Backdated baking post

So, as I said in the meringue-related post three days ago, stress results in increased baking. For Crocky's birthday, I've baked cookies, a chocolate pear cake, and meringues. I'm self-conscious about my baking proficiency and am concentrating on getting simple stuff as perfect as possible before I endeavour to try anything more difficult and fiddly, although there are half a dozen cookie and cake recipes I'd love to try now that I can manage to get stuff tasty.

This resulted in a four-hour baking spree while Crocky was at work, conducting, on Friday.

Cookies:



( Recipe and musings )

Chocolate pear cake:



( Recipe )

Meringues:



( Musings )