Craft Blog / How To Make A Rainbow Cake! by COLOURlovers So I did mention something about health and/or diet food in my last post, and while this recipe is the latter, it is most certainly not to be confused with the former. The cool thing is that if you’re making something so distractingly colourful, people will think it’s delicious no matter what. This presents me with the option to use an old Weight Watchers trick—the one-point cupcake. Except I’m making a cake and I created my own frosting. This cake is suitable for many occasions: A child’s birthday Your mom’s birthday Coming out to your conservative parents If you’re a lesbian, they’ll be thrilled that you won’t be forgoing your feminine kitchen duties. If you’re the kind of gay dude who makes cakes for your parents, they were probably on to you anyway. Coming out to your conservative parents on your mother’s birthday Your friend’s jam band CD release party . . . so I’m sure you’ll find a use for this recipe soon. Oh yes, and do me a favour: DOUBLE THE RECIPE AS PHOTOGRAPHED HERE!! {*style:<i>
Flax Flat Bread Well here I go again, but it is not a desert. LOL I was toasting Hubby's bun for his hamberger and it decided to try taking the pancake recipe and tweek it to make flat bread for my hamberger 1 egg1/4c flax1 teas baking powdershake of Mrs. Combine wet ingredients and beat well, then add dry ingredients, mix well, add water to thin out, I made just a bit thinner than pancake batter. cook them just like would pancakes. Personally I like it better than oopsies for a bread sub, and it is quicker and faster and doesn't heat up the oven. I just might be making a double and freeze them. or not it only 10 minutes to make them from start to finsh. I forgot to mention that it held up like a dream, I had my first sloppy hamberger in a very long time, I had fresh valdelia onion slice and fresh garden grown tomotoe slice and cheese and mayo.
How to Make Marshmallow Fondant This time I decided to make it with those mini fruit flavored marshmallows. I had to sort them by colour first. I figured they would add a little bit of flavor to the fondant so I wouldn't have to add much flavoring oil. I use gel colours to dye my fondant but regular food colouring will work too. You won't be able to get really dark colours without making your fondant sticky, but for lighter colours you can just even it out with more icing sugar. I also had lemon oil and coconut flavoring on hand.. oh la la the value brand (which still works fine). Step One: Take a couple of handfuls of marshmallows and put them in a microwave safe bowl. I like to make smaller batches because its easier to add the colour to the melted marshmallow than it is to work the colour into the fondant later. Step Two: Stick the marshmallows in the microwave for ten seconds at a time until the are puffed up and easily stir into a goo with a wooden spoon. Step Three: Step Four: Fondant with the icing sugar kneaded in.
Spaghetti Squash You've heard spaghetti squash is a great substitute for pasta, and you've lugged one home from the store. Now what do you do? Just about any way you can think of to apply heat can be used to cook spaghetti squash. Cutting Up Spaghetti Squash Before Cooking Advantages: It cooks faster.Disadvantages: Like any winter squash, hacking it up takes muscle and a sharp knife or cleaver. Method: Just get in there and cut it in half (lengthwise) or quarters. Bake rind side up about 30 to 40 minutes at 375 F.Microwave 6 to 8 minutes (let stand for a few minutes afterwards)Boil 20 minutes or so. Separate strands by running a fork through in the "from stem to stern" direction. Cooking Spaghetti Squash Whole Advantages: It's easier.Disadvantages: It takes longer to cook, and you need to watch out for burns when removing the pulp and seeds. Method: Pierce the squash several times with a sharp knife. Did You Know? Spaghetti Squash Storage Tip Video: How to Cook Spaghetti Squash
Embroidery With Sprinkles (And Other Cuteness) I love the look of embroidery and had been wanting to try and get that effect on a cake topper for a while. I knew that I wanted to use jimmy sprinkles for the "thread" and possibly have it on a royal icing disk but I couldn't decide on a pattern. I doodled a few designs and then got sidetracked by other recipes and projects and forgot about it all together. It wasn't until I came across the Polka and Bloom blog that I was remembered the cake idea. I had to go out and buy jimmy sprinkles but I could only find the colours that I wanted in mixed jars. Laying out the actual design was much more fun and I am really happy with how it looked in the end. The cake itself is pink lady cake made with pureed raspberries instead of strawberries and lemon swiss meringue buttercream. On a completely unrelated but equally sweet note: We have solved our cat-hair-on-the-furniture issue. Not anymore. Aww.
