Jason's Cooking
I enjoy cooking something special here and there. Mostly I bake pies (because I love to eat them). Often I find that I wish I remembered some detail of how I did something last time, so I figure that I might as well keep a record here.
Red velvet cake
Apr 2026I ate red velvet cake a fair amount as a kid, so it was a bit nostalgic to make one of my own for the first time. I used a random online recipe and the result was good but not great. My hunch is that it cooked a bit too long. …
Apple crumb pie
Dec 2025As a pie, apple does not rank particularly high for me. But a friend who loves apple pie was having a birthday, so I made one anyway. I was thankful that she chose a streusel topping over the standard top crust. (I love pie crust, but streusel is even better, especially on apples.) This pie turned out decently, but holes in the crust caused a bit of burning on the bottom. …