~Royal Icing~ Royal icing is the most common icing used by home bakers and professionals as well. It can be used for variety of tasks and that makes it a great medium to work with. It found its way into my kitchen and I have been using it ever since. Royal icing recipe that I use is Antonia 74 icing recipe.
Recipe for Royal Icing (printer friendly version) 3/4 cup warm water 5 TBL meringue powder 1 tsp cream of tartar 1kg of powdered sugar/sifted//2.25 lbs/ --------------------------Make sure all your tools are grease free! I wipe my tools with a piece of paper towel and vinegar. -sift the powdered sugar -mix using a whisk 5 TBL of meringue powder with warm water, until slightly foamy, add cream of tarter, mix again and then add all the powdered sugar at once.
DECORATING COOKIES - You need to thin thick icing to OUTLINE CONSISTENCY AND FLOODING CONSISTENCY. BUBBLES IN THE ICING -When making icing for flooding, sometimes with all the mixing we let air bubbles in the icing. Arty McGoo: Let's Smell the Flowers! I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers. I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts, wassails, wakes, Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes. (or cookies!) I am an admitted lover of autumn, but a close second for me is spring. The talented and super creative Hani of Haniela's has put together a virtual cookie party to celebrate spring and you're invited. For my flower, I chose lavender. Even the look of the flower is lovely and serene and I wanted to evoke those feelings with my lavender cookies. Here's the breakdown: After I did a simple royal icing flood base on the cookies I only needed to mix two colors.
For the green I used Wilton's Juniper Green and a touch of yellow to get that soft sagey green for the stems For the purple I used Americolor's Electric Purple and a little Wilton's violet. I love how lavender stems have very fine hairs that lend a slight shimmer, so I brushed a little pearl dust on my cookie stems for a subtle sheen. 1. Pi Day Recipe: Chocolate Stout Pudding Pie Recipe & Review of Gesine Bullock-Prado's Pie It Forward. I find that pie is a personal thing. People are either scared of baking it or embrace it. Some have family recipes they treasure, others rely on cookbooks and online recipes.
If you think about it, one of the reasons pie is so special is because you really have to make it by hand, and in that way it encourages sharing and giving. Which is where we find ourselves today. Pie It Forward by Gesine Bullock-Prado is a pretty, educational, and thorough collection of pie recipes and baking tips. Bullock-Prado owns the Vermont Pastry shop Gesine Confectionary and felt it was time to write a solid, complete pie book using many of the recipes she's become known for in the shop. Now I bake a lot of pies, and I have to admit that I was struck by how much I learned after just a few minutes flipping through Pie It Forward. The crust (and the whole pie) is quite wonderful. The filling is unique and may not be for everyone, although if you like dark chocolate, you really must try it. Make the dough:1. Chocolate-Caramel Cream Pie. Gluten-free chocolate bundt cake, adapted from Joy the Baker.
How can you not love someone whose name is Joy the Baker? That’s what she is Joy. Yes, her name is Joy, but I mean more than that. Joy Wilson is sunlight and goofiness, connected conversations, generosity and cookies, and a good amount of butter and sugar. I’ve been relishing her website for years. I bet you have been too. Joy’s first cookbook, Joy the Baker Cookbook: 100 Simple and Comforting Recipes , came out recently and I’ve been reveling in it as well.
We’re mostly moved in now. Dear friends came over for dinner on Friday. After the tamales so comforting and good and the conversation, Tita and John were ready to push away from the table. We sat together, forks working, in silence. Didn’t I tell you? GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE , adapted from Joy the Baker Cookbook: 100 Simple and Comforting Recipes As Joy wrote about this, “Coffee, cocoa, and sour cream are the magic ingredients in the cake. Feel free to use 350 grams of any gluten-free flours that work for you here. Chocolate Caramel Tart Recipe. Katie and I have been pretty excited about our first post for the Holiday Recipe Exchange. After months of organizing – we are ready to launch the series today with our first sponsor – Scharffen Berger. If you’ve heard of Scharffen Berger, you know their name and brand is pretty much synonymous with high quality dark chocolate. Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker is the first bean to bar artisan chocolate maker established in the United States within the past 50 years.
With a full line of eating and home baking products, Scharffen Berger® chocolate is made from the world’s best cacao beans that are perfectly fermented and roasted, elevating your classic recipes with new depths of flavor. I came across this recipe for a Chocolate Caramel Tart months ago and knew immediately that this would be the recipe that I would be featuring for the Scharffen Berger Holiday Recipe Exchange. These tarts are not only decadent, rich and buttery, it’s knock-your-socks-off good! How To Participate. Easy tiramisu Recipe : Gordon Ramsay Recipes.
