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Chocolate Raspberry Vanilla Bean Marshmallows. Chocolate Raspberry Vanilla Bean Marshmallows Candies, Chocolate, Dessert, Holiday Recipes, Kid Friendly Recipes, Kitchen Gifts, Valentine's Day | 28 comments Do you need a fun treat for Valentine’s Day? Or maybe something cute to do with the kids? These Homemade Marshmallows are so much fun! We’ve made them before as Chocolate Candy Cane Marshmallows for Christmas, but I thought it would be fun to dress them up as Valentine’s Day treats too! Still dipped in chocolate, but this time the vanilla bean marshmallows are flavored with crushed, freeze dried raspberries (such as Just Raspberries).

The crushed, freeze dried berries give the treats a sweet pink hue and a nice fruity flavor. You can increase or decrease the amount of raspberry used depending on your personal taste preferences. Please note that you will have a small amount of seeds from the raspberries in the marshmallows, but they are much less prominent than fresh berries and we weren’t bothered by them. About the Author: Matcha Cake Sushi Rolls. I guess you could say this is a recipe revisited. This past January I discovered and made "Tiramisushi", the brain-child of Elizabeth Faulkner, pastry chef and author of the unconventional cookbook Demolition Desserts. At the time, everything on my "to bake" list became questionable next to Tiramisushi, which was penned at the top and underlined three times. I was in love with the concept of this dessert. Since then I've been pondering the elegant and bite-sized composition. Bright orange nonpareils make a perfect representation of fish roe.

Okay, so maybe one piece of fluff. The chocolate sauce can be served alongside the sushi for dipping, just like soy sauce. The sponge cake is baked in a jelly roll pan then sliced down the middle to form two 13" long strips. Matcha Cake Sushi Rolls [click for printable recipe] 12-18 pieces/6-8 servings Matcha sponge cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Whisk eggs and sugar together in a metal bowl. White chocolate buttercream: Chocolate sauce: Lemon melting moments « Itty Bitty Kitchen. These rich zesty cookies certainly live up to their name and melt in your mouth. Lemon Melting Moments: 200g [7/8 cup, or approx 14 tablespoons] unsalted butter, room temperature1/4 teaspoon salt1/2 cup confectioners sugar1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1/2 cup cornstarch1 teaspoon vanilla extractzest of one lemon Filling: 1 cup confectioners sugar50 [ 1/4 cup, or approx 3.6 tablespoons] grams unsalted butter, room temperaturejuice of one lemon Please note: Comments have been left stating an extra 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar was required for a thicker icing sugar. Please keep this in mind if a thicker consistency is preferred. Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius / 300 F.

In a large bowl cream the butter, salt and sugar until light and fluffy on a medium setting, roughly 3 minutes. Take small portions of the mixture and roll into balls, continue until you have 25-30 (I made mine quite large, I ended up with roughly 23) pieces. Bake for 20 minutes. let them cool completely. Cracked Sugar Cookies I Recipe. Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies. 1. Heat oven to 350°F. 2. Combine flour, sugar, butter, cocoa, baking soda, eggs, milk and vanilla in large mixing bowl; beat until well blended. Refrigerate until firm enough to handle, about 2 hours. 3. 4. 5. CHOCOLATE FOR DIPPING: Place 1 cup HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Chocolate Chips or HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips and 1 teaspoon shortening (do not use butter, margarine, spread or oil) in small bowl. Pumpkin Pie Bites. I’ve been in a mini-mood lately when it comes to baking and these bite-sized pies met my big craving.

They are really, really easy. Let me show ya. Of course, it didn’t hurt that I used ready to roll refrigerated pie crust. It comes two to a box and if you roll each round pie crust a little bit thinner with a rolling pin, you can get 24 mini pumpkin-shaped pie crusts out of them. Make sure you use all the dough scraps and re-roll to maximize quantities. Then, stuff each one in a mini muffin baking pan. This one holds 24. Press the dough down, in and around the edge of each muffin cup. Fill each pie crust with pumpkin filling all the way to the top. When they come out of the oven, they’ll be puffed up like this. But no, after they cool for a few, they’ll fall and be flush with the pie crust. See… easy mini pumpkin pie bites. You can even drizzle them with melted chocolate to jazz them up a bit. But wait… you say you don’t want to wait until Thanksgiving. I don’t blame you. Cute! Makes 24 pies. Cinnamon Doughnut Muffins. I made up these little gems this afternoon in the hopes we would have them for Sunday breakfast tomorrow morning.

However, they are SO GOOD, I don’t anticipate them making it through the night. They will be devoured before bedtime. I know it. The town I live in does not sport a donut shop, can you believe that? The grocery stores sell donuts, but I think we all know the taste is not thesame as a donut shop donut. Light, airy and just perfectly, perfect, the recipe makes nine (which is perfect for breakfast) but five have already been eaten by hungry little (and big) mouths.I just know these muffinswill be searched out through the evening. Everyone will just have to be happy with eggs for breakfast because that’s all there will be! In a large bowl,sift flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon; whisk to combine.

In another bowl, combine sugar, oil, egg, and milk. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients just until moistened. Serve warm or room temperature. Print Recipe Ingredients. LIME BARS. I seem to navigate towards anything lime. Lime popsicles, Lime slush, Lime jello. Lime Bars are yummy . . . maybe even better than Lemon Bars. My picture simply doesn’t do these sweet little bars - justice. I ended up taking pic’s after dark, when after all attempts – without a flash, simply failed me! Gosh . . . [print_this] For the crust:9 tablespoons butter (1 stick, plus one tablespoon) 1/4 cup sugar 1 cup all-purpose flour pinch salt For the filling: 1 1/2 cups sugar 3 eggs 2/3 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (from 4-5 limes) 2 tablespoons lime zest (from 4-5 limes) opt. 2/3 cup all-purpose flour pinch of salt green food coloring (optional 1 tablespoon confectioner’s sugar 1.

[/print_this] Raspberry lemonade bars. I know this seems like a bit of a cop out, seeing as last year I made those lime bars, but the name of these just makes you want one, doesn’t it? It’s like one last throw back to the summertime captured in a cookie. raspberry lemonade bars for the crust: 9 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick, plus one tablespoon) 1/4 cup (50g) superfine sugar (or regular granulated) 1 cup (100g) of unbleached all-purpose flour pinch salt for the filling: 1 1/2 cups (287g) superfine sugar (or regular granulated) 3 egg whites 1 egg 2/3 cup (150mL) freshly squeezed lemon juice (from 3 lemons) 2 tablespoons lemon zest (from 2 lemons) 2/3 cup (65g) unbleached, all-purpose flour pinch of salt 1-2 cups (150-275g) of frozen raspberries, defrosted 1 tablespoon confectioner’s sugar 1. 2. 3. 4.