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Food & Drink > Dessert Recipes Recipes: Basic cake icing: 1 of 15
What makes or breaks a cake? The icing of course. It's the first thing that you see when exposed to a cake, and it's always the first thing that you poke at with your fingers. What happens than? You taste it. Let's face it, a cake is only as good as the icing you put onto it.White icings are good when you have people around w... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Ecstasy: 2 of 28
Around you, there is life.Life in the dark.Bodies shuffling and swaying to the deep pulsating beats on the dance floor, lights flickering endlessly and rapidly around their faces. This music used to move you, but not now...You sit and contemplate, waiting for that friend of yours to enter your hell and take you away to a plac... More..
Food & Drink > Baking Tips for making the perfect scones: 1 of 8
Fresh baked scones, served with your choice of butter, jam, honey, or even clotted cream. What a delicacy, they are the perfect accompaniment for dunking in your tea or coffee.Depending on where you live, the perfect scone can vary. From being lightly sweet or savory in England to being more sugary in North America. In the US... More..
Food & Drink > Candy & Desserts Cake decorating as an art form: 3 of 18
Like a paint brush or pencil, a piping bag is like an extension of my fingers. Squeezing the icing out in intricate and beautiful patterns, and creating a cake that is not only edible - but a wonderful piece of art. You are only limited by the imagination and creativity that you hold in your hands. The cake is your canvas - a... More..
Food & Drink > Bread & Baking Recipes Recipes: No-bake peanut butter cookies: 3 of 11
Whether you love it crunchy or smooth - peanut butter can make quite the cookie. Growing up, we were all used to peanut butter sandwiches, but if you were really lucky, you got a peanut butter cookie in your lunch box. But how many recipes have you seen that make this tasty treat easy and un-baked? Well look no further, I hav... More..
Food & Drink > Baking Buyer's guide to cake mixes: 4 of 12
Be your own cake-mix connoisseur! Picking out cake mixes and experimenting with them all can be a fun process. Cake mixes don't need to be boring - try sprucing them up with your favorite ingredients. Add chocolate chunks and dried fruits. Layer them after baking with fruity pie fillings, whipped creams, and icings.Cake mixes... More..
Food & Drink > Baking Tips for making the perfect pound cakes: 2 of 6
The soft pillow-like texture of a delicious moist pound cake - smothered in icing or glaze and paired with an afternoon tea. A fine accompaniment to fruit and the perfect end to a meal.But how many times have you tried to make a cake, only to find it flat, heavy, dry, or just flat-out boring. I am not here to give you several... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking Desserts Tips for making the perfect cheesecake: 4 of 10
Probably one of the most luxurious of desserts, the cheesecake satisfies even the most sophisticated of pallets. A smooth, creamy, velvety texture combined with the crunchy and crumbly texture of the crust makes for the perfect combination in your mouth.The first place that you need to start is on the crust - and that is one ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dark poems: 600 of 1327
As I lie here pondering away at insignificant and trivial matters - I can hear the low and basey echos of a distant ship heading out from the harbour. I curiously sit up and look from my window - the fog lies in sheets above the ground, covering everything with a delicate and fragile mask of mist...It seeps into my window, ma... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: The similarities between pigeons and city folk: 1 of 1
Noisy, pesky birds traveling in herds. With the drop of a crumb, they come flying in one large mass a big blob of feathers and avid hunger. They swoop in from all directions, completely obliviating anything in their path, be it peoples heads or other birds.Pigeons.They sound like another breed that I have heard of a human bre... More..