"Cinnabon" Cinnamon Rolls

I’ve been reading the Daring Bakers blogs and their recent challenge was to make Cinnamon buns. I’ve made cinnamon rolls before but they were a disaster, extremely dry and it had an “eggy” taste. I didn’t even take a picture of it, that’s how disappointed I was. I got the recipe from the Food Network after watching Alton Brown’s episode of The Dough Also Rises. This time around, I decided to look on Recipezaar.com. The reviews for this recipe were really good so went to the market (again) and got all the ingredients. I got started and realized I forgot the milk =/ and made another trip. *Sigh*

This recipe is a winner! I followed the ingredients but the cooking time the recipe called for was too short. At 20min. the dough was not all the way cooked. So I put it back in for about another 10 min. I inserted an instant read thermometer and took the buns out when it reached 180˚F. The recipe I used the first time said to take out the buns when it reached 190˚F but that resulted in dry buns. The frosting was delicious!

You can find the recipe here.

Grapefruit Yogurt Cake

I was reading Fanny’s Blog and found the recipe for Grapefruit Yogurt cake. I've never made a yogurt cake but her picture and description intrigued me. I knew I had to make it. This was also the first recipe I'd seen for grapefruit. I followed her recipe exactly except for the size of her pan. I didn't have a 7½" pan so I used an 8½" pan which is why my cake turned out flatter then hers. I got a little impatient waiting for the grapefruit juice to soak into the cake so I made a number of holes. Next time, I'm going to try and be more patient =] The cake was just lovely; very similar to my Blueberry Cake, dense but still very moist. I'm going to make this for my sister, who loves grapefruit. Even Mr. Cutie Pie liked the cake.