To calculate my circumference, just multiply Base times Width times Pie... PART 1
So I was about 3 weeks into my baking odyssey, and had successfully produced an edible Walnut Cake and a couple of good loaves of White Bread. Good experiences and lots of fun. In addition to the actual baking, I had expanded my library of baking cookbooks from 1 to about 7, and had expanded my list of equipment considerably. Reading these cookbooks, and watching the Great British Bake Off, continued to inspire me. Now that I had some tools and a little experience, what next? I am generally a very methodical person. I love lists, and take a great deal of satisfaction from compiling lists of tasks and then checking them off one by one. I really felt like I needed a plan of some kind, almost like a curriculum in school. However, I did not want baking to become a chore by removing all of the spontaneity from the journey. This was, after all, supposed to be an expression of passion and fun, not boot camp. So what to do? After much hand wringing and over thinking (a hereditary co...