Pastry Chef

So, I have discovered that my hobby is baking. If there is ever time and ingredients, I'm baking. I would cook but we would have so much food I could run a soup kitchen. This is also true when it is late with just an hour or so before bed time, Hunny and I will make something together. I think it has to do with my new found hobby... :) 

It started with baking our own bread and then our own graham crackers. In passing we will say something we are craving to make, not so much eat but something different to try to do. A while back it was a pie; so for Thanksgiving we took our hand at baking a pie. Recently, Hunny mentioned he wanted to bake a cake. We have never made a cake because what are two people going to do with a whole cake?

Well, it was early afternoon and we needed something to do... "Wanna bake that cake?" We didn't really have any ideas as to what kind of cake and didn't really have time to look around for a recipe so we cheated and pulled out the box mix we used to use for quick cobbler or crisps. What started out as "Let's bake a cake" turned into Cake Boss. While it was baking, Hunny got the idea to shape it like Korea. So he printed off an outline and got to work. Turned out pretty well but the wasn't good enough. We used some of our excessive amount of bananas and made the mountain range along the East Coast. Some homemade red and blue icing then separated North and South Korea. The finishing touches were the chocolate chips as the DMZ, a bloody Kim Jung Un peep, a radiation sign for Pyongyang, and darker blue for the ocean on the serving board. By the time we were done, we wondered if there was more on the cake than cake itself. But we were proud of our creation.

What did we do with it you may ask? Well, let me give you some background; our upstairs neighbor was a former platoon leader in Hunny's company. Being our neighbor had its advantages because that meant he was a beneficiary to our delectable delights of a hobby. We couldn't keep the whole batch to ourselves. Our last bestowal was a bag of caramel corn and on the bottom of the bag we scribbled, "So you can get fat with us". How appropriate would it be if we brought this cake to his going away shindig. And so we did. Our last treat for him. Hunny wrote "Farewell Korea" on the cake and we left to the party. It was a hit among the guys. All were pretty impressed. I have to say, I kind of am too. We had fun and coming up with ideas and seeing them come together was exciting. I look forward to our next baking adventure. Who knows what it will be, Baked Alaska? Meringue? Croissants? I'm thinking English Muffins our Bagels just so we don't have to buy the chemically infused ones. Plus, it would be a challenge we could tackle.