Thirty Top-Rated Cake Recipes at Epicurious. Devil's Cake Balls. If you haven’t heard of cake balls yet, I recommend that you check out Bakerella’s website to see what the fuss is all about. Cake balls are a great little invention; cooked cake batter crumbled and mixed with cream cheese frosting, rolled into balls, then dunked into melted chocolate. Don’t just make these for the health benefits though, they taste pretty darn good too. The recipe says to use any boxed cake mix for the type of flavor you want. For my first attempt I used Devil’s Food Cake mix, and a homemade frosting. You can buy a can of cream cheese frosting instead, but I accidentally bought cream cheese instead of frosting, and had to improvise. The reason I didn’t use homemade cake batter + homemade frosting is because I wasn’t confident in getting exactly the right consistency for cake ball dough. Devil’s Cake Balls (makes 45-50) – adapted from Bakerella.com Ingredients: 1 Box Devil’s Cake Mix1 16 oz. can cream cheese frosting*1 16 oz. bag of chocolate chipswax paper Directions: 1.
Sweet filled buns. I did a quick search so as not to clutter this board with redundant posts but only found post about savory filled buns. Here are some pictures and instructions for Swedish-style filled buns. Wrapping the dough around the filling of these is a considerable hassle but the end result is worth the trouble! You'll need: about 2 1/2 cups of flour (you'll need to judge the exact amount by the dough's consistancy), 3/4 cup whole milk, an egg, 5 tablespoons butter, 25 grams cake yeast, 3 tablespoons sugar.
If you've got a powerful mixer you can really just dump all of this in the bowl and mix for about 20 minutes (adding the salt after 10 minutes). After kneading, let the dough rest and rise until doubled in volume (about an hour). Next, assemble your fillings and dump out the dough onto a prepared work surface. I went ahead and did two fillings: applesauce and vanilla creme. Roll the dough out to roughly 1/4 inch thickness and stamp out 3.5 inch rounds. The vanilla creme: The applesauce: Coffee Recipes - Coffee Drinks and Coffee Desserts. Cake Batter Truffles | Snappy Gourmet. Spring is here, or at least it’s kind of here. I’m still waiting for Mother Nature to get the memo. Easter is also right around the corner and my kids are counting down the days for the Easter Bunny! I couldn’t wait to try this recipe I created, so Easter came a little early in the treat department at our house!
What Easter Bunny wouldn’t love these cute little Cake Batter Truffles?! But before I get to more about the recipe, I have an announcement. Ok, back to the recipe….I’ve been running across a lot of different truffle recipes lately. The dough doesn’t take many ingredients and comes together quite easily. In the meantime melt some of your favorite chocolate or candy melts. Once the chocolate/melts are smooth, get ready to dip. Let the chocolate run off the truffles for a few seconds then place the truffle back on the lined baking sheets. After you dip the truffles place them back in the fridge for a few minutes for the chocolate to set. Recipe type: Candy Cuisine: American Notes. Oreo Cookies Made From Scratch - Just Like the Ones From the Box, Only Better. Oreo cookies seem to be pervasive in this country. Oreo cookies showed up at every party while I was growing up, and they are still used in countless desserts.
My personal favorite is Oreo cheesecake (not to slight my Oreo cupcakes). Oreo cheesecake was in the dessert cycle in our cafeteria on Semester at Sea and I just couldn’t resist it! I’ve always liked the Oreo, but since I could read and understand product labels, I’ve never been a fan of their ingredients. For this month’s Taste & Create, I was again paired with Heaven is Chocolate, Cheese, and Carbs. How Were the Homemade Oreo Cookies? The homemade Oreo cookies were just like the ones from the store – they even had that same, familiar smell.
The Oreo Cookie Recipe Clearly, this recipe is a slut. Oreo Cookies Made From Scratch – Just Like the Ones From the Box, Only Better Ingredients The Oreo Cookie Ingredients The Filling Ingredients Instructions The Oreo Cookie Instructions The Filling Instructions Making the Oreo Cookie The Filling. 25 Vintage Baking Tips: Timeless Wisdom. I’ve collected these snippets of baking tips from vintage cookbooks and magazines dating from the 1940′s through the 1950′s…the Timeless Wisdom collection is a regular feature on Tipnut where I organize and share all kinds of tips from the past. Vintage Rolling Pin, Eggs & Flour Butter and sugar can be creamed easily when butter is hard by warming the sugar slightly.Light-colored molasses can be darkened to make dark gingerbread by adding a teaspoonful of melted chocolate to each cup of molasses.Cream which is hard to whip will whip quickly by adding a few drops of lemon juice.Molasses can be prevented from sticking to the measuring cup if the cup is first greased with butter or lard.Shortening can be measured exactly.