Apple Flax Seed Muffins Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Ingredients: 1 and 1/4 cup flax seed meal2 teaspoons baking powder1 Tablespoon cinnamon1 teaspoon nutmeg1/2 teaspoon saltArtificial sweetener equal to 3/4 cup sugar (1/2 cup can be flavored sugar-free syrup)4 large eggs, beaten1/4 cup oil1/2 cup liquid (flavored syrup or water)1 Tablespoon vanilla1 medium apple, chopped fairly finely1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional) Preparation: Preheat oven to 350 F. 1. 2. Nutritional Information: Each muffin contains 2 grams link ecc effective carbohydrate plus 5 grams fiber. Colorful swirled cupcakes With as many ways as there are to decorate cupcakes, they can be really boring if you just slap some plain icing on them. I like to make them fun and interesting, and one of my favorite ways to do that is with colorful, swirled icing. Rather than mix food coloring into the icing, I use it to paint the decorator bag, creating a result so crazy and cool that you won’t believe you got it from such a simple technique. Let me show you how! Gather the supplies The first things you’ll need, of course, are cupcakes and icing! Select the colors The best part about this technique is that you can choose any colors you want and can customize it to the occasion. You’ll be painting from 4 to 6 stripes of color for your icing, but you can repeat colors, so you really only need at least 2 different colors (up to 6 max). Paint the bags Okay, now for the actual technique! Now use the paint brush to paint stripes of color on the inside of the bag, starting at the tip and going up about 3-4 inches. The results
Sugar-Free Coconut Raspberry Muffins - Low-Carb Coconut Flour Muffin These muffins are made with coconut flour, which has a fairly mild coconut taste. They can be made with blueberries or raspberries. Because coconut flour isn't standard (I think the amount of moisture may vary somewhat), I tried to compensate for this with the amount of water. Also, in the nutritional information I used the average of the three most available coconut flours on the market, since coconut flour is not in the USDA database of foods. Ingredients: 3 eggs (room temperature - important)1/3 cup coconut flour¼ cup melted butter½ teaspoon vanilla¼ teaspoon salt¼ cup sugar substitute equivalent (liquid preferred)½ teaspoon baking powder2-5 Tablespoons water (see below)½ cup raspberries or blueberries Preparation: Heat oven to 375° F. 1) Whisk or beat the eggs until whites and yolks are well-mixed. 2) Mix the remaining dry ingredients -- coconut flour, baking soda, and sweetener if using powder. 3) Mix the dry and wet ingredients together.
groovy cake A groovy, tie-dye cake — with colors inside and out — would be fun for an end-of-the-summer party! This cake is a showstopper, but actually just uses a basic marbling technique. You tint four bowls of the batter different colors, put drops of the colored batter on top of the white batter in the cake pan and pull a knife through it, which gives it the “groovy” look. The frosting is simple, too, just use gel tubes to make hexagon shapes and then a pull a toothpick through them, starting in the center. around the bottom make it extra colorful! If you are planning on having a party, a fun idea would be to tie Dye shirts and then serve this cake. Groovy Cake 1 box (18.25 oz.) white cake mix 3 whole eggs 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 cup buttermilk Red, blue, green and yellow food coloring 2 (12 ounce) cans whipped vanilla frosting Assorted colors decorating gel tubes ½ cup Skittles 2 8-inch round cake pans 1. 2. 3.