Banana Split Bites Banana Split Bites ~ A classic ice cream dessert gets mini for some bite size fun. 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. Keeping all things in mind what I served is what you see here. Here’s what wasn’t a hit and what I learned. Impromptu play dates with four kid’s ages 3-5 year olds after a full work day –not a good idea.Know in advance what other kids will and won’t eat. Luckily, dessert made all things right. No recipe just a few notes: Use firm bananas and cut into 1 inch sections. Leave a Comment
Battenburg Cake Classic, pretty, and delicious specialty from England. Love eating it with a cup of tea of course. Is not as hard as you might think. Really! Battenburg Cake recipe adapted from Claire Clark's Indulge makes 2 cakes 480 g softened unsalted butter 480 g caster sugar 8 medium eggs 2 tsp vanilla 480 g flour 20 g baking powder red food coloring yellow food coloring For finishing 1 jar apricot preserved, or raspberry preserved 100 g icing sugar 750 g marzipan Preheat oven to 350F Grease a 10 X 12 inch cake pan, line with parchment paper, grease the paper as well. Sift flour and baking powder onto a piece of parchment paper twice. In a medium bowl, lightly whisk eggs and vanilla. Using electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until pale and puffy. Fold flour carefully using a large spatula into cream mixture in three addition. Divide batter in two equal portions. Transfer the batter onto prepared pan. To assemble Turn the cake onto a clean tray, remove the paper. Dust work surface with icing sugar.
My I-thought-I-had-an-original-idea ice cream cone cupcake pan Don’t you hate it when you get all your ice cream cones filled with batter only to have them tip over and spill in the pan when you try to put them in the oven? I decided to make a pan prototype to bake my cones in to stop the spills and mess! Yup, I made a prototype. And I was going to mass-produce it and sell it on HSN and become a billionaire, er, or at least a thousand-aire. But my dreams were crushed when I realized someone else already designed one. So much for my big break. BUT considering I wasted so much time making my pan, I’m going to show you it anyway. I bought this cheap tin pan from the 99 cent store. I took a sharpie and measured out a 3 x 4 square grid. Once my circles were cut out I just flipped it over and put it on a cookie sheet. Brilliant, right? And just for fun I took a picture of what it looks like from the underside. So there you have it. And now for a 2nd tutorial on how to make Cupcake cones. Fill the cones with batter. Rearing and ready to go.
Homemade Gummi Candy Well the boys are back to school and Bella and I are finding plenty to do! Yesterday — homemade gummy bears! We decided that learning how to make gummy bears, would be a project. All we needed was 1 -3 oz box of flavored gelatin and 2 – 1/4 oz packages of unflavored gelatin, water and candy molds. (we used two candy molds) Place 1/3 cup water in a small sauce pan. Place sauce pan over medium heat and stir until gelatin is dissolved, about 2-5 minutes. Fill molds. Allow to cool completely, about 20 minutes. Peel the gummi candy out of the molds. Enjoy! Make homemade stickers with the unused unflavored gelatin packets. Notes: My son felt the blue ones weren’t flavorful enough.
Chocolate Easter Surprise Eggs These dyed Easter are real eggshells that have been coated on the inside with chocolate and stuffed with candy and a small surprise. Everything I used to decorate the eggs is edible. I used jumbo sized eggs, though this wasn’t necessary. I stuffed them with the smallest things I could find. I was hoping to try to make my own version of the chocolate filled real eggshells that Martha Stewart created a few years back, but I wanted mine to be more like a Kinder Surprise egg with a toy or small item inside. I learned a lot through mistakes along the way (which I’ll go into obnoxious detail about in a later post), but here is what did work for me. dyeing the eggs The Martha Stewart instructions for preparing eggshells for filling with melted chocolate involve using a Dremel tool to neatly widen the hole. It’s meant to be used on soft boiled eggs with cooked whites, so it’s a bit treacherous using it on raw eggs. If you’re going to dye the eggs you can do this right away. coating with chocolate
Banana Split Surprise Cake This is a sponsored review from BlogHer and Kraft. Banana Split Surprise Cake ~ Get your eating pants on; this is a fork-to-mouth, plate-clearing addiction! This three-story cake has two layers of banana flavored cake with a surprise cheesecake-centered layer dressed up with a funfetti effect. Caught between those layers is a light banana cream frosting, and finishing it off (like a traditional banana split) is chocolate drizzling, sprinkles, and maraschino cherries. Banana Split Surprise Cake As a self-taught baker sometimes concept to reality can be a complete bust; others times things come out as expected. This Banana Split Cake fell somewhere between the latter two, depending on who in my group of friends you poll. I wanted to create something worthy enough to be featured alongside the other recipes in the RWOP recipe community. A few notes: Advance preparation: The frosting can be made up to five days in advance and refrigerated, then brought to room temperature for frosting.
