Well, Mini-Baked Alaska... Not so much a success...

... That should be read as "A really, really messy failure." Needless to say, no one was impressed. However, they were impressed by my fab large baked alaska:


And also, it was the yummiest mocha ice cream EVER!

September Daring Bakers - Sugar Cookies

The September 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mandy of “What the Fruitcake?!” Mandy challenged everyone to make Decorated Sugar Cookies based on recipes from Peggy Porschen and The Joy of Baking.

Well, sugar cookies! I was a bit disappointed with this one as sugar cookies aren't really a challenge to make and decorating them is hit or miss depending on your creative skills. I have none. So, my decorating was a huge miss. But, I did it nonetheless!

The sugar cookies themselves I wasn't very happy with. I found the dough to be very dry and the cookies turned out just as dry. So, the cookies were more crunchy than soft and chewy. Not my preference, however sometimes the flour used up here in Canada needs a bit more moisture added, so if I were doing the recipe again, I would add more moisture.

I also wasn't big on the "September Theme." I can honestly say that nothing at all came to mind for September. Now that I'm not in school anymore, September is literally a nothing month to me. So, the only thing I could think of was to do some beach balls, because September reminds me that summer is over! When I ran out of time at work, I decorated the rest with just basic shapes so I would have some cookies to feed to the residents!

Anyway, I got the cookies done at work and was very rushed in the decorating, so I could have done a better job, but one does what one can with the time they have. I don't mean to be negative, sugar cookies can be fun! I just personally have, all my life, found them to be rather tedious. I think if there had been a theme that I associated with more, I would have had a lot more fun.