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Death by Oreo Cupcakes Recipe. Towering Coconut Mango Cake. It’s been a longer week than I care to think about with life’s semi-usual highs and lows and in this case, I’d say they were one in the same.

Towering Coconut Mango Cake

Dealing with bronchitis has kept me out of the kitchen and away from food, so I’ve gotten a break of sorts. Some break. But it has allowed me to stay put and finally move my blog to where you’re reading right now. After much trial and error I was finally able to export the files at my old TypePad site, have them split, then imported here. I’m nearly almost sort of maybe possibly feeling a bit techish over this. Each time I do something like this I learn so much: more about technology, and far more about what my patience can tolerate. So I think cake is in order, don’t you? Mmm…cake. This is a six-layer cake inspired by pastry chef Cynthia Wong’s beauty featured in Food & Wine’s “Last Bite. Recipe Notes: It’s always interesting when you’ve been married for twenty years and counting and you didn’t know something about your husband.

Spiced pumpkin pie plus. Why buy a boring supermarket pie?

Spiced pumpkin pie plus

Pumpkin pie is as easy as ... well, pie. For deep flavour, use dark brown sugar (but not the crunchy demerara). You can use whisky, dark rum or orange liqueur instead of bourbon. Pastry for 10-inch, single-crust deep-dish pie 1-3/4 cups or 14 oz (398 mL can) pumpkin purée 2/3 cup packed dark brown sugar 1/2 tsp each: salt, ground ginger, ground nutmeg 1/2 cup walnut pieces, lightly toasted, chopped 1/4 cup chopped crystallized ginger For pie, line 10-inch, deep-dish pie plate with dough.

Move rack to lower third of oven. Cover pie shell with foil or parchment sheet and top with pie weights. In large bowl, whisk together pumpkin, sugars, flour, cinnamon, salt, ground ginger, nutmeg, allspice and pepper. Pour into pie shell. Apple Pies. I know, I’ve made a few pies lately. But see how these are different? Look at how adorable these are!

I mean, come on. Could you resist? I sure couldn’t. We ate them before I had a chance to think about pictures. Oops. This is why I had leftover dough for that impromptu dinner. Although this recipe is a little time consuming, it’s no harder than making any sort of real pie. It still involves slicing fruit. Rolling out crust and making it look pretty. Mixing fruit and sugar and cornstarch. And taking bites with your eyes closed so you can focus solely on each flavor. Please give these a try. Apple Pies Inspired by Pinterest 1 prepared pie dough, rolled out and sliced into strips 6-8 large apples (really any kind of apple will do) 1/3 cup sugar, plus more for sprinkling onto the crust 1/3 cup brown sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1/4 or 1/2 tsp cardamom, if desired 1 tsp cornstarch Juice of a lemon or lime, mixed with 1 cup of water 1 tbsp melted butter Preheat the oven to 375F.

Like this: Like Loading... Caramel Brownie Cheesecake — Eat Laugh Surf. This is a monkeyhead concoction so please don’t be disappointed with me that it’s not 100% homemade.

Caramel Brownie Cheesecake — Eat Laugh Surf

Sometimes as a mom you have to go with your childrens ideas in order to lift their creative wings. Monkey One loves cheesecake and caramel, Monkey Two has a passion for brownies you put the two of these knuckleheads together and look at what they come up with… Caramel Brownie Cheesecake. You gotta love the way these boys think. Delicious Upside Down Cake Recipe - Cooking Panda Simple Recipes for Desserts and Daily Food. -3 tbsp butter -3/4 cup light brown sugar -Any kind of fruit can be used; enough to make a thin layer at the bottom of the baking dish -8 tbsp unsalted butter -3/4 cup sugar -1 tsp vanilla extract -2 large eggs -1 1/2 cups flour -1 1/2 tsp baking powder -1/4 tsp salt -1/2 cup whole milk (room temperature) For those who are looking to make a delicious upside down cake, here is a simple, generic recipe that everyone will love.

Delicious Upside Down Cake Recipe - Cooking Panda Simple Recipes for Desserts and Daily Food

The following recipe yields 8-10 servings. The cake takes 45 minutes to an hour to cook Directions: 1: Melt the three tablespoons butter in a skillet. Add the brown sugar and stir until it is melted. The upside down cake can be served warm,cold, or with vanilla ice cream. Comments comments.