KH Confections

February 25, 2020

Vanilla Sables

After my failed attempt at the Poppyseed and Lemon Cake I was a little apprehensive to try another Great British Bake-off recipe, but after a disappointing dinner we wanted to finish the evening off strong. In full disclosure, I had no idea what sables were before today. Apparently they’re the french version of shortbread cookies. […]

February 12, 2020

Poppyseed and Lemon Cake

Let’s jump right into things… I’m pretty certain this is not how the cake is supposed to look. Given the ingredients I feel like this was supposed to rise more than it did and I’m not really sure what happened. Well, I do have some ideas… All of the recipes in this particular cookbook (see […]

January 29, 2020

Mardi Gras King Cake

I had been craving king cake for weeks and being unable to find one in the grocery store I finally just decided to make one myself. I attempted a gluten free King Cake a few years ago and it did not go well (as many of my gluten free attempts turn out…). However, I decided […]

January 15, 2020

Chocolate Chip Scones

Super easy recipe! I was concerned about converting the recipe from metric to imperial system, but it didn’t seem to affect anything. In total, the entire process took about 30 minutes (including baking time) so this is a fairly quick recipe. We used Crosse and Blackwell Orange Marmalade which seemed fitting and it added a […]

January 1, 2020

Ranking System

Baking can have different results for different people. Some of these variances are due to geographical regions, skill-level, and quality of ingredients. As a note, I live in the Southeast corner of the US and am cooking on a gas stove/oven. Because there can be so many different outcomes using the exact same recipe I […]