This really is not an Overseas Project blog anymore. It's a food blog. Food food food. I think my last three posts have been about food too. Oof.
But here. I love to bake and cook, and have tried to share some things with my host family while here.
So far:
-pancakes
-sultana muffins
-chocolate chip muffins (which my host brother really wanted to learn how to make)
-apple pie (apple filling: super easy; pie crust: never doing again ugh)
-cupcakes (a failure, which is sad because I'm usually pretty good at making cupcakes)
And sometime soon, I will be baking some chocolate chip cookies. Cookies are different here and usually store bought, so my host family will get to try some fresh out of the oven cookies. Yay.
The point of this:
If you want to bake, remember this. Baking powder here is different. (I guess. I had to ask Bee about it and she explained it to me.) American baking powder starts working when it gets heated. Italian baking powder starts working when it comes in contact with liquid -- so once it's mixed with something wet, boom. Baking powder needs to be put in the mix last here and the mix needs to go into the oven right away. If not, your baked goods will be flat. (As my poor cupcakes were.)
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