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Chocolate Rum Pots De Creme. How To Make Cake Flour. How To Make Cake Flour Cake flour.

How To Make Cake Flour

Let’s face facts: I never have cake flour on hand when I need it. Luckily, there’s a super easy way to turn good old all-purpose flour into cake flour, lightening your cake crumb, making it super soft and delicious. Maybe you already know this trick. Want To Learn How to Make Gordon Ramsays Favourite Dessert?-Hot Chocolate... Posted by Grace Massa Langlois on Friday, 16th July 2010 Gordon Ramsay and his thoughts on Hot Chocolate Fondant – “Whenever I’m asked for my favourite recipe, this is the one.

Want To Learn How to Make Gordon Ramsays Favourite Dessert?-Hot Chocolate...

It has a divine melting texture and the liquid centre is sublime.” This recipe happens to be one of my favourites as well. Easy, Delicious (and yes, Elegant!) Pots de Creme. Okay, first of all, here’s how you do NOT pronounce Pots de Creme: “Pawts deh Creem.” Here’s how you DO pronounce Pots de Creme: “Po de Krehm”, or, if you want to get really technical, “Po de k(insert phlegmy, back-of-the-throat crackly French sound)ehm”.

Okay, now that we have that life-altering issue under control, let’s talk about this delightful dessert! Folks, I can’t begin to express to you how monumentally easy this Pot de Creme is to prepare, and how truly delicious it is. Short of sticking a spoon in a pint of Haagen Dazs and throwing it at my dinner guests, this is definitely the easiest dessert in my arsenal. Now, it does need to chill for 3 to 4 hours before serving, so it does require a tiny bit of planning. Hypothetically speaking, of course. Homemade versions of Girl Scout cookies. I admit it: We’re Thin Mint addicts in our house.

Homemade versions of Girl Scout cookies

I try to limit the number of boxes I buy each season because they aren’t particularly healthy or earth-friendly. But, I have many friends with daughters in the Girl Scouts, and the Thin Mints are just so yummy. My 7-year-old didn’t even realize there was any other flavor of Girl Scout cookies than Thin Mints. When one of my friends asked him what kind of cookies he wanted to buy from his daughter he said, “You know. Girl Scout cookies,” with a confused look on his face. The Family Kitchen. Bring Your Child's Favorite Characters to Life with These Disney-Themed Lunches Healthy Mickey-Shaped PB&J Muffins: A Breakfast the Whole Family with Love A Yummy Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Recipe Even the Pickiest Eaters Will Love.

The Family Kitchen

Gianduja Mousse & Dana Treat - Treat Yourself. I’m going to have to be brief with this one.

Gianduja Mousse & Dana Treat - Treat Yourself

This week has been a little crazy and it’s about to get crazier. I will be catering a party on Friday night for a wonderful babysitter who is turning 30. I’m proud that she asked me to do the food and can’t wait to have lots of people celebrating in our house. Evil chef mom: chocolate peanut butter pie. How to Make Your Baby Pterodactyl Mad In 4 Easy Steps.

evil chef mom: chocolate peanut butter pie

[No, I didn't have sex with a dinosaur nor was I inseminated with whatever and I didn't splice some dino dna with frog dna a la Jurassic Park like some mad scientist] First, you need to find yourself a 17 year old daughter then when she starts complaining tell her she sounds like a baby pterodactyl. Squawk! That looks about right. Second, embarrass her by telling a family friend that when she was younger she didn't have an ounce of gaydar in her whole entire body.

"Slander! " Three, repeat the gaydar thing to the internet. Can you hear the squawking? Banana Split Bites. Banana Split Bites ~ A classic ice cream dessert gets mini for some bite size fun.

Banana Split Bites

And yes, there is actually a tiny scoop of ice cream tucked inside and underneath the whip cream of those little darlings. Banana Split Mini Bites For once I made something mini for portion control and not just for the cute factor. My little guy had some friends over the other day and of course with a mom who is a baker, the expectation is dessert will not only be good but it will be fun. Fruit Tart. Irish Cream Cake... 325 Thank you for visiting!

Irish Cream Cake...

Vanilla Chai Cupcakes & Some More Please! July 15, 2010 When I first heard someone say “chai tea” I sort of cocked my eyebrow and thought to my self; “wait, what?”. Suddenly this phenomena of chai burst out of nowhere and at first I thought it was pretty funny. Technically ‘chai tea’ is a misnomer. In Hindi and a lot of other languages the word chai means tea. Homemade Girl Scout Cookies: Tagalongs & Baking Bites. Tagalongs, or Peanut Butter Patties, seem to be one of the less remarkable Girl Scout cookies.

Homemade Girl Scout Cookies: Tagalongs & Baking Bites

Everyone likes them, but no one ever seems to call them out as their favorite. My feeling is that these cookies are very reminiscent of candies like peanut butter cups and I think we can all agree that they are a hard act to follow because the combination is such a good one. So, while I don’t think that this homemade version of Tagalongs is going to replace classic peanut butter cups, they are still really good cookies. The cookie is crisp and a bit plain, although the hint of vanilla in it highlights the peanut butter filling.

Banana and Chocolate Mascarpone Crepes. The combination of chocolate and banana is highly underrated.

Banana and Chocolate Mascarpone Crepes

Aside from some frozen bananas dipped in chocolate, and chocolate chip banana bread, the combination is largely overlooked. Well, break out your bananas because we are going to make something that will make chocolate lovers rejoice. The crepes are chocolate but they do not have any sugar in them. Before you say I am mad consider that the crepes are going to be filled with bananas which are naturally very sweet. Along with bananas there is a rich, bitter-sweet, chocolate mascarpone filling, and once plated the crepes are dusted with powdered sugar. If you love chocolate and bananas then you need to make this recipe. Banana and Chocolate Mascarpone Crepes Yield 12 crepes For the crepes: 2 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs 3 ounces all-purpose flour 1 ounce unsalted butter, melted and cooled 1 tablespoon coffee liquor 3/4 cup Milk, 1% or higher Additional powdered sugar for dusting. BrokeAss Gourmet & $5 Dessert: Brown Sugar-Banana Spring Rolls.

I’m rich, I’m rich! Thousand Dollar Bars. Have you ever baked something that made you do the Daffy Duck? You know, the cartoon scene where Daffy runs about yelling, “I’m rich, I’m rich, whoop, whoop, yippee, I’m rich!” He’s bouncing around on his head, feet, hands, and rump in a spastic outpouring of sheer joy.

Yep, the Daffy Duck. Not everything we bake here in the kitchen gets us to do the Daffy Duck.