"The Dessert Kitchen"

I have added a few more items to my baking "menu" and created a Facebook page to advertise a bit. I call it "The Dessert Kitchen: Postres Americanos" so it has a little spanish. I added pound cake and key lime pie!

Today I came home and baked:
2:30 - Leyla asleep for a nap
2:30 - 5:30 - oreo balls in the freezer, 3 loaves of banana bread in the oven, chipotle chicken marinated for dinner, blog updated
5:30 - Leyla wakes up!
I would say I had a pretty productive afternoon!

La Panaderia en Mi Casa

I have been making banana bread for awhile now and just started experimenting with friendship bread and other bakery items, but, the idea to sell them was always just an idea - until now. Everyone has always complimented my cooking/baking and when I mentioned it to my classes, I was surprised at how quickly I received orders - several students were interested in buying my breads. So, I made a couple loaves and brought them to school to sell in individual portions and was practically bombarded the first day with "ooh I want one!" and sold out the first three hours of classes! Three more students requested bread and that night boy did I about kill myself making bread - I was so exhausted, I can't believe my legs didn't collapse underneath me!

I made 4 loaves of friendship bread and 3 loaves of banana bread and once again, sold out the next day and received more orders for Monday...It's beginning to look like this idea of opening a bakery might just be a winner. Here's what my kitchen looked like Wednesday night:

I only have two pans so I was constantly washing dishes in between batches. Probably should invest in some more! Sad part is, there was no bread leftover for me :(

Last Week of Classes!

I finished all the exams last week, and this week I have classes for those who did not pass. Then Monday they have their second exam and I will be done! (If they still fail they have to come back in January). and in two weeks I'll be home in Nashville! So excited!!

Also I thought I'd post a recipe. Marcos brings bananas home from the mountains all the time and they ripen all at once, so I've been making lots of bread! and everyone loves it! It's a really good recipe.

1 cup melted butter
2-1/2 cups flour
7 large mashed bananas (use ripe ones)
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda

350 for 1 hour. Just mash all the bananas, mix with the sugar and butter, add the beaten eggs, and then the flour and the rest. I also add cinnamon :) Here's the website I got the recipe from:


http://www.banana-bread-recipe.com/recipes/big-banana-bread-recipe