#creating recipes

OBJECTIVE

Test different sweeteners with a cake recipe that I am really used to.

MATERIALS

Bought xilitol, eritritol and esteviol (in portuguese) from a local store. The rest of ingredients are the same as usual.

METHODS

I weighted the amount of each sweetener following the conversor internet told me to use:

Xilitol: same weight as sugar would be

Eritritol: 70% of the weight of sugar

Steviol: 2% of the weight of sugar ~\_(°.°)_/~

I prepared the same batch of cake without sugar or sweeteners. Then, I weighted it in 3 different bowls to mix each sweetener to each third of the batch. Poured the batches on cupcakes trails making sure to differentiate each one by color.

BLUE: xylitol

PINK: erythritol

GREEN: stevia

RESULTS

None of the cakes was fluffy.

Xylitol and erythritol were good.

Steviol wasn't sweet at all, to the point it has a salty taste.

CONCLUSION

Either it's a lie that steviol has 200x more sweet flavor than sugar or the local store sold me a diluted one.

No aftertaste on xylitol and erythritol recipes.

Was planning on making something for a dinner that my friend is hosting, so before that, I decided to test out the recipe first on a smaller scale.

A simple mix of toasted spices, waiting to be cooled before getting ground up into a powder.

It turned out A LOT better than I expected! Although I need to dial down a little on the spiciness the next time (gotta be careful with the chilli padi).

Christmas Eve #homemade recipe: roasted Tasmanian ocean trout and carrot leaves with Australian dukkah and Chinese Chili and soy bean oil, kipfler and carrot, and a glass of rosé. Dessert dark chocolate buche ended up being too hot so it was turned into a fancy chocolate and raspebbery biscuit mousse !

#foodgasm #foodporn #localproduce #sustainablecooking #homemade #creating

Fri. Dec. 6, 2019: Deep Within the Baking Marathon

Friday, December 6, 2019 Waxing Moon Uranus Retrograde Sunny and cold

Hop on over to AFFAIRS OF THE PEN, where I talk about the fun of holiday romances.

I got back to baking in the early afternoon, after having adventures finding decent vanilla that was also affordable. It’s shocking how much food prices have gone up this year, while the packages are smaller and the quality is often lower.

I made…