Bread is your Wish
Sweet Potato Bread baked in a mini Bundt pan
[Buffy fans might recognize the wannabe-copycat title here. if not, well, good for you not being a Buffy-geek?]
in the past few months, I’ve been making bread in function of what we need:
“Chaz needs sandwiches today, so I shouldn’t make sweet bread.”
“I wish I could use pecan nuts…but crap, Chaz hates them!” (mmm…see a pattern here?)
and so on…but now I’m bursting with crazy bread ideas and I can’t put them on the backburner anymore.
there will be more inventive bread creations in the coming days/weeks, as dough is my witness, and I hope they’ll turn out as nicely as I envision them to be.
a little tip if you want to avoid wasting plastic wrap for when you put your bread to rise: get yourself a set of Pyrex bowls with lids. when the dough is rising, simply whip out one of the lids and pop it onto your bowl. it’s so easy being green! one less plastic wrap cover to end up in the trash.
did you know that raw yeast is harmful to cats and dogs? it will keep on expanding once ingested, causing pain and even rupture of the stomach or intestines. just a note to keep the stuff away from your four-legged babies while baking bread, and to make sure to clean up any possible spills.
here’s a list of other foods that are possibly harmful to cats and dogs.
NB: I know that in some cases, it’d take massive amounts of the foods listed to cause any harm, but I’m totally paranoid when it comes to Buff and Will [yes, another proof of Buffy-geekdom] and I prefer being safe than sorry.
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Those are adorable!!! I need to find some mini bundt cake pans1
Your buffy geek-factor is too cute! Everybody has a secret tv show crush. I’m addicted to cartoons!
Super-cute, and sounds super-delicious.
Yikes! Thanks for the raw yeast heads up!
I have no idea about the whole buffy thing but I’d eat that bread anyway! I’ve never seen bread in a bundt pan before, it’s such a great idea!
The bread looks fantastic. I’m still far too intimidated to try my hand at bread. I’m afraid baking isn’t my thing–too technical. All those directions and whatnot. But, I’d brave the hellmouth for fresh bread on a regular basis…
love the bread baked in a bundt cake pan!
thanks for the link to that list, wasn’t aware of everything on there. it’s good to keep that in mind, I definitely don’t want an animal to experience something like that…
Sounds outstanding, I love the look of it. All this Buffy dorkiness though, I’m not sure if I want to make this bread now….if it’s contagious, I certainly don’t need to be any dorkier.
- The Peanut Butter Boy
I don’t get the Buffy joke, but bread REALLY is my wish! Baby sweet potato bread sounds soooo amazing!
THANKS for the yeast tip! always good to know these things… esp after Lily Bean ended up in the ER for eating raisins! (also VERY poisonous to dogs)
On another note, I am totally into sticking sweet potatoes into baked goodies! i love sweet potato muffins and biscuits and i have NO DOUBT I’ll love this equally. xox
Baking bread in mini bunt pans is a great idea! Perfect for freezing what you can’t eat right away.
We women are so generous, always putting our mens needs first and sacrificing our craving for pecans :)
Yay for Buffy dorkiness! As long as Whedon keeps on writing the comic version continuation, I will be happy.
Nice tip for making yeasty dough without using plastic wrap- its so obvious I feel a bit silly not doing/thinking it earlier!
Oooo adorable! I have a mini bundt tin, I’ve had it for 6 months and have yet to use it (and I feel your pain on your creativity being dampened by ahem…others in the house with no taste buds :P)
Why do you tell me i’ve got no talent honey? :-) you are wonderful in baking and cooking in general! You are perfectly able to turn all this in a job if you wish.
Great bread and it looks sooooo yummy at 7.33 in the morning!
Bacione
Silvia
:-P I haven’t thought anything like this never never never..I’ve never thought you were telling me that honey..uhmmmm..it’s my bad english that creates so many misunderstandings :-) be patient with me! I’ve understood perfectly what you were saying and for that I can tell you that you are talented as well as others! I’m a mess in cooking or baking so..:-P don’t count on me on your future business!!
Now i take note of your email as it’s so difficult to pass through these posts!!
Wait for me hun..a big kiss!
Ma scrivi benissimo in italiano ..sapessi io l’inglese come tu sai l’italiano..ahh..sarebbe bello!
Ciao
Silvia
Mmm mmm mmm!
apparently my joke sucks, because even my fellow Buffy-geekmeister Chaz didn’t get it! ah well. I will survive…with lots of chocolate and bread to make up for the pain.
ha! Silvia, I’m good at misunderstanding things so don’t feel bad about your English which is, I insist, perfectly fine and nothing to worry about!
Erin: I’m having trouble with the comic format. I know, I should be ashamed. I just have a hard time getting hooked! so heartbreaking.
be dorkier, Nick! embrace your inner geek and kick it up a notch! ;)
what’s your favorite cartoon, S?
that list of dangerous foods spooked the crap out of me when I found out about it a while back: since I didn’t know about it when I was living at my parents’ as a teen, I never thought any of this stuff could ever be harmful to our cat and dog. the more you know, right? I’ve always wanted to sound like an NBC ad. ahem.
This is a beautiful cake. I love anything that is made with sweet potatoes…they are my favorite tuber.
Thanks for the link to the foods that are dangerous for our pets.
Natalie @ Gluten A Go Go
Looks phenomenal, as does your entire,mouthwatering blog, Celine. And good info about the yeast being harmful to pets.
Perfect baking! These look so good! I wished I could taste them…
oui je parle français! Je suis Mauricienne et bilingue.
Buff and Will! ha! okay, I forgive your Buffy geekdom if you’ll forgive my own. :D
and I love your bowl idea, I always hate using plastic wrap… not only is it trashed, but it’s sticky and it touches the bread, bla bla… anyway, good tip. And sweet potato bundt-y bread sounds incredibly tempting right now, I wish I could smell it!