A Sweet Day

Back in the Day Bakery

Cheryl, it's Paula. Hey, Paula. How are you? I'm great. Listen, I want to come kidnap you for a day

I'm spending time in the kitchen with my friend Cheryl from Back in the Day Bakery

Cheryl brings it home with the homemade flair, the homemade flavors. So today, I think I'm going to treat her

Starting off with these mini artichoke quiches and pork tenderloin sandwiches. I'm gonna come down and pick you up

Don't forget the bread. I'm flat out. Okay. Finally, Cheryl's showing me our most decadent cupcakes

Hinkies. And you won't believe them. Okay, I'll see you soon. Okay

See you soon. Bye-bye. Bye. I can't believe Cheryl's gonna let me come pick her up today

Back in the day, Bakery is one of my niece Kari's favorite spots

It's one of Jamie, Brooke, and Jack's favorite spots. I called Cheryl to see if she could come out and play, have a play date

and I've got to make sure she comes out of there with bread. I'm gonna take these to Paula

I'll try. Right. Paula and I love to spend time together I mean, every time we just cut up and have the best time in the kitchen

So I want to show Paula this special cupcake that I've been working on It's like a throwback retro cupcake

It's like the one that we had when we were kids Hopefully she's going to love them

You know, I can't leave here without bread If you could hand me some bread

Griff's my husband and he breaks the bread fresh every morning I'm pretty much the queen of sweets and he's the king of savories, if you will

For both Griff and I, it's second or third career, and I'm thrilled to be doing it now

All right, Sugar Knots, tell Griff I'll be back. I'm going to see Paula. Come on, Cheryl, and let's get cooking

Day of laughter and cooking. I know, I know. I'm so excited

I can't think of anything better. Cheryl comes from that same place that I come from

She's full of childhood memories of her grandmother. I brought you some good bread

Oh, bless Griffin's heart. Griff's bread will make tears come to your eyes

It's so good. Well, come on in, baby. All right, sweetie, and I got you some sweet treats, too

Yay. Just make sure you throw that bread on my counter, girl

That Griff. Yes, he sent you some goodies, Paula. He makes the best bread

In fact, Cheryl, when I have company, and I... And there's some rosemary, too

So when you do, like, your pastas and stuff. Yeah. When I pull out your bread, I usually save it for, like, company

Yeah. And people will say, Paula, this bread is insane. I said, I know

Don't I make good bread? I know. I figured you wouldn't. No, I don't. No, I give Griff all the..

I know you do. I give him all the credit. Well, first, Cheryl, I'm going to treat you with these adorable mini artichoke quiches

I had actually started some bacon before I left. Oh, I smell it

Just got it in cooking and turned off my pan. Mm-hmm. I need some chopped green onions. Okay

I need the marinated artichoke hearts drained. All right. And I'm going to make a buttery cracker crust for a quiche

Oh, I love that. I'm just going to crush these crackers. Do you think that's enough

Yeah, I just need a couple of tablespoons. I'm going to make these rather than us eating a whole big old piece of quiche

I love that little butter. Yeah. That's a pretty color. Is that a new color

Yes, it's a new color, and it's called butter. Well, of course it is

Paula, do you need me to chop these artichokes a little bit

Maybe a little since we're making them in miniature muffin tins. And we're going to need one egg

For your filling? Yes, for the filling. You can see I'm not making enough crowd

That's okay. That's all right. And you can grate me a half a cup of Gruyere cheese, Cheryl

I love it when I get to come down to your bakery because you have all those little retro things

Yes. I brought you some surprises actually today. Oh, you did? Mm-hmm

Yeah. Love it, girl. Some retro things. All right, pop that in there. Yes, just gonna mix that in there

All right, now if you'd measure me out a half a cup of milk. Okay. And this is good I don want to overcook that bacon That smells just gonna put it right in there You know what I need to do

Get your tins ready for you. Oh my gosh, please. You can do it one of two ways

You can just butter it or spray it. Aren't they so cute? Aren't they cute

I love bite-sized stuff. So we'll just put like a teaspoon. For your crust

Yes, for the crust. And here comes our filling. All righty. Paula, how does that look

I think I guess all... That looks delicious. I know it settles a little, so I'm gonna... Yeah

Yum. Doesn't that look good? Doesn't it look delicious? I almost could eat it like this

I know. Okey-dokey. We're going to will somebody to come over. Michael will like this for a sec

He had to leave in the wee hours this morning. It was still dark

Oh, goodness. And I said, sorry, honey. I'll be the fat girl in the bed sleeping when you get home

All right, so Cheryl, we're going to bake these on 350. Okay

For about 15 or 20 minutes. All right. Just don't let me forget them

Up next, we might not be able to eat just one of these mini quiches, y'all

I might need one more. Those are kind of tiny. And later, it's Cheryl's turn to lead

