Friday 1/27/17

Dinner with Jen and John and I am stealing another Blue Apron recipe: chicken breasts with a spicy african peanut sauce. turns out the Blue Apron website has very thorough recipes so I will be making that spice blend for sure. Jason brought a loaf of bread (devoured) and I made a banana cake from Food52 for the third time. I am very irritated that I have made this twice before and didn't address any questions I had for myself, like, what did I use instead of pastry flour (this time I used mostly cake with a bit of AP)?  Did I ignore "sour milk" and just add some vinegar to regular milk (yes)? About how much powdered sugar did the frosting use (I still have no idea, but found it useful to let the frosting sit and cool a bit, as that helped it firm up and use less powdered sugar)? Despite these questions, the cake turned out well. Oddly, the first time I made it, Jason commented that the frosting was great, but the second time, he claimed he wouldn't eat it with frosting, so I made a sheet cake and frosted half. This time I just went for it and he ate it and didn't mention it at all. Weird.