The Cluttered Pantry

Main Ingredients
Sourdough Starter
Sponge
12 cups bread flour
7g of rapid rise dried yeast
1 cup warm water
3 tablespoons caraway seeds

Main Ingredients
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 cup diced crystallized ginger
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon grated lemon peel
12 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
3/4 cups heavy cream

The Kahunas are all summer babies. It’s one happy birthday party after another from July through September. Of course any reason to bake and eat cupcakes works for me…
These are lemon cake (yes, I’m still using the left over juice from the limoncello making) with chocolate butter frosting and lemon sugar on top.
I saved [...]

Ok, in this case I went out and bought the lemons, but it made for a good title anyway.
It’s finally getting warm here in Chicago…the longest spring ever (not that I mean to complain, I prefer the cool air to the humid and hot.) So now it’s time to break out a drink that [...]