Will her cupcakes pass the Paula Deen test? All right, so, you know, I always have to taste to make sure it's good enough for folks

Grab your one now while they're still kind of warm

Oh, my goodness. Is it good? It's so good. We had so few ingredients, didn't we

It's so simple. Perfect. That was perfect. I might need one more

Those are kind of tiny. They're diet quiches. They are. They are

Anything that tiny can't be that fattened. Well, I'm just dying for some of that bread

so let's get started on our little sandwiches. I've got a support tenderloin

Well, tell me what can I do for you. All right. If you would get this casserole dish

Let me move some of this. Oh, that's all right. I can. Snacking. Now you put that thing right back, sister

What do you mean taking it out of my reach? Do you know what I've got right here

What's that? I've got ground up sugar cookies. No. Yes. Yes, they are

So if you would mix the ground sugar cookies with a cup of bread crumb

Okay. So we've got two cups. Yeah. I'm going to just take some Dijon mustard

and I'm going to brush our pork tenderloin with this. So I'm just going to take some salt and some pepper

All right. Okay. So we're just going to roll it in our combination

Gotcha. Okay. Of our sugar cookies and our cracker crumbs. Oh, I bet that's going to make a nice crust

Oh, it's crust. Yes, it's going to be delicious. All right. So I've got me a pan here

Look at that. Look how pretty that is. Oh, that's great. So if you'd pop that in the oven for me, I'm gonna wash my hands

Okay. Thank you, darling. Well, that gives us just about enough time to make us some cupcakes

Yes. So look here. All you have to do... I'm gonna watch

This is cake flour. Uh-huh. Not self-rising. And that's one and a half cups, y'all

Half teaspoon salt, a quarter teaspoon of baking soda. All right, so you're just going to kind of pre-sift that by turning your mixer on

If you'll tell me what to do, then I'll start putting together. All right, so Paula, if you could put our two eggs in that bowl

And then into that same bowl, we're going to do a half a cup of oil

Okay. And then if I could get you to kind of whisk that and just kind of like making mayonnaise

Okey-doke. And then meanwhile, I'm going to get some of Michael's good coffee

and all I'm gonna do is pour this hot coffee into our chocolate to kind of melt it. Yeah

And Cheryl's using three-fourths a cup of unsweetened chocolate. All right, so basically we want to get that good and melted

Okey-doke. And this is a great recipe for a beginning baker because I'm telling you

I remember making this with my grandmother. This is like the first cake we ever made that summer

Well, you know, I think that's why our grandmother's cooking was so good

Because they didn't make it hard, Sharon. No, it wasn't hard, but it was all that love and everything that went in good ingredients

All right, so you get it nice and light like that. And then we going to add to that just half a cup of sour cream All right how about that Something like that That perfect perfect

We're just going to pour that. It's good and melted. Okay. Coffee does need to be good and hot, y'all

Okay. All right, so that, you don't even need to mix that a lot, Paula. Oh, I don't

Okay. That's good. Keep it simple. All right, so then we'll turn this back on

So you're just going to kind of add it in thirds. Mm-hmm. And it's a very chocolatey batter that you're going to have to pour

It's not one that you can scoop. All right, so, you know, I always have to taste to make sure it's good enough for folks

Cheryl, honey, taste it. And then we need sugar. You forgot the sugar

Oh my goodness, as sweet as I am How could I forget the sugar? If you put these out

And sold them Oh my lord I'm just glad that I was

Being Paula In the kitchen today, you know, can't keep my fingers

Out of anything You know, you make mistakes in the kitchen I'm glad she caught it

She kept me in check Uh oh, you know what else? Vanilla

We didn't add the vanilla. We're talking too much, Paula. I know. You know, I do this all the time, Cheryl

because bacon is a formula in the phone ring. And I'll tell people, listen, I cannot talk to you right now

Not in the middle of something. Because I'm going to mess this all up

And then you'll just fill it up about two-thirds full. Okay. Look how neat you're doing that

Yeah, I've had a little practice except for Lord help me with forgetting that sugar

So I'm just going to put this in the oven. Okay. 350. It's got all our ingredients in it

I love it. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that makes all the screw-ups

Everybody does it. Coming up. You don't want to miss the rest of these cupcakes

as long as Cheryl remembers the ingredients, y'all. I'm gonna keep my eye on you

And later, I finally get to tear into that bread. I'm not gonna get anything else done

after sitting here eating this. Okay, Paula, so this is the frosting

for those delicious cupcakes. Okay. And it's one of those... The frosting or the filling

Both. We're going to use it for both. We're going to fill it with the same, and then we're going to frost it around

Okay, great. So all we're going to do is we're going to put in our half a cup of flour

I'm going to start just kind of doing a slurry with about a half a cup of milk

but we're going to need two eventually. Okay, you want me to do this? Yeah, about a half a cup until it's smooth

and then we'll kind of add in the rest. Then I'm going to go ahead and put your flavorings in there