Dirt Cake | The Family Kitchen By Kelsey Banfield | Mmmm, cake!! I’ll try just about any cake that comes my way. Delicious Cakes Made from Unusual Things Donut Cake This delicious festive donut cake would be perfect for a children's birthday, brunch party, or just an everyday celebration! Photo: Kelsey Banfield Halloween Popcorn Cake Why not enjoy your leftover candy a second time around? Photo: Taste & Tell Blog Candy Cakes Who said a festive cake has to be made with cake mix? Photo: Paula Jones Ice Cream Sandwich Cake Oh baby, now THIS is a summer cake that is not made from... cake! Photo: Jen Tater Tots! Chocolate Chip Cookie Freezer Cake This delicious chilly Chocolate Chip Cookie Freezer Cake is the perfect hot summer dessert. Photo: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia MORE ON BABBLE10 tasty mug cakes you can make in under 10 minutesInsanely fast desserts: 1-minute sundaes, 2-minute cakes, and more! More on Babble About Kelsey Banfield Kelsey Banfield Kelsey Banfield is the food writer and the founder of The Naptime Chef.
Pudding Cups Wicked Good Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding Cups. They’re from the book, Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey Treats for Kids by Jill O’Connor and just as good as their name states. Jill sent me and my niece a copy of her book as a little thank you for a post I did inspired by her Cheesecake Pops. From separating the egg yolks, to the measuring and mixing. She cooked the pudding. And mixed in the peanut butter… (thank you, Jill) … and the extra chocolate chips … Oh my! Let the pudding chill for at least four hours before eating. Here’s a link to the Pudding Recipe so you can print it out. Now, here’s the best part. It involves balloons to make bowls. Okay, I did help a little bit here. After you blow up the balloons, wash them off and let them dry. Okay, here’s what you do. Melt some semi-sweet chocolate, white chocolate or confectionery coating. Spoon a small amount on a wax-paper-covered baking sheet. Then take one of your prepared balloons and dip it in the chocolate. And repeat. Repeat. two… three!
Brownie Pops to Cheesecake Pops: Things on a Stick taste Better | Intimate Weddings - Small Wedding Blog Posted on September 14, 2010 by Christina Why do some things taste better when they’re on a stick? Maybe it’s the novelty that makes them fun – or the fact that you don’t have to get your fingers all sticky and buttery. I rounded up a few good things on sticks for you to drool over. Let’s start with Bakerella’s Poptarts on a stick. Brownie pops. Cookies on a stick from I am Mommy. Pie on a stick. Cheesecake on a stick.
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter "Cake" This is a funny little recipe. It only has four ingredients and requires no baking. I used to make this cake when my boys were little and it always amazed me. I was looking through my recipes the other day for something and came upon this and had fond memories of it. I can't even remember where I got this recipe from anymore, but it's a winner. How does a cake require no baking? The frostings are definitely worth making from scratch. Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake "Cake" for a printable recipe, click here serves about 8-10 Ingredients: 2 cups heavy cream, divided1/2 cup peanut butter chips1/2 cup milk chocolate chips12 whole chocolate graham crackersoptional garnish: chocolate jimmies Instructions: In a small saucepan, over low heat, combine 1/4 cup of the cream and the peanut butter chips, stirring just until melted and smooth: pour into a bowl. In a medium bowl, with mixer on high speed, beat remaining cream just until stiff.
Brownie Covered Oreos Can it really be December 6th? I LOVE this time of year, but wish it would SLOW down just a little! Mama’s got lots of shopping to do still To help the you in the kitchen this Holiday Season I have whipped up an ULTRA simple cookie that is not only the cutest little thing I’ve seen but is absolutely delicious! These will be so cute on any Christmas plate or cookie exchange, have fun and enjoy!! Can you even stand how cute these are? Here’s your line up. ….and if you can’t find the icing writer by Wilton, feel free to melt white chocolate to drizzle on top. Whip up your brownie mix…. Time to dip! Place your dipped Oreos in muffin tins that have been sprayed with cooking spray. Drizzle with icing, sprinkle and you get these little cuties! 1 Brownie mix (or use your own brownie recipe)1 package Oreos, I used the Holiday onesWhite chocolate, melted for drizzle, or Wilton White frosting pen works greatWhite nonpariels Sprinkles Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Happy Baking!
» Veggie Pops for Kids » Goddess of the Garden We are big on green smoothies in our house. We usually make them once or twice a day at least and I load them full of healthy, leafy greens and veggies. So even if my kids don’t want to eat veggies with dinner I do not worry because they already have two to three servings in their bodies already thanks to green smoothies. With summer around the corner it is even easier to accomplish this with delicious warm weather treats. The prinicple is the same, just mix leafy greens and veggies with fruit in a blender and pour the mixture into popsicle molds. Because so many plastics have nasty ingredients that can leach, I also make sure to use BPA Free Popsicle molds. Here is an easy green Popsicle recipe that my kids love. Electric Green Popsicles Ingredients: 2 ripe bananas 1 medium pineapple 2-3 cups spinach or other leafy green Water Blend until smooth and pour into molds.