My Very First Lemon Meringue Pie

I made this pie as a surprise for my hubby. He has been saying for years and years that I should make him a lemon meringue pie, but he wants me to use his old recipe, which he has never been able to find. So today I decided to take a chance and use a recipe I found on the internet and make my very first lemon meringue pie, ever!

Doesn't it just look delicious? Now I have never really been a big fan of lemon meringue pie, but I have been converted! Crisp pastry beneath wonderfully tangy lemon curd, smothered in velvety smooth, soft and light meringue. It came out perfectly on my very first attempt, thanks to a wonderful recipe and brilliant explanations of the food science behind the pie by Not So Humble Pie. I highly recommend her recipe, I will certainly be making it again, very soon.

Update: A month later and I have made it twice more, and it seems to become more delicious each time!

P.S. I did the chilled filling method and didn't add any cake crumbs. I had little to no weeping, and the meringue only threatened to slide off of the slices serves the next day.

Carrot Cake and Gingerbread Cookies

I was asked to bring a carrot cake to our ward talent show, but I didn't want to make just another boring carrot cake, so I added some gingerbread cookies - decorated as carrots of course! The icing is cream cheese buttercream icing and is piped on in a method called "Pretty Petal Effect" that I learned from My Cake School. It is so easy to do, pretty quick and so effective.

Baptism Cookies

Cristin's Cookies Mystery Cookie Cutter Challenge

Cristin from Cristin's Cookies set a challenge at the beginning of the month, for a number of cookiers to buy her mystery cookie cutter and design a cookie for it, without knowing the intended design for the cutter. I was very excited to take part in this challenge, as she had opened it up internationally (she is based in California, USA). So, here are the results followed by the names of the cookiers who made them and links to their pages/blogs.

1)    Michelle of Wonderland Cake and Company Co

2)    Heather of Twins Plus One Goodies

3)    Leah of Simply Eden Baked Goods

4)    Amy of One Preppy Cookie

5)    Maria of Homemade Cupcakes, Cookies & More

6)    Elaine of Elaine’s Sweet Life

7)    Megan of Sweet Baketique

8)    Beck at Strawberry Giggles Edible Gifts

9)    Traci of Cookie Queen Kitschn:  

10)  Channing of TheCookieMaster

11)  Cristin of Cristin’s Cookies

What a fun challenge!

I must have Easter on the brain, because I just had to come up with an Easter design for my cookie. I became determined to make an Easter chick, wearing rabbit ears, fit into that shape! And so my little Easter chick came into being.

Thanks Cristin! I look forward to participating in further challenges.