Baking Bulletin

So, here’s the scoop: they thought I had an explosion of corneal ulcers (which is so gross that I don’t even want to think about it – too late), so they sent me to a specialist facility, where they told me that it was indeed viral pink eye.  Of course, this is after they swabbed my eye down with THE SAME STUFF that gave me an allergic reaction on Tuesday, even though a) I told the nurse beforehand and b) my allergy was written twice on my chart.  So yeah, not very well done there.

Anyway, I had to cancel my plans to see my friends, Big Brother and Little Brother, because at this point, I am so behind on my cooking for tonight and tomorrow that I just need to lock myself in the kitchen for a while.  You know, where a good woman should be.  My dessert baking has gotten a bit out of control, since it’s a source of stress relief, so I decided to make everything small so I can bring a flight of three desserts to dinner tonight.  I’m a little hesitant to post it, in case Mr. Australia is reading it (and I KNOW he might be, since he was reading it last night when I popped over.  Ohhhhh the mortification…).  Here’s the plan: I’m going to  press “enter” about twenty times and then post what I’m bringing for dessert.  Mr. Australia, if you’re reading this I TRUST YOU not to look, or at least to act reasonably surprised later.

Okay, it was only 15 times.  I got bored.

1) Strawberry Shortcake: ridiculously yummy vanilla shortbread cookies layered with fresh strawberries and vanilla bean whipped cream
2) Sticky Toffee Pudding: a sort of date custard served with a chocolate toffee sauce.  I’m going to attempt to make this in ramekins
3) Lemon Meringue Tartlets: lemon curd (butter, lemon zest, butter, lemon juice, butter, and sugar. and butter), in a bit of pie shell with fluffy meringue baked on top.

Needless to say, ALL of this stuff is made from scratch.  Also, I’d like to point out that it is IMPOSSIBLE to chop a date…the best you can do is saw furiously and then kind of rip it to pieces.

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