The Food & Wine Festival in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo. Food Photographer Los Angeles Orange County - Food Drink. Muñeco de leche en Recetas y preparación de bebidas en comidas y cenas, fiestas y celebraciones. Nos encantan las ideas sencillas e impactantes que nos dejan la boca abierta, como este muñeco de nieve de leche! Con un buñuelo, que podrás bañar en chocolate, coco o azúcar glass, una caña, vasitos o botellas y por supuesto leche, crearás una irresistible figura que brillará por ser una ingeniosa manera de presentar la bebida.
Para decorar, puedes pintar los ojos con rotuladores comestibles o chips de chocolate y la nariz puede ser un caramelo alargado. Utilizaremos botones pegados con cola a la botella y una minibufanda acorde al color de la caña. Imágenes: Amy Atlas, Bakerella y BHG. Inspiración, ideas y detalles originales para la decoración de fiestas infantiles y adultos, con invitaciones, regalos, juegos y recetas. Inspiración e ideas originales de recetas de cupcakes y magdalenas, utensilios, decoración, libros y lugares donde degustarlos. Inspiración e ideas de recetas para meriendas como pasteles y tartas, brownies y bizcochos, scones, sandwiches y snacks acompañados de té e infusiones. Inspiración e ideas originales de manualidades para bodas, fiestas, niños, como decoración del hogar, regalos, tarjetas, complementos personales y plantillas.
Inspiración e ideas de recetas de postres como cupcakes y magdalenas, tartas y pasteles, bizcochos, brownies y galletas. Chocolate Party Spoons! My original thinking with these beauties was that they would become the modern day Welsh Love Spoon. The one you'd actually like to receive on Valentine's Day, as opposed to one of those outrageously over-priced and overwhelmingly useless, hideous, hand crafted, wooden goodfornothings.
Those of you not in the same country as I am might not know what a Welsh Love Spoon is, and in this case, Google is your best friend - he's found this for you. My timing is off though; I've been busy! Thus, I didn't make them in time for Valentine's Day, and they became Dessert One of Two at Rowanne's Un-Birthday Party. I confess that, fabulous though my spoons are, they were not actually my own idea; I saw something similar in a Valentine-themed cookbook in Tokyo a week or so ago, and immediately decided to make some at home (as I've said, as Valentine's gifts, but that didn't happen). I'm just mad for this one - it's like a jewelled brooch! (A tutorial - ha!)
Now, hold on to your hats, because here we go. Store. Banana Cake Recipe with Butterscotch and Cream Cheese Frosting. We entered the convention center’s ballroom to find two women sitting on the stage. One in her 30′s-40′s, chef jacket attired with a professional’s serene gaze. The other – a bubbly, plump Southern Grandma with short cropped hair, her enthusiasm barely contained. That woman was Shirley O. Corriher and over the next 45 minutes she would become one of my heroes. It was the 2011 IACP conference in Austin, TX and Diane and I had just given a talk on food photography. At first glance she appeared to be just a cute grandma with a lot of enthusiasm, but the more I listened it became evident to me that Shirley was brilliant. Her knowledge was deep, but then she would also come up with new twists on techniques that were absolutely remarkable.
Needless to say, I’ve since bought her book, Bakewise. Bakewise is filled with the scientific wisdom of a baking education, but sugared and spiced with Shirley’s uninhibited enthusiasm. Fast forward to last week. -Todd Yield: 1 - 8" Layer Cake Ingredients: Banana Cake Recipe with Butterscotch and Cream Cheese Frosting. Food Photography Blog | Los Angeles Food Photographers — White on Rice Couple. Food Photography Blog | Food Photographers Orange County Los Angeles. Cookie Decoration with Rosey Sugar in the Hello Kitty kitchen. Kitchen Helpers. I found these helpful charts last week and just had to share!
Both of these beauties are from Chasing Delicious (aka one of the most fab foodie blogs out there)! Aren’t they faaaaabulous?! Buy them here. (Note: There are lots of little charts like this online, but these are my favorites). I love tea, but I’m no expert. For people of the UK, have this one with you while you’re meal planning or grocery shopping! I’ve fond some other helpful charts that I’ll share in another post! Yay charts! Tips and Tricks.
Ive been working on this post for awhile now, as I find these neat tips and tricks I wanted to keep them all together and be able to share them with all of you lovelies! I have tried all of these, so I know they work. Just call me Martha Stewart- you know, sans the jail time. Some are from pinterest, some are from my grandma. If I got them from somewhere, click the picture and it will take you to the genius who came up with it :) If there is no picture, then I have no idea where I heard it- or I would cite it! 1. HOLY CRAP. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
If youre into nails, you have to check the awesomness out that is her blog. 12. Via 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Via 22. 23. Head on over to I {heart} Nap Time and see some awesome recipies, craft ideas and overall awesomeness. 24. Via 25. 26. 27. 28. Via 29. 30. Via 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Via That's all for now, lovelies, if you have any tips and ticks please feel free to pass them on!