Today, we're going to do vanilla and coconut. Oh, okay. So that's your vanilla, and that's the coconut

So equal parts of that. Okie doke. Go ahead and start gradually adding the rest of that milk

This part does not have sugar, but we're going to add sugar. I'm going to keep my eye on you

All right, Paula, so while you're doing that, we're going to add four sticks of softened butter

All right, so what we're going to do is get that kind of creamy like that, Paula

I'm just going to let that get softened. I'm going to just start to gradually add the sugar

And I see that's two cups, Cheryl. So I need one more cup, Paula

Okay. I'm going to add this. Now, this is going to have to cool before we put it in there, right

It is. And it won't take long. And you can, you know, pop it in the refrigerator for a few minutes or take it over an ice bath

Okay, this is starting to thicken up, Cheryl, a little bit. Oh, it is

So once you're done with that, we'll pour it in there. Okay. And then we'll let it cool, and then we're going to add it in here

And it's one of those things you really do have to have patience with it. Okay, I think that's good

You think that's tight enough? Yeah, I think that's good because it's going to definitely, it's kind of like a roux

It's going to thicken. Yeah. It's almost like paste, isn't it? Yeah, it is

And that you don't want to taste, Paula. No. All right, this is nice and cool

Yep. So you want me to just kind of pour it? Mm-hmm, just kind of pour it, get it in there kind of gradually, yeah

So we'll just whip that up. It's almost like a whipped frosting is what I call it

How was it Over the moon Get that little bit of coconut flavor Our tenderloin should be about ready Let me take a

Oh, that looks good. Oh, yeah. So, I'm going to take Tim out

Yep, get that bread. I feel like I'm at the bakery making it on the sandwich line

I've got cranberry sauce which is so good with the pork

and I can't eat a pork sandwich without mayonnaise I'm sorry I'm going to put some cranberry sauce

on mine too to go with that and you know what I want a little bit of

Vidalia onion. You want some onion? Absolutely. All I need to do is some meat

And I'm coming your way, girl. Okay. You make the best sandwiches

Paula Deen. No, I think y'all do. Mmm. Look at this. Want me to cut that for you, Paula

Yeah, I think I'm going to bring it up here and just cut it. I think I'm going to cut mine this way. Yeah

So then I'll almost be able to get it in my mouth. Oh, yeah

Oh, my goodness. Mm-hmm. The bread. The tenderloin. The tenderloin is incredible, isn't it

That was just 25 minutes. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. How are we going to get anything else done after sitting here eating this

Why don't we go until we get through eating and get the cupcakes made

Why don't we go back there and crawl in the bed and watch Soaps? Oh. I bet you don't ever get to watch Soaps anymore, do you

In the middle of the day. Coming up next, it's the cutest finish to these cupcakes that you'll just have to see it for yourself

Oh, they're too pretty. I almost know what it tastes. It's too pretty to eat. I know, but they're too pretty

so paul are you ready to decorate we've got to take these out of our little baking papers

yeah and then we're going to use this little apple corn i like to just kind of hold it

and then you can kind of feel the and then it comes right out oh save those don't throw them

away. I'll put those in a bowl for Michael and he will love it

So if I could get you to do those and then I'll fill up our mess

Yay, good, because I always make a mess. I'm going to

fill them up. And I like the way you take them out of the paper

Yeah, because we're going to frost that whole thing. Oh my gosh

So then all you do is fill that up. I like a lot in there

I do too. So then I'll invert it like that. Uh-huh

So here's what I'm gonna do. It's kind of messy. I'm not gonna lie. We do the frosting

on the side. Okay, well, I'm gonna come around here, and I'll start helping

you frost. Yeah, this is a fun thing to do with kids. They love it

Now show me what you do with the coconut, Cheryl. This is the powdered food coloring that you can get online

Oh, and you're just going to shake it. I'm just going to shake it, and hopefully I won't be shaking too much

Love that. That is great for children. Here's the fun part. Y'all, I can't think of a more fun way to use coconut

You have to try this one at home. Look at this. See, that's all I do

Isn't that great? Hey! I mean, how much fun would that be

It's fabulous. And that's all there is to it. All right, Miss Paula, so look at my surprise I brought

My old, these are all my little special favorites. Now, are these old or just vintage

Some of them are old, and some of them have, like, little vintage elements. Do you remember these

Oh, my gosh, yes, Cheryl. This is, these are cute. Look at these flags

Now, do you, oh, my gosh, adore the flags. These things. Aren't they cute

But they're just fun to kind of find. Isn't that cute? Alrighty, let's have a little taste, Paula

Okay. Oh, they're too pretty. I want to taste it. It's too pretty. I know, but they're too pretty

Oh, please, honey, the cupcakes. It reminds me so much of when I was a kid

only like 100 times better. A really, really feel-good memory. Mmm! Mmm

Yeah