Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

There are many answers to this question on the internet but in a nutshell those made with yeast are lighter/airier on the inside and cake donuts leavened with baking powder (like many cakes) are a bit denser with a tighter crumb.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

Not really sure about the coast thing. Until a year ago I was an east coaster. Have you had a donut since mi inch to California. I too didn’t eat a lot of donuts but what I remember about cake donuts was the slightly crunchy outside and the crumb-like inside (like a homemade cake, not a super-fake moist boxed one). Now I want one!

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

I’ve had cake donuts with mildly crunchy outer layers. Isn’t that the way they are supposed to be?

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

Thanks!

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

Saw this recipe in the paper a few weeks ago and wanted to try it but forgot. I noticed at the time that the glaze in the photo was thin and that appealed to me. Did you thicken it from personal preference?

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

One way to get domed tops is to start on high heat and then lower the oven to the directed temp. Example: recipe calls for baking muffins at 350 for 25 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 then when up to temp put muffins in and then immediately lower to 350. It’s a bit of a trial and error method but it has worked for me.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

“Bed Bath & Beyond (my daughter shortens this to Bloodbath!)”

There was one of those office emails that went around years ago (before social media) with a list of stores you don’t want to visit. Two if them were Bloodbath & Beyond and Bed, Bath & Bea Arthur. :)

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

The bakery is worth a trip though just for the bostock. :)

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

I’m willing to put up with a certain amount of coolness, especially in a “big city,” but the two incidents I cited above were over the top in apathy towards our table.

Conversely, I’m really enjoying the restaurant scene out here in the Bay Area where we moved to a year ago. Very casual service but attentive with sincere attitudes toward the food and patrons. It’s refreshing.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

Re: your second point, I’m assuming the OP is referring to the fact that the waiter and other wait staff more than likely just took the order and delivered the food. No suggestions, no pleasantries, no communication at all. That’s the kind of service we encountered on our one visit to Marea. This happened at Junoon as well. Great food at both restaurants but very terse non-communicative service. Both experiences have stuck with me for a few years now.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

The one time we were at Marea the service was nonexistent as well. The food was very good but because of the inattentive service we never went back.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

A really really hip hipster would be so hipster as to start a trend in earnestly liking coffee cart donuts and eschewing those from hipster donut joints. Oh, now my head hurts. :)

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

I posted it above a while ago in response to @patsully.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

That is one of my go-to recipes. Love that cake.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

Irish soda bread from a recipe here on CH. https://www.chowhound.com/recipes/iri...

I’ve made this a few times over the past two or three years and it is so easy and so good. No raisins, caraway seeds or anything. Just flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, baking powder, buttermilk and an egg.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

It was inevitable. Looks like Lidia’s kids will be running the empire now. Not bad for a woman who was a political and religious refugee at one time in her early life.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

Of course that is baking! :)

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

Well, there goes that theory. Thanks.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

What kind/finish of pan did you use? That could contribute greatly to the quick browning.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

I made a stabilized whipped cream. There are a number of recipes on the internet; not sure which one I used. This one sounds familiar as it uses gelatin. I would add a teaspoon of vanilla to it though. I think some others may use cream cheese as a stabilizer.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.geni...

ETA: Here’s on that uses cream cheese.

https://www.365daysofbakingandmore.co...

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

After some thought I came to the same conclusion. Thanks!

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

Looks wonderful. I love pizzelle. I bet Nonna is smiling down at you for trying. :)

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

I peel the candy coating off and eat the chocolate centers first. I then grind the shells into a powder and mix them into a glass of milk. Mmmmmmmm...

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

They are famous. They exist in this world. They are “world famous.” It’s called using words to manipulate a person or persons to read something. In other words, marketing.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

I’ve made this per her recipe and it was very good. I then made it with my own version of homemade Cool Whip and from-scratch vanilla pudding and it was even better! :)

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

What was the lesson? I use kosher salt in all my baking. I don’t even have table salt in the house.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

Two words: dumpster diving.

But seriously... are you serious? You’ve had a lot of good answers here from good people. You need to respond.

And if you are a troll, then ha ha ha on us.

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

Enclaves. Sorry, it’s the copywriter/proofreader in me. :)

Multifoiled commented 3 years ago

You got it. It was his live show that really did it for me. Oh, I watched the station for quite a while after that and still occasionally watch a show or two, but those first few years were promising. Looking at the Wikipedia entry and timeline of shows makes me retract part of what I said. There were good shows after Emeril Live but that was the show for me that signaled the beginning of the end.