Gutie's Goodies

As many of you may know, Tuesday was the royal baby Prince George's first birthday. Naturally, I had to make him a birthday cake! I didn't find this recipe on Pinterest or anything, but I'm proud to say that I crafted this strange beautiful idea all on my own. I decided on the Neapolitan because it has three parts, just like the royal family, and each part of the cake is symbolic of one of the majesties. The vanilla layer of the cake is for Prince George his royal babiness because of his purity and childly innocence. The strawberry is obviously her royal highness Kate because it's pretty and pink and sweet. And finally, Prince William is the chocolate cake layer, which was on the bottom, because he's like the foundation of their beautiful perfect royal family and the reason everyone else can be royal, too. Plus he's rich and yummy. Anyway, that was sort of vomit-inducing, but it pleases me regardless. It's worth noting that I made the full recipes of b...

Whenever I bake something, my parents give me this look. One of them usually asks me "What are your plans for that one?" They tend to not like the baked goods sitting around the house because a) no will power and b) ants. So what I end up doing 9 times out of 10 is just taking it into work. It always works because I'll either come home with an empty tray or sometimes just a little bit left. But I feel really bad. My manager Jeanie was diagnosed with Celiac disease right before I got home from college for the summer, so she can almost never eat the stuff that I bring in. She gives me these sad eyes when I have to tell her it's not gluten free, and I guess it worked because I made this cake. I finally got my hands on some xanthan gum (a necessary ingredient in gluten free baking) and then used that along side a store bought all purpose GF flour blend, and I was really excited to see how this turned out. My expectations were low since most GF cakes have a weird textur...

For the first time in the history of Gutie's Goodies, Sarah has a guest writer! That would be me, Montana. I was honored when Sarah asked me to write a post for her lovely blog. Granted, it has taken me forever to actually write this, but with a newborn can you really blame me? My 20th birthday was late June, and I asked Sarah if she would make me Boston cream cupcakes. I found the recipe myself  here . It sounded pretty great to me. We made plans to make the cupcakes and go out to dinner to celebrate my first day of life. We baked together, which really means Sarah bakes, and I talk to her. I'm more of a taste tester. Why start breaking tradition now. If you've ever had any of Sarah's creations, you'd know that she never fails to make a delicious treat. So, of course they were fabulous. The dark chocolate contrasted nicely with the sweet vanilla pudding. And they were tiny, so I didn't feel like a complete fatty when I ate all of them. I'd defini...

Yesterday was my dear mother's 28th birthday. We had a lovely celebration, including dinner at Nino's Pizza (one of around three restaurants my parents ever go to), where we ate entirely too much, then we went back to our house for cake and gifts. But you likely don't care, you're here for the cake. And I don't blame you. It's delicious. My mommy and I celebrated her day by making it together. It was a bit of a struggle for me, as I don't like to share my kitchen. My mom is better at sharing, but she likes to be in charge. So that made me upset, but I tolerated it for her. Happy birthday, Mom. She wished for more handbags This cake is a favorite in my house. It comes from the recipe book of my late Grandma Sue. The recipe is to be respected in all ways, including those that make me twitch (mostly margarine), but it does come out great nonetheless. It includes a chocolate cake with pecans, then a layer of marshmallow fluff, topped off with chocolate fr...

GUTIE IS ON THE ROAD! This is a very exciting week. I'm visiting my roommate and bae for life Karyn in Massachussets! I haven't seen her in over a month, and I'm so happy to get the chance to harass her daily again. I arrived yesterday, and the first thing we did after I got a pretty thorough tour of the town was make dessert! Karyn is kind of obsessed with Reese's PB Cups, so for her birthday last month I got her a jar of Reese's peanut butter, which she still has a lot of, so we knew that whatever we made had to have peanut butter in it. I showed her a bunch of recipes I picked out and she chose these rice krispy treats, which ended up being delish. She also wanted to make churros for some sort of weird inside joke. The krispy treats were easy enough, but the churros were uncharted territory for me.  Krispy Treats - from Annie's Eats Ingredients Bottom 1 ¾ cups of Rice Krispies ¼ cup of water ¼ cup of sugar 3 tablespoons of light corn syrup 3...

So I mentioned in my first post with the cookie dough truffles how Oreo truffles and I have a long history. We go way back. I love them, the filling is honestly to die for, I just hate the dipping process. So this was perfect. I got to enjoy the yummmmmmmy filling without suffering through the excruciating truffle process. And they were so wonderfully easy! I made them for a party my parents threw for their friends on Sunday night. I started baking a little after 6 and they were done by 7:30. Most of the process was just waiting for things to cool. If you wanted to make it even faster, you could use a brownie mix. Brownie mixes aren't as offensive to me as cake mixes. There's absolutely no reason for that hypocrisy and I can't explain it. Regardless, they were easy and delicious as long as rich and chocolatey is your jam. I found them on Pinterest from a site called  Chef in Training . Oreo Truffle Brownies Ingredients 2 sticks of butter, room temperature 2 cups of s...

For my first post, I chose to make these little truffles. The recipe was pretty straight forward, it looked easy enough. I just forgot one important thing--I hate making truffles. I haven't made them in so long, I guess I just repressed that particular memory. Freshman year of high school, I made these Oreo truffles for one party, but they're so freaking delicious that people kept asking me to make them for other parties or even paying me for them. I can make and roll the filling no problem, but dipping them in the chocolate is just the biggest pain in the tuchas. I'm so bad at melting chocolate that I'm probably cursed. I even use a double boiler like a fancy person! But my first batch of melted chocolate seized up. I thought, this is so thick, what could I add that would make it nicer? For some inexplicable reason I added corn syrup. Never add corn syrup. So then I made my loving father go to the store and pick up another bag of chocolate chips, which I overheate...