January 06, 2007
BLT and Cake
I thought I wold try something a little different this week. Instead of focusing on a meat for the dinner recipe I chose to make a sandwich. The sandwich I chose was a BLT. It was not a standard BLT by my standards. First off I made the sandwich on french bread. I then added avocado. Lastly I made a custom mayonnaise by added chipolte peppers and adobo sauce.
Here is a picture of the sandwich with a salad:
I felt a little guilty about choosing a sandwich for dinner so I tried to make it up also making a desert. I chose to make a lemon chiffon cake.
Let me start off by saying I know little to nothing about baking. This cake was the most difficult thing I have ever cooked. I had to warm the eggs to room temperature but read that separating the yokes from the egg whites are best done when the eggs are cold. So right lunch, I separated five eggs. And then left then on the counter to warm to room temperature. At approximately 3:00 PM I made the cake batter and had my first experience with whipping egg whites until they have hard peeks. I then folded the batter. Lastly I placed it in the oven to cook for 50 minutes and then had to let it rest for three hours.
I also made a lemon glaze that was to be poured over the top.
Here is what the cake looked like:
The sandwich was great but I felt the cake was just so-so. I think I need to practice more baking as I truly felt like a fish out of water.