Housewife Eclectic: Man-Catching Beignets
After the Disney Movie, Princess and the Frog, labeled Beignets, as man-catching, my family hasn't been able to refer to them as anything else. Beignets are also one of my husband's absolute favorite treats, giving more credit to the name. They are pretty easy to pull together, but do need time to adequately rise. You will need:1.5 cups lukewarm water1/2 C. sugar1 envelop yeast2 eggs, beaten slightly1 1/4 t. salt1 cup evaporated milk7 cups flour1/4 C.
Vanilla Chai Cake with Honey Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting and Toasted Macadamia Nuts
I wanted to make a fancy schmancy cake for a co-worker's birthday. She is a big chai fan so I knew I wanted to use the same flavors in her cake. I searched and searched and searched online to find a chai cake that suited the picture I had in my head.
Everyday Chocolate Chip Cookies - Baker by Nature
For a while now I’ve been on the search for a perfect everyday chocolate chip cookie (also searching for the perfect ballet flats, but that hunt is still on!). Not so much a cookie that should be eaten everyday – although that would be sweet! But more of an everyday chocolate chip cookie that appeals to a fearless baker as much as it does to a quite terrified one. A chocolate chip cookie that my picky pants toddler of a niece will devour as quickly as my bosses fancy friends. A cookie that doesn’t need days on days parked in the fridge trying to develop personality and charm. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Peanut Butter Reese's Cup Blondies - The Messy Baker Blog
Thick, gooey peanut butter blondies loaded with mini Reese’s peanut butter cups. Peanut buttahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing kicks a wicked hankering for something sweet quite like peanut butter. This peanut butter blondie combines peanut butter in two different forms, creamy peanut butter from the jar and mini Reese’s peanut butter cups (and lots of ‘em). Double the peanut butter.
Chocolate Magic Cake Recipe
Two days ago, I shared with you how completely obsessed I was with this Magic Custard Cake recipe. If you read about my infatuation for this magical three layer cake, you’ll understand why I’m totally enamored with it. The silky custard interior had me smitten and I went as far as to eat two pieces in one sitting.
Glühwein Recipe
Glühwein originates in Germany but is also very popular in Austria, which is not surprising as Austria is essentially like a holiday province of Germany if we have to be honest. Glühwein is served in the snow on ski slopes, in mountain huts and at European Christmas markets. Always drink Glühwein hot, and you’ll enjoy it best when the temperature around you is very low, for example around a campfire in the Kalahari or Karoo, while you’re freezing your backside off. WHAT YOU NEED (serves 4)
Banana Bread Cobbler
What does “comfort food” mean to you? It’s almost impossible to define, isn’t it? It really means something different to everyone. For a Southerner like me, it might mean fried chicken and cornbread. Or okra and tomatoes.
chocolate stout cake
Because it’s fun for me, I’ve decided that today is the day that I will embarrass my former boss. You see, she and I are two of a very small group of girl-types in a very boy-dominated sector of publishing, and while I would normally argue that gender stereotypes are old, tiresome and played out, in our professional realm at least, they’re fairly rightly-placed. While the guys go on in great lengths about (pick one, or all of the below) the Red Sox, Giants, hockey, PlayStation, Borat, You The Man Now Dawg website, beer and where it doesn’t cost much and the Joy of Street Meat, she and I would spend an at least equal amount of time and devotion chattering about all aspects of food and cooking as, just my luck, she is as obsessed as I am. Having excellent taste, she loves chocolate and Guinness in a near-equal ratio, thus when I happened upon this recipe many, many months ago, I bookmarked it for the express purpose of making for her birthday. Cake prep: Preheat oven to 350°F.
Myths About Wine
Rachel Kerswell Share on Facebook Share on Twitter When it comes to appreciating wine, there is as much myth as there is truth. Page 1 of 2
Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins with Pecan Streusel
You know you’re a foodie when you express out loud how excited you are for spring/summer berries to arrive! And I’m telling you, this is pure, genuine excitement. I am such a weirdo. Another plus of the oncoming fruits and veggies, is major sales on the frozen variety. I ain’t a hater on frozen fruits and veggies.
50 Tips for Baking Better Cakes
Happy American Thanksgiving! I was sitting here planning a bunch of upcoming baking posts, when I realized that we’ve never really chatted about some of the basic steps that make for consistent baking and caking. I thought that it may be helpful to post these tips now, before we get too hot and heavy into more cake recipes. This collection of tips and tricks is made up of suggestions that happen to work for me, that I have either learned from the pros, read in books, or figured out along the way (and am still learning). I can say that implementing these steps completely changed my life as a baker, and I thought it would be fun to share. I hope that even one of these tips will help you along too.
Planting A Pineapple
Did y’all know that you can take this and turn it into… This? And that this will eventually produce… This? Yes, I’m talking about turning your average, ordinary grocery store pineapple into a tropical showpiece within your home. A plant that is not only impressive but will WOW!
