I had some sour cream left over from last week’s bundt cake, so yesterday I decided to bake a sour cream pound cake. I found a recipe online, tweaked it a little by adding some vanilla to the batter and then increased the bake time (as usual, it took about 25% longer in my oven than the recipe indicated). The finished cake was moist inside with a crunchy crust and was a perfect Sunday night dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
I’m always struggling to do something with the food I buy before it goes bad. There’s only so much celery I can eat after I buy a bunch for a recipe that calls for a single stalk. And since I live in a small city apartment, there’s not a lot of storage space, especially in the freezer.
But now that I’m getting more familiar with cooking, I’m able to be a bit more strategic at the grocery store and buy things that I know I’ll be able to use for more than one dish. And then I’ll push myself to actually use them. This weekend, I fried up a package of bacon that was close to expiring in my refrigerator and wrapped up the pieces to use in sandwiches in the future.
I hate throwing away food, so the extra effort has been worth it. Especially when it means more cake…
Mmmm you had me at sour cream pound cake, haha. Great post, stop by and say hi 🙂
Thanks for the comment, I’ll swing by!