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...

Does anybody else use this app called Timehop? It just tells you whatever you did on this date in your social media history, so usually it's just embarrassing. But sometimes it makes me like painfully nostalgic. For example, the picture up there came up on my Timehop last week and it reminded me of this night three summers ago where three of my best friends and I made Cookie Monster cupcakes! They were pretty cute, and pretty tasty, and the whole night was a blast. Yesterday when 3/4 of us were reunited (sorry, Shanna! we missed you), intending to bake something, we decided to recreate these masterpieces, except on sugar cookies this time.  Grandma Myers' Sugar Cookies - originally from the cookbook First Capitol Favorites   (presented by the Young Women's Club of York ) Ingredients Cookies 1 stick of butter, room temperature 1 cup of sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon of vanilla ¾ cup of buttermilk ½ teaspoon of baking soda 2½ teaspoons of baking powder 2½ cups ...

Monday at work, my aunt Becky looks at me and asks, "What goodies are you making for us this week?" I didn't really have any occasions to make something for, so I got home and went through all the recipes that I've bookmarked, and I wasn't really in the mood for anything. But I was in the mood for caramel, one of my favorite flavors in the world. As soon as I saw it when I was blog browsing, there was nothing else in the world that mattered until I made it. And pardon my language, but holy shit. It was gone by the end of the day. Everyone at work had seconds, I only brought 3 pieces home. Caramel Toffee Cheesecake Bars - from Annie's Eats Ingredients Caramel 1 cup of sugar 1¼ cups of heavy cream ¼ teaspoon of salt ½ teaspoon of vanilla Crust 1 cup of graham cracker crumbs 3 tablespoons of melted butter 1 tablespoon of sugar ½ cup of toffee bits (like the Heath kind you can find with the chocolate chips) Cheesecake 12 ounces of cream chees...

First, before I get started with my adventures this weekend, I'd like to apologize for my lack of posts recently. The problem is, I was making stuff, I just kept forgetting to take pictures, and by the time I remembered, they had been demolished. So to catch up, I made more patriotic sugar cookies for 4th of July, kind of like the ones I made for Memorial Day. Except I wanted them to be jazzier, so I tried to make fireworks (google "firework sugar cookies martha stewart"), but I failed horribly. I timed it all wrong and it didn't work out, so I just made fun designs on them. Then, last weekend I made a lemon meringue pie, which was absolutely delicious. And then Wednesday I made raspberry frozen yogurt. I didn't churn it long enough, so it ended up more like a sorbet than a froyo, but it was still tasty! And now we're caught up, which brings me to yesterday... This is a bananas foster creme brûlée. I had so much hope for this dessert. I love bananas foste...

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...