Healthy Fresh Popsicle Recipes. Plamen Petkov Thai Iced Coffee Antioxidant-packed java may help ward off diabetes and some forms of cancer--and keep your mind sharp. Adding cardamom to the grinds while brewing gives this cool dessert a spicy kick. 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 1/4 tsp almond extract 1 cup strongly brewed coffee, cooled (prepared with 1/2 tsp ground cardamom added to coffee grinds) 2 Tbsp half-and-half Boil sugar and water in saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Per serving: 70 cal, 1 g fat (<1 g sat), 14 g carbs, 10 mg sodium, 0 g fiber, 0 g protein.
Fritters. Brownies. Pudding. Smores. Muffins. Ice Cream. Cheesecake. Cookies. Cupcakes. Pies. Cakes. Apple Pie Egg Rolls. Apple Pie Egg Rolls I saw one of the Food Network stars making apple chimichangas and thought I had to have some for myself. I bought flour tortillas and apples, and then I used the flour tortillas for tacos. Still wanting some kind of fried apple pie dessert I used the egg roll wrappers I had in place of the flour tortillas. I know, I know frying dessert just makes it more sinful, but these are totally delicious.
Maybe they would be good baked, but not as good as fried. UPDATE: I did an interview with the Casper Star-Tribune newspaper and they made a video of me making these Apple Pie Egg Rolls! Apple Pie Egg Rolls Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter 3 cups apples, peeled, cored, and diced 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 5 egg roll wrappers vegetable oil for frying for garnish: 1 tablespoon sugar mixed with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon Cooking Directions: In a medium size pan, melt butter, add apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Serve with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce, it’s good!
Enjoy! Miss. Someone Left The Cake Out In The Rain. Watermelon Lime Sorbet Slices. A sweet and tangy watermelon lime sorbet is a great way to cool off in the summer. As a bonus, this recipe is frozen back in the watermelon rind and cut off into slices. It’s hot. The type of heat where when you step outside the door and your skin is wet before the door swings shut behind you. It’s a hot that hangs in the air, letting you breathe it in, that is cured only by two things: being completely immersed in water or hiding indoors, the air conditioning cranked as far as it will go.I find that the heat makes me very unmotivated to do things like take a walk, water and weed the garden (though I have forced that one on myself) and prepare food and eat it.
However, when the promise of cooking provides ice cold watermelon sorbet, I just may be convinced. When your simple syrup is cool and watermelon chunked, blend them together in a food processor or blender until smooth. Cool the liquid completely in the refrigerator for a few hours. This then goes into the freezer. Truly, nothing. A Month of Brunch Menus. Chocolate Gelato. We make ice cream at home quite a lot and I've posted several ice cream recipes in the past. But I get asked enough about how to make gelato that I thought it was time for a post. The big question for people is what is the difference between American ice cream and Italian gelato? When people taste gelato, they comment on the intensity of flavor and the different texture it has. Gelato is very dense and this is because there is not the amount of air whipped into it like American ice cream. The question is - can you make gelato at home?
I'm giving you two different recipes here. One recipe uses unsweetened cocoa powder and one uses melted bittersweet chocolate. Gelato at a real gelateria is kept in special freezers so it does not freeze hard. Chocolate Gelato for a printable recipe, click here adapted from A-16 Ingredients: Instructions: Place 2 tablespoons of the milk in a small bowl. In a pot, add the remaining milk and bring to a boil over medium heat. Gelato Siciliano from Saveur serves 6-8. A Blast From the Past. I’m just finishing up the photos for my next recipe, but since we’re entering into flowery, lovely springtime, I wanted to bring this quick and easy—and too precious for color TV—dessert idea from my archives. I first posted it back in 2007 as I was making my way through a little recipe book I used in high school, and my girls plan to make some this weekend.
I expect you to have a freezerful of these delights by 5:00 this evening. Back on the golf course, I used to have a traditional back-to-school party for my friends and me every year. Because I apparently had nothing better to do with my time and focus, I’d have Cranes invitations printed, would dress in my finest floral dress or suit, and welcome 15-30 girls into my parents’ house, where we’d all toast one another with sparkling grape juice and feast on chicken salad with dill and baked brie and things like that.
