Any Home Bakers Here?

[CatInTheHenHouse]

First pumpkin shaped sourdough of the season View attachment 3963371View attachment 3963372View attachment 3963373

Beautiful!

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

I had some oranges to use up and decided to make an orange upside down cake. I didn't really use a recipe, but just saw a picture of one online and tried to replicate it. I basically just sliced the oranges thin, poured a melted butter and brown sugar mixture over them, and poured my cake mix (Jiffy yellow cake with fresh orange juice and zest added) over the orange slices.

Overall, it tasted really good and I loved how the butter and brown sugar turned to a sort of caramel on top. However, the orange slices themselves were a bit bitter because of the rinds.

Anyone have any suggestions for getting the bitter out of the oranges? Do you think I could cook them in a caramel in a frying pan beforehand or something?

I think this recipe had some potential, but that bitter taste is getting in the way.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I think to get the bitter out, you have to kind of soak the orange slices in sugar water, a friend of mine made a gorgeous lemon cake and I asked for the recipe, among others, you had to drench and dry the lemon slices in sugar water for about a week, I admit I didn’t bake the cake

 

[ILoveDaffy]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone here uses duck eggs when baking, and the differences they've noticed between duck eggs and chicken eggs. Mainly, do they affect the baked goods taste, rise, etc. Thank you!

 

[MichaelDJ]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone here uses duck eggs when baking, and the differences they've noticed between duck eggs and chicken eggs. Mainly, do they affect the baked goods taste, rise, etc. Thank you!

Duck eggs are used by a lot of professional bakers (Grandparents were bakers by trade).

 

[R2elk]

Anyone have any suggestions for getting the bitter out of the oranges?

The simple solution is to peel the oranges before you slice them.

 

[cavemanrich]

The simple solution is to peel the oranges before you slice them.

Your idea came thru 16 minutes before I read it.
I am going to make such a cake. Yes,, The oranges will be peeled, since the poster mentioned the bitterness.
Now I still have a question.
I never made an Upside-down cake. How do you remove from baking pan without it falling apart???
I was considering lining pan with parchment. I mainly use steel pans. Used Pyrex bowls,,, but only when I bake Flan.
Silicone pans are nothing I want to consider.

 

[Aria]

YOU ARE an Artist. YES.

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

The simple solution is to peel the oranges before you slice them.

Yeah, I thought about that too. I may just do that. But it's weird, all these pictures online show the rind on! So I thought I might be missing something.

I'll probably just peel them next time and save myself the trouble.

 

[Aria]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone here uses duck eggs when baking, and the differences they've noticed between duck eggs and chicken eggs. Mainly, do they affect the baked goods taste, rise, etc. Thank you!

When we had Duck. I found them LARGER. AND they seem to have a "strong" taste. I was not fond of them.