking with the kids is becoming a favorite pastime of the Covid19.