Anyway, for the party after my sophomore year, I made these delightfully fun little flower pot desserts. But hey! (Oooh! Peanut butter pretzel bites & Two Tiny Kitchens. Salty and sweet. Crunchy and melt-in-your-mouth. Peanut butter and chocolate. Dangerous and delicious (you know what I mean). One little bite, so much to experience. Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites recipe courtesy Foodaphilia.com Calorie estimate: 4,000 – 5,000 for complete recipe (depending upon dipping chocolate and pretzels used, etc.)
Yield 60 – 80 pretzel bites Ingredients 1 cup creamy peanut butter 2 tbsp softened butter 1/2 cup powdered sugar (maybe more) 3/4 cup brown sugar (maybe more) Pretzels 1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips Directions Combine peanut butter and softened butter in a large bowl with a fork or whisk, or in a stand mixer. Use a teaspoon measure to scoop the filling. Pour the chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl and heat at 30-second intervals, stirring occasionally until completely melted. Gifts : Description: What an attractive way to give a special gift! Perfect for cash or a gift card. Craft Link: Fabric Envelope Read More: Gifts or Home Looking for some great gift ideas for Mother’s Day or an important birthday? Take a look at these 50 Handmade Gift Ideas. I’ve included some very unique projects that will make for special gifts. Gift Ideas For Jewelery Crafters Gift Ideas For Yarn Crafters Gift Ideas For Sewers Gift Ideas For Decorative Painters Gift Ideas For Paper Crafters Gift Ideas For Cooks Gift Ideas For All-Purpose Crafters Gift Ideas For Bookbinders Read More: Gifts or Home Nothing says “personal” like a homemade gift of food.
Here are 42 Delicious Gifts From The Kitchen. Description : Any gift will look better if presented in this great gift box, designed by Zakka Life. Craft Link : Free Toadstool Gift Box Tutorial Description: The Martha Stewart website offers a this cute tutorial plus printable templates in both black and white or color. Craft Link : Favor Cones Tutorial. Honeyed Pears in Puff Pastry. Poaching fruit is one of my favorite things to do when cold weather arrives. It's so warming to stand over a boiling pot of fragrant spices and lose yourself in thought. When I made these, I couldn't help but daydream as I stirred; if I were a pear... I wouldn't want to spend my days on the shelf of a cold produce department.
I'd want to be taken to a warm home and placed in a jacuzzi of honey and spices. That sounds a little silly, but that's what I'd want... if I were a pear. The idea for these came from the Pepperidge Farm website. On a personal note, our Christmas tree is already up courtesy of Mr. Since poaching is a relatively easy task, I'll skip to some helpful tips for wrapping the pears in puff pastry. The poaching liquid has a high concentration of sugar, so your pears will be sticky. When you reach the top, tuck in the end piece of pastry behind the last spiral. 4 small pears 1 sheet of ready made puff pastry dough, thawed 4 cups water 2 cups sugar 1 cup honey 1/2 lemon.
Banana and Chocolate Mascarpone Crepes | Evil Shenanigans - Baking & Cooking Blog. The combination of chocolate and banana is highly underrated. 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.
With all that sweetness the crepes themselves needed to be bitter to provide a nice contrast in flavor. If you love chocolate and bananas then you need to make this recipe. Banana and Chocolate Mascarpone Crepes Yield 12 crepes Additional powdered sugar for dusting Combine the cocoa, eggs, vanilla, and coffee liquor in a large bowl until well combined. Chill the batter for 30 minutes. Pickled Asian Pears. Hi peaches! SO get this…recently I was invited to a food event featuring some lovely local chefs doing a cooking demonstration. I was in and excited to go, since a few of my friends were planning on attending, too. Sounded like a nice way to spend a few hours…ya know? Plus…there were cocktails. The funny part was that when I checked in and was handed my nametag I honestly was mildly surprised to see I was there representing this blog!
Ha! It’s not that I forgot I had it, I just somehow didn’t realize other people were still tuned in! Oops. So…after that jolt…and three weeks later, I’m back here…with a quickie post on pickled Asian pears. Try this my peaches, and taste the joy. xoxo Pickled Asian Pears (This is a quick pickle, which means it does not need to ferment and is ready to eat as soon as it is chilled.) 4 large Asian pears, peeled, cored and sliced in to ¼ inch wedges When the flavors are to your taste, then add the pear and simmer 4 minutes.
That’s it! Makes about 3 cups.