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Your Guide to a Beautiful (and Delicious!) Cake

Your Guide to a Beautiful (and Delicious!) Cake

Dark chocolate raspberry upside-down cake Don’t waste your time asking yourself what you’re going to get your sweetie for this Hallmark holiday. Just embark on a mission to make something out of this world delicious that comes from the heart. I’m talking about this cake people. This delicious, moist, beautiful dark chocolate raspberry upside-down cake. This cake will most likely blow your mind. Fancy restaurants are not on the itinerary. Let’s save the best for last. Just know that if you can cook good food they will adore you. Add a little rosemary, extra garlic, & lemony love to some chicken. Serve cake next. Congratulations, you’re now a keeper. But seriously, don’t go throwing these dishes around unless you’re sure you want someone to fall for you. Happy Valentine’s Day! Love, Monique Dark chocolate raspberry upside-down cake By Monique of Ambitious Kitchen makes two 9-inch round cakes 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup dark cocoa powder 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2 eggs 1. 2. 3.

Blueberry… Ketchup??? Does this situation sound familiar: You’re in the grocery store, ready to pay. But which line to choose??? I feel like I always choose wrong when it comes to picking a grocery-store checkout line. This is how I was inspired to make my Red Velvet Pancakes. A few days ago, inspiration struck again. Above, blueberry ketchup with homemade Crispy Sweet Potato Fries. Blue is better than red. Stuck in the longest checkout line yet again, I picked up an issue of Family Circle. Try this on a veggie burger, over bbq tofu or grilled zucchini… or anywhere you’d use ketchup! 2 cups blueberries4 tsp minced garlic1/4 cup red wine vinegar1/2 tsp dry ginger1/4 tsp onion powder1/4 tsp salt1/16 tsp pure stevia (or 2 tbsp brown sugar) Bring all ingredients to a boil, then simmer 25 minutes. This would also be a delicious dip for Chickpea Poppers. Do you ever read magazines while waiting in line? Does anyone remember this stuff: Heinz, what were you thinking?

Fall Chai Spiced Apple Cake Two of my boys’ best friends, who happen to be brother and sister, live just a few minutes away, and we spend a lot of time at their house. When the kids met each other a few years ago, their mom quickly became one of my best friends, too. Their house is so familiar now that my boys just run in, shedding their shoes as they do, hardly greeting any parents they may see en route. In their wonderful yard, the kids play, the dogs tackle each other, and my friend and I get some time to chat. Maple and Boomer — also best friends. Their yard is also the place where four, gorgeous Fuji apple trees stand. Some Fujis hang in clusters from the tree like bells, while others cling to a branch. This cake is full of fall flavors — the chai spices are warming and comforting, and the fresh apples and moist cake are beyond delicious! Fall Chai Spiced Apple Cake Recipe For the cake: 2 cups granulated sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda 3/4 teaspoon sea salt 3 large eggs For the glaze: Notes

What’s In Season Now? | The Accomac Inn The benefits of seasonal eating are many and it is something we preach at Accomac Inn and Events. All of our menus are constantly changing to reflect what is in season for our area and what we can buy locally. For those that want to take a seasonal approach to their diets, we came across this website, Eat Seasonably, as a great resource. Shown is just one of the charts and guides offered on the website. You may want to print it out to keep with you in your cookbook or in your kitchen. They not only have great guides for eating seasonally, they also offer advice and resources for those that want to grow their own fresh fruit and veggies. As we go into the winter months, it inevitably becomes harder to eat fresh, but here are some tips for local, seasonal eating this winter.

BAYADERKA- food recipes and photos. Blog kulinarny. pomysły na ciasta, desery i inne.: Babka czekoladowo-dyniowa/ Chocolate and pumpkin cake Kiedy bylam mala dziewczynka moja babcia piekla babki w prodizu. Nigdy nie mialam tej przyjemnosci czy tez satysfakcji doswiadczenia pieczenia ciast w taki sposob. Jestem pewna, ze moja Mama nadal skrupulatnie przechowuje tenze historyczny juz prodiz, mozliwe jednak ze znalazl swe miejsce na starym strychu jako przedmiot z etykieta od dawna nieuzywany... Pieczenie babek pamietam od zawsze podobnie jak i ciast drozdzowych. Babka do niedzielnej popoludniowej herbaty byla dla mnie, dziewczynki byc moze dziewiecioletniej, czyms bardzo oczywistym. Odkrywam dzisiaj na nowo to ciasto. I naprawde wiele, bardzo wiele, bym oddala aby moc chociaz raz upiec babke w prodizu tak jak to robila kiedys moja Babcia... Przepis na to ciasto pochodzi z gazety Guardian, a dokladniej z kolumny w jakiej swe miejsce regularnie zajmuje niektorym bardziej, innym nieco mniej znany, Dan Lepard. Cenie go bardzo za prostote w tworzeniu przepisow, finezje i nader wszystko - jego skromnosc. Taka wlasnie jest ta babka. 3 eggs

