Welcome to September! Baking Delights Buzz for Sept. 1

Can you believe it? The days are getting shorter and even here in Texas we are having cool mornings.  I love autumn…

Here is the Baking Delights Buzz for the last month….

My favorite image for August was Kyrie’s escargot…LOL!

My favorite recipe was Walnut Genoise

My Favorite comment was from Katherine on How to Make Your own Wedding Cake.  She said, “I just wanted to say thank you for all the helpful wedding cake information you have on this blog. For my mom and dad’s 25th wedding anniversary, I decided to bake a mini wedding-type cake. I had no idea where to begin, and I stumbled across this blog. It was so VERY helpful–I used your golden cake and icing recipe–it turned out wonderfully! Thank you for sharing with us…you were an answer to prayer.”

Sigh..I just love happy endings…and that is really why I blog, right there.  It makes up for all of the criticism about the poor images quality and recipes that people can’t make work.  Sometimes it is my fault,sometime  theirs.

The winner of the mixer poll was of course, Kitchen Aid..that is a no brainer.  I have decided to do something outrageous and treat myself to both a KA AND a Bosch.  I will have the money when I get my first check for the book and, as an added bonus it will come off the taxes..so it is win win.  That way I will have the power for bread as well as the desserts..  Yay me.

The new poll is going to be up today.. and the question is “How are you dealing with rising food costs”

The top ten articles for August, from most popular to least popular, were:

1. The 50 Best Cookies on the Internet -this is a no brainer…after several days on the first page of Digg and links all over the internet this has been the top post since I posted it last August.  DO ya think I will every have another that is this wildly popular?
2. How to Make Your Own Wedding Cake Part 1
3. Foil Wrapped Beef Brisket
4. Classic Pineapple Upside Down Cake- who knew that people would be looking for an upside down cake recipe?
5. How to Make Wedding Cakes 6, Tops and Tricks
6. Molasses Crinkles- this is the best recipe ever. Good molasses cookies are hard to find and these are crispy and chewy.
7. Double Chocolate Toffee Cookies, this is easy to figure out!
8. The 40 Best Cookies for Shipping.  I compiled this list when Chris was in Irag the first time.
9. Wedding Cakes, Shapes.
10. Homemade HotDog and Hamburger Buns. If you have been looking for homemade hamburger buns that are soft like storbought these will make you very happy!

Now…Some of my favorite posts  from last August:

1. Cinnamon Rolls…Big and fluffy.
2. Veggie Wraps with Olive Tapenade
3. Praline Shortbread Bars
4. Blueberry Bran Muffins
5. Chocolate Sheet Cake.  Lousy image, great cake.

Now, coming up in September? I am working on a new give away…and some other cool things…I should have the cookbook out of the way soon so things can get back to (ab)normal.

Have a great Labor Day, and enjoy the unofficial last day of summer!
Images:Marye Audet