Just Call Me Bridget

Steve and I recently bought Martha Stewart's Cupcake cookbook with the last of our gift cards from Williams-Sonoma. I've owned Martha's cookie cookbook and have absolutely loved all of the cookies that I have baked from it. Cookies, I can do. But most other foods just don't turn out how I want them to. After reading Marilyn's recent post, I wonder if not being a good cook is genetic? :-) Ok, maybe not, especially since my mom is a great cook. You'll see from my photos that my first attempt to make one of Martha's cupcakes was less than stellar. I do have moral support (or shall I say eating support) from Steve. He will eat absolutely anything that I make. So, I shall continue to bake cupcakes and maybe dinner foods too. Generally I feel that baking turns out better than actually cooking. Either way, practice makes perfect, and as long as I have time, I shall continue trying to make more foods.

Peeling and grinding A LOT of ginger! And using our new food processor. I wonder how people live without these wonderful machines? Thank you to Steve's grandma!!

Yes, you are looking at 1 cup of ginger! That's some kick!

Licking the bowl clean!

A sad masterpiece with home-made whipped cream! I've never made home-made whipped cream before. Let's just say it was the best part. Even though most of it went to waste, I'll definitely make it again!

Yes, I know, they are pathetic looking. So maybe we did run out of molasses and they are "Ginger and Molasses Cupcakes"- but we were just barely short on the ingredient. Lesson learned. I know baking must be precise and this is why. :-)

For those of you who don't know the reference. "Just call me Bridget" refers to the movie Bridget Jones Diary. Oh, it was such a great scene when she tried to prepare herself a birthday dinner and her friends came over for blue soup, caperberry gravy, and orange marmalade. Ha! I need to watch this movie again- it's been years- and it is my all-time favorite movie!