I'm Back - Year Long Baking Challenge

Hello all my little bakers!! I’m back!! I really wanted to keep my blog going after my last challenge but with being off work and life just getting crazy, it never happened L. Then I got a wonderful comment from someone saying I inspired them to bake something they hadn’t in a long time, and it just made my day, so I was going to start again. Never happened. I just checked my counter and saw that I’m at over 1,200 hits. I was just under 1,000 when I left. I am sorry for anyone who came and there was nothing new, but I am changing that today.

My time off was wonderful J. Mr. VIP and I visited the Montreal Biodome and Omega Parc, both of which I highly recommend a visit to. They were wonderful visits, the animals were amazing and it was just a fun visit altogether J. Another place to go is Quebec City, we spent an amazing romantic weekend there, and we are already planning our next visit. Old Quebec City was beautiful, we spent each night walking the streets and always found new little stores to go in to. Our next visit will be in the winter, and I can already picture walking the coble stone streets with the snow lightly falling down, just like the romance movies :P. I also spent 2 weeks in Nova Scotia visiting family, it was amazing being away and just relaxing at the cottage beside the ocean.

 

Old Quebec City

 

 

Nova Scotia

 

Last time I left I had a new puppy, a trouble making lizard, and a wonderful 1 year old nephew J. Now I have a 8 month old puppy who isn’t little anymore, a lizard who lives to cause me problems, a 16 month nephew who has just learnt to walk, and my boyfriend (Mr. VIP if you didn’t catch on above :P) has started a 90gallon salt water tank that just has me completely hypnotized as it never stops changing.

 

 

Max watching the crickets while Rico eats

 

 

 

I am now back to work, and my co-worker DJ and I have been talking about challenges again J and we decided on a year long weekly challenge. We realized that when we are off we have no motivation what so ever, and when we are at work we want something to look forward to. So this time I have no list to follow, I just have to bake something different every week, and every Sunday I will update the blog. Now I have been going over ideas in my head, cause I have been trying to line up Christmas, thanksgiving, Halloween, etc. with recipes holiday appropriate. I am going to try a lot of new recipes, a few will be mine, but other than that I want to expand my recipe book and bake items I have never done before. Macarons have become a major dessert trend lately and I have never done them before, so this is something I am going to try my hand at with this challenge, as well as trying many other new desserts.

Unfortunately I haven’t bought any new shoes L since I have been off work I just didn’t have the money, but that will all change soon J. Now that I have a paycheque again I will be shoe shopping very soon. So there won’t be any picture of my shoes, but I was thinking of showing extreme styles, because there are shoes out there that aren’t meant for walking in, only looking at ;P.

So this is it J. My first recipe will go up next Sunday, September 16. My final recipe will be September 8, 2013. Wish me luck, and as always comments are always welcome J. Just to have a little something till than, below are 2 of the cakes I made while I was off.

 

 

 

 

Baby shower cake

 

 

 

 

Going away cake with a solid chocolate guitar

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Baking!

Sey