2011 Year in Review

That year went past fast! I feel like 2011 was less impressive in the baking department than I wanted it to be. Maybe if I review I can prove myself wrong. Here are some things I baked (and liked):

Pies/Tarts:

• Sweet Potato Pie
• Rhubarb Pie
• Orange Creamsicle Tart

Cakes:

• Carrot Cake
• Devil's Food Cake with Coffee Buttercream
• Pumpkin Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Candied Hazelnuts

Cookies/Bars:

• Salt-n-Pepper Sandwich Cookies
• Sweet & Salty Brownies

Bread:

• Mostly Whole Wheat Sourdough
• Pain au Levain
• English Muffins

Other (it was the year of the whoopie pie):

• Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
• Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
• Chocolate Whoopie Pies

Most epic failure:

• Hot Cross Buns

Shout-outs/thanks for sharing/inspiring me:

• The BAKED boys--always and forever. Is it too much to say that my life would be empty without you?!
  
• All of my amazing friends who oooh and aaah over even the most minor of my baking successes. And challenge me to try things I haven't considered. Now, please come over more often and eat all of these extra baked goods.

Okay, so not as pathetic of a year as I thought it was. But still, lots to get on to in 2012. Namely:

• Bread. No, really this year. I am armed with a book I trust. I will learn.
  
• Figure out that Sarno's Italian Rum Cake I've been meaning to work on for YEARS. I have all the pieces (I think), I need to put them together. In time for my birthday. I'll make my own cake this year.

First up: Burnt Sugar Bundt Cake. Meant to do it before 2011 ended, but illness prevented me from even thinking about eating, let alone baking. This Sunday is the day.