lemon meringue pie, chocolate layer cake, sticky buns

Michael and Daniel both left early for golf on Wednesday (3/13) and I spent most of the day in the kitchen….here’s what it looks like in the throes of working: 

I think the cakes are in the oven and the dough is rising at this point

moving on to zesting and squeezing lemons for the pie

pie crust ready to be 'blind' baked

pie crust done, cooking the lemon filling

1/2 of sticky bun dough rolled out

covered with butter/brown sugar/cinnamon mixture

sprinkled with brandy soaked apricots (note new Christmas present ruler at top of pic)

topping of honey/brown sugar/pecans already in pan ready to go

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and here are the results:

ready to be popped into the fridge for an overnight rise before baking Thursday morning

 

can't wait to eat some of this on Thursday

cutting a piece for Michael's dinner

just LOOK at that meringue (Michael's favorite part!)

 

I had been collecting egg whites for awhile, so made Michael a mile-high lemon meringue pie!  Then I made his signature chocolate layer cake with chocolate icing to take to quilting for Willa’s birthday, and also put together 2 pans of sticky buns.  We gave one pan to Joanne and Larry, to thank them for making 2 ADDITIONAL table top ironing boards for me…Larry is a WHIZ!  I was pretty tired after all of the baking (and doing a sink full of dishes 4 separate times during the process) so I got to knit for a bit before Michael got home at 4:30.  The men’s golf club had a scramble tournament format and his team finished just out of the money L, but he had a good time.  He didn’t want any dinner because they ate lunch so late, so he just dove into the lemon meringue pie before leaving for rehearsal.  I knit and watched TV in the evening, and Daniel and Michael got home within 1/2 an hour of each other, around 9:30.  The guys talked over all of the day’s golfing news, and then Daniel collapsed and Michael and I watched a bit of TV before heading for bed