What Do 300 Calorie Meals Look Like? Breakfast Meals English Muffin Breakfast – 394 Calories 1 whole wheat English muffin 2 pats low fat butter 1 hard boiled egg 1/2 cup of fruit 8 oz fruit juice 8 oz water Cereal – 300 Calories 1 cup of cereal 8 oz 2% milk 1 banana 1 coffee or tea Oatmeal – 345 Calories 1 cup (cooked) oatmeal with raisins ½ cup of fruit 1 cup coffee or tea 1 small banana Scrambled eggs – 360 Calories 2 scrambled eggs 2 strips of turkey bacon 1 piece whole wheat toast 1 pat of low fat butter 1 coffee or tea 8 oz water Lunches Baked potato – 305 Calories 1 medium baked potato 2 tablespoons sour cream 2 tablespoons salsa 1 cup sliced melon 12 oz water Roasted Veg. 3 cups mixed greens 1 cup sweet potato 1 cup eggplant 1 cup red bell pepper 3 Tbs lite honey mustard Soup – 350 Calories 1 bowl of soup 1 small tossed salad 2 tablespoons reduced fat oil and vinegar dressing 12 oz water 4 saltine crackers Chicken Salad – 350 Calories Dinners Chicken – 345 Calories Grilled Eggplant – 323 Calories Fish – 365 Calories I can’t. Ouch!

The Great Pumpkin Cake « Goblins and ghosts are one thing at Hallowe’en, but a full-page glossy photo of Rose’s Great Pumpkin Cake is in quite a separate realm of terror. If you plan to make it, that is. Or, more specifically, if you’ve rashly promised to take that very cake to a Hallowe’en party in full knowledge of the fact that you have never before made either a caramel crème anglaise or an Italian meringue, and that these very tasks now lie between you and the burnt orange silk meringue buttercream that covers this cake so smoothly and so beautifully in that horrifyingly daunting photo on page 127 of Rose’s Heavenly Cakes. Not only did I promise this cake to my friends and hosts for Hallowe’en this year, but I felt doubly bound to attempt this cake in gratitude to Rose for having very kindly lugged the pumpkin-shaped cake pan halfway across the world in her baggage for me earlier this year. “I can’t wait to see the look on your children’s faces when they see this cake,” she told me. You might also like:

Sandcastle Cake ~ HOR You can almost hear the surf and feel the sun with this adorable sandcastles cake. Sandcastle Cake Servings: 1 Cake For the cake:1 1/2 sheets store-bought vanilla cake3 cups cream cheese frosting, divided3 cups ground graham crackersFor the shells:4 cups brown sugar2 cups colored candy melts, melted Make the cake: In a large bowl, crumble cake with your hands and mix with one cup of frosting. Email Print To Die For Banana Cake with Vanilla Bean Frosting There was a time when I used to reserve overripe bananas to make banana bread, that is, until I sampled this banana cake. Now I find myself buying extra bananas just so I'll have an excuse to make this amazing cake. The batter can be mixed, baked, cooled, and ready to frost in about an hour. The recipe was given to me by a friend a number of years ago, and I added my own delectable frosting to compliment it perfectly - a flavor marriage made in heaven! It's simply out of this world and you must give it a try. Cake: 2/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup sour cream 1 egg 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 2 mashed super ripe bananas (about 3/4 cup) 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1 cup flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda Frosting: 1/4 cup heavy cream 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste* (see below) 1 1/4 cups confectioner's sugar To make cake (easily mixed by hand): Preheat the oven to 375F (see note below). To make frosting: Cream butter and confectioner's sugar together until smooth. 1 vanilla bean =

King Arthur's Carrot Cake Always a favorite, this dark, moist carrot cake appears regularly at King Arthur birthday parties. Cake 1 1/2 cups (10 1/2 ounces) vegetable oil 2 cups (14 ounces) sugar 4 large eggs 1 tablespoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ginger 1/4 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 cups (8 1/2 ounces) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour 3 cups (11 1/2 ounces) finely grated carrots 1 1/2 cups (5 3/4 ounces) chopped pecans or walnuts Cream Cheese Frosting 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter one 8-ounce package cream cheese 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons vanilla OR 1/2 teaspoon Fiori di Sicilia 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cups (10 to 14 ounces) glazing sugar or confectioners' sugar milk or cream to adjust consistency of frosting, if necessary Cake: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Beat together the oil, sugar, salt, eggs, and spices. Bake the cake(s) for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs clinging to it.

