I miss Lon. I bake from-scratch cakes but I never photograph them because I usually bake sheet cakes (no layers) and frost them in the pan. They are definitely NOT pretty cakes. I have a small-batch white cake recipe that makes a 9" square; it's a good size for the 2 of us. I have also perfected buttercream frosting. I always keep a Pepperidge Farm coconut cake in the freezer; they are really good little cakes and I like to have emergency backup desserts on hand. We also have cobblers fairly often because they are easy.
You've stayed quite busy I see. I love seeing pictures of pretty food. I use a couple of really old recipe books myself. So you found a good use for the digital camera I see. Nothing wrong with that. We are all tired and oldish on here now.
Pepperidge is a good cake for a backup. What are sheet cakes? I mostly always do layer cakes, so far. You should break down and snap us a picture when you have time, I am sure everyone would enjoy seeing them. I love cobblers.
Sheet cakes are just single-layer cakes, usually rectangles. I bake mine in a stoneware baking dish, leave the cake in the dish and frost the top. Nothing to see, really.
Oh ok, sorta like the glassware I cooked that cobbler in above, I see. I like seeing them, most of mine aren't pretty but taste good, and that to me is the most important.
That's just the way I do a sheet cake. A lot of bakery cakes are sheet cakes because they are single-layer...
Not really. Been at it for 15-20 years. I have lots of photos but there may be several pictures of the same cake, pie, etc. or step by step photos. Not all my cakes are layered or pretty. I make quite a few sheet cakes as well, and they get slapped on a cake card board; line with foil or waxed paper. Most people don't want to deal with slicing a layered cake. Nor am I a cake decorator neither. I’m not a professional baker. Just lots of practice. I can squeeze out a few icing designs and make swirls on cupcakes. I make deceit looking food and “most” of it tastes good. As I said, photographing food was just a hobby, as it was for most of the people at the food forums, which we posted them to recipes.
My cakes aren't pretty but long as they taste good, I am happy. Love to see photos of food and desserts, and get idea's about cooking different types. Feel free about posting, if you want to, because I will enjoy seeing them and sure others will too. As I cook new desserts I will post them too.