Cupcakes en un bote en Recetas de cupcakes dulces y magdalenas, con pasos de cómo preparar, cocinar y hornear. ROSEY CONFECTIONERY SUGAR ART アイシングクッキー・カップケーキ・シュガーアート. A Thorough Spring Cleaning Checklist. I *LOVE* spring cleaning. It is an opportunity to throw open the windows, let some fresh air in, and make our homes clean, happy and efficient spaces. Don't be daunted by the size of this list, many of the jobs are small ones that will go by quickly, and you'll be so glad you took the time to do them! (Also,this list is now available as a free printable! Find that by clicking here.) Dust lighting fixtures. Wash walls and trimWash doors, knobs and switch plates.Wash bench or other furnishings.
Wholekitchen. A tiny gingerbread house that perches on the edge of your mug. A quick update! This winter I’ve collaborated with Brit+Co on a DIY kit for my tiny gingerbread houses that includes 3d printed cookie cutters! It’s available now, go have a look. These won’t be available after Christmas of 2014 so grab them now if you’re interested. I made tiny gingerbread houses that are meant to be perched on the edge of a mug of hot chocolate. I had been thinking about those sugar cubes that hook on the rim of a teacup earlier this month, and I was also thinking about 3-D cookies and how they fit together and figured it would be pretty neat to make cookies that hang on the edge of a mug. I made a few versions to figure out how to make one that wasn’t so top heavy that it would flip off the mug, and how small I could get away with and still fit on both large and small cups.
I’ve made a PDF pattern of gingerbread house pieces which you can open or download right here. I used the Gingerbread Snowflake and the Royal Icing recipes from marthastewart.com. Punchfork — The best new recipes from top food sites. Scalloped Hasselback Potatoes. “Scalloped” is an attractive word, isn’t it?
When I hear it I think of several things: first, there’s scallops, as in the seafood—totally delicious. Then there’s the scalloped shape that can live on the edge of a pair of shorts or on the collar of a woman’s blouse—always pretty and dainty. And of course scalloped potatoes also comes to mind, which carries my imagination to a land of crispy potato skins drenched in a sea of cheese and cream. I can think of no better place to exist, actually. So when I came across TK member Shelbi Keith’s recipe for Scalloped Hasselback Potatoes, I knew we were going to become fast friends.
I couldn’t have been more correct. The first players up are: a few Russet potatoes (I’m sure other varieties will work equally as well), Parmigiano-Reggiano and butter. Start by scrubbing your potatoes good and clean. Then, using a sharp knife, make slices across the potato, being sure to stop before you reach its bottom. Cut up your butter. Transfer them to your plate. Food and Cook by trotamundos.
DIY: cupcake in a jar. Going to the other side of the spectrum, from a vegetable garden to loaded with all things bad for you, but tastes so good cupcakes. You won't think I am such a genius anymore once I tell you how these are done. It really is easy and makes for such a visually appealing way to dress up cupcakes, not that cupcakes need to be dressed up as the name itself is cute and enticing! I pretty much use Paula Deen's recipe, but with a few of my own tiny tweeks to the ingredients (see*) and then I pretty much follow the directions in Paula Deen'srecipe to make the batter and frosting, though I change it up a bit (time in the oven) when it comes to baking it. Ingredients: - 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups sugar - 1 tsp baking soda - 1 tsp salt - *2 1/4 tsp cocoa powder - *1 1/2 cup canola oil - 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature - 2 large eggs, room temperature - 2 tbsp red food coloring - 1 tsp white distilled vinegar - *2 tsp vanilla extract for the cream cheese frosting: - 2 sticks butter, softened 1.
Make This: Ultimate Chocolate Truffle Pie Recipe | Sarah's Cucina Bella. Do you have a sweet tooth? My kids and I do. Seriously. So does Shawn. We could eat cookies and cakes and pies all day long. But, indulging that sweet tooth daily with cakes and pies and cookies and brownies … well, that wouldn’t exactly be good for us, right? So we don’t. Instead, we have sweets once in a while and in moderation. This pie? But seriously, don’t take my word for it. Another fantastic pie? Ultimate Chocolate Truffle Pieserves 8 1 12 oz can fat-free evaporated milk 2 large egg yolks 1 package instant decaf coffee (enough to make an 8 oz cup – I used Starbucks Via) 9 1/2 oz dark chocolate (roughly 70%), broken into pieces 1 tbsp agave nectar 1 pre-made shortbread crust (alternatively, you could use a graham one) homemade whipped cream Add the evaporated milk, egg yolks and instant coffee to a medium saucepan.
Add the chocolate to the bowl of a food processor that’s been fitted with the metal blade. Pour the chocolate mixture into the pie shell. Devour. One more thing!