Flourless Mango Cake | Chocolate Chilli Mango On the weekend, I bought a beautiful book that I’ve been secretly lusting after for a while, Grand Livre De Cuisine: Desserts: Alain Ducasse’s Desserts and Pastries. It gave me tingles. And inspiration to make a spectacular mango dessert. There was going to be a crispy chocolate layer, macadamia praline, moulded mango jelly shapes, creamy mango centre, maybe a hint of rum, chocolate glaze, and the distinct possibility of gold flecks. I needed the oven to bake my base. And now I’m a little more time poor. Choose your loveliest, sweetest, most perfumed mango for this moist, flourless cake to get the best flavour. It’s really good on its own for afternoon tea, dusted with icing sugar. Makes: 1 x 18cm round cake * Coconut sugar is sold in organic or health food stores. Method Preheat the oven to 180°C. Add the almond meal and baking powder and pulse again for a few seconds until well mixed and the batter is smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin and smooth the top.

Condensed milk Cake. Kondensmilch Kuchen. كيكة اللبن المكثف This is a very easy and light cake & doesn't have much ingredients yet soo yummy. Ingredients: (8 pieces) 1 can condensed, sweetened milk (400 gm) 4 Eggs 1 cup Flour (150 gm) 1/2 Teaspoon Baking powder 50 gm melted Butter + 1 Tablespoon for brushing the Cake form. Preparation: Preheat the oven to 175°C Prepare your 22 cm Cake pan ( better a ring form ) by brushing it with 1 table spoon butter & spreading flour. Kondensmilch Kuchen Zutaten: (8 Stück) 1 Dose gedzuckerte Kondensmilch (400 gm) 4 Eier 1 Tasse Mehl (150 g) 1/2 TL Backpulver 50 gm geschmolzene Butter Zubereitung: Backofen auf 175 ° C vorheizen. Powered by eRecipe.com كيكة اللبن المكثف المكونات: ١ علبة لبن مكثف ومحلى (٤٠٠ جم) / ٤ بيضة / ١ كوب كبير دقيق (١٥٠ جم) / ١/٢ ملعقة بيكنج بودر / ٥٠ جم زبدة سائحة الطريقة : سخني الفرن على ١٧٥ درحة . اخلطي جميع المكونات بالمضرب الكهربائي حتى يصبح خليط ناعم ثم ضعي الخليط في صينية الفرن مقاس (الأفضل إستخدام صنية على شكل حلقة )٢٢ . اخبزي الكيكة في الفرن حوالي ٤٠ دقيقة أو أقل أو أكثر على حسب سمك الكيكة

Reese’s Brownie Ice Cream Cake Reese’s Brownie Ice Cream Cake Lets just get this out of the way—I have a tendency towards obsessive behavior. So please don’t be surprised or bored that I’m here posting another ice cream recipe. Reeses Brownie Ice Cream Cake Especially unforgettable if you are allergic to peanuts and have a reaction to it while making this. Luckily, no itchy throat like when I ingest it, so I was safe from that swelling up. A few notes: Any brownie recipe will do. Printthis recipe Saveto recipe box Yield: Makes on 6 inch cake Ingredients: Brownie (Brownie adapted from Alice Medrich. 8 tablespoons unsalted butter4oz. unsweetened chocolate 1 ¼ cups sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ¼ teaspoon salt 2 large eggs ½ cup all-purpose flour Ice Cream Layer 1 gallon vanilla ice cream, softened2 cups mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, chopped 3/4 cups toffee bits Topping: 1 cup hot fudge sauce 3/4 cup mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, chopped Directions: Preparation: Cover pan with nonstick spray. To make brownie layer: Assembly:

Grain Free Peppermint Chocolate Cake | The Healthy Gluten Free Life The Holiday Season is filled with lots of bad food and bad choices…but…with a little planning, it can be filled with scrumptious, healthy, flavorful foods that are also free of gluten! For any Holiday gathering, or maybe just because it’s Tuesday, you can’t go wrong with a yummy chocolate dessert, made from scratch of course so that you can control the ingredients – and YOUR safety. We made this yummy grain free Peppermint Chocolate Cake for Christmas dessert this year, but it could easily be served at your New Year’s Party as well! Or remove the peppermint extract, add a little almond extract, garnish with sliced almonds, and you’ve got yourself an “Any Occasion” cake that everyone will love, including those who think gluten free is tasteless. For those who can’t tolerate eggs, please check back as I have a gf, df, ef version in the works as I type! Grain Free Chocolate Cake Dry Ingredients: Wet Ingredients: Peppermint Ganache

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