Rainbow Cake For Cake: 2 1/4 cups cake flour (9 ounces) 1 cup whole milk, at room temperature 6 large egg whites (3/4 cup), at room temperature 2 teaspoons almond extract 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar (12 1/4 ounces) 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon table salt 12 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), softened but still cool Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple gel food coloring For Frosting/Filling: 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar 10 large egg whites 2 pounds (8 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into tablespoons, softened 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1 pound best-quality white chocolate, melted and cooled Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your cake pans by first liberally buttering the pans, then line the bottoms with parchment paper rounds. Butter the rounds and set aside. Pour milk, egg whites, and extracts into 2-cup glass measure, and mix with fork until blended. Divide batter evenly between six medium bowls. Let cakes rest in pans for 3 minutes.
Living Eventfully: asparagus limp vegetables are so, so sad. don't you agree? here is a fool prove way to have some yummy tender roasted asparagus with some crunch to it. Quick Roasted Asparagus 1 bunch of asparagus, about 1 pounds worth olive oil kosher salt pepper freshly grated Parmesan cheese Place oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 450 degrees. Using a microplane, if you have one, (if you don't put it on your Christmas list) or a cheese grater, grate some Parmesan cheese over the asparagus. Place the asparagus in preheated oven (very key that your oven has been preheated!!) awesome side dish or a great way to cook asparagus that you will be adding to a salad... enjoy!
Broccoli Cheese Soup: Panera Bread Copycat Recipe On Wednesday my sister and I volunteered to make the soup supper to go with the Advent service at church. Before you go thinking I'm some kind of charitable, goodhearted soul, I must tell you that the only reason that I do it is because I LOVE COOKING. In case you hadn't figured that out yet. Okay, so I was like, "Whadaya think, Nemo? Well, it would have, except everybody had to try a huge bowl of BOTH kinds of soup AND meatballs. Barbequed meatballs in broccoli soup. I had to leave the room. Anyways, we ran out of soup after about ten minutes of serving. So during church I had a sudden inspiration (um, Pastor, if you're reading this, that was a typo. Anways, I burst out of church and ran up to my friend screaming, "Hey guess what!! Yeah. I mean it would be like getting paid to have fun. My friend laughed at me when I told her. Okay. And so is this soup. I don't even know if this was as good as Panera Bread's because I'm usually mostly paying attention to the sourdough bread bowls.
SugarBlog - The Ultimate Ice Cream Cake Cookie&Pie This is by far the sweetest of all things I have ever made. Sweet as in the adjective, adverb and noun. :) Let me tell you from bottom layer to top layer pie crust, chocolate chip cookie dough, cake icing, vanilla ice cream, rainbow chip cake, more cake icing and sprinkles. Big, fat, rainbow sprinkles! Quite possibly the Turducken of Sweets. I thought of this concoction a few months ago while judging myself for how indecisive I am... And so.... The closest I got was CakeSpy's Triple Threat. Now.. back to me...I, of course was going to miniaturize mine... and add ice cream! I took lots of pictures and got really giddy several times during this process. The Ultimate Ice Cream Cake Cookie Pie You will need: 1 package Pillsbury refrigerated pie crust 1 package Pillsbury refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough 1 can cake frosting of your choice (I used rainbow chip for the middle and chocolate for the top... so, 2 different frostings) 1 cake mix of your choice (mixed as instructed on box)
Rocky Road Sundaes Recipe at Epicurious photo by Brian Leatart yield Makes 6 You'll need a candy thermometer to monitor the fudge sauce and the marshmallows. Fudge sauce 4 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped 1/4 cup water 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons light corn syrup 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 large egg yolk Ice cream 3 large egg yolks 1 cup whipping cream 1 cup whole milk 2 tablespoons sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 6 ounces milk chocolate, chopped 1 cup canned unsweetened coconut milk* Marshmallows 3 3/4 teaspoons unflavored gelatin 1 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut, toasted, cooled, divided Preparation For sauce: Stir first 5 ingredients in heavy medium saucepan over medium-low heat until smooth. For ice cream: Whisk yolks in bowl. Process custard in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. For marshmallows: Place 1/3 cup water in small bowl. Scoop ice cream into dishes. *Available at Indian and Latin American markets and many supermarkets.
Summer Tomatoes, Corn, Crab and Avocado Salad A wonderful summer salad made with lump crab meat, summer tomatoes, sweet charred roasted corn, cilantro, hot peppers and zesty lime juice. Serve this over mixed greens or tostadas as a main dish or you can put this in martini glasses as a fancy appetizer. This is perfect to bring to a potluck, or you can halve the recipe for less servings. Fresh crab is always best but if that's not available near you, canned lump crab would do. For the corn, you can roast the corn on the grill, or if you are lucky enough to live near a Trader Joe's, they sell roasted frozen corn which is such a convenience. A good tip, if you make grilled corn on the cob often and have leftovers, cut it off the cob and freeze it! In a small bowl combine red onion, lime juice, olive oil, pinch of salt and pepper. In a large bowl combine chopped crab meat, avocado, tomatoes, hot pepper and corn.
Zebra Cake | The Whimsical Cupcake Animal prints is something I never really got behind. It was something that I only saw on 75 year old blue-haired ladies that are way cooler than me or on kids who looked like walking cheetahs. Not really the look I go for. Lately everywhere I look, there’s something with some form of animal print on it and I find myself liking it. Ok, not EVERYTHING but a few pieces here and there. I can probably attest some of this animal print tolerance to my sister, she’s so stylish sometimes that it kills me. ;) I’m not sure what kind of demographic I reach out there in internet land, animal print lovers or haters, but I’m sure your love or hatred won’t apply to this cake. I said it. This is a simple cake needs no pillowy frostings, no fancy ganaches, and no whippy creams. Zebra CakeAdapted from King Arthur Flour Yields one 9″ or 8″ round cake Ingredients: Directions: 1) Preheat the oven to 350°F. 2) In the bowl of your mixer, blend the sugar and eggs until lightened, about 2 minutes. Like this:
Chocolate Meringue and Mint Chip Ice Cream Cake Recipe at Epicurious photo by Sang An yield Makes 8 to 10 servings Preparation Position 1 rack in top third and 1 rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 200°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Trace two 12x4-inch rectangles, spaced slightly apart, on 1 paper. Lift meringues from parchment. Beat cream, vanilla, and remaining 1 tablespoon sugar in small bowl until peaks form. Cinnamon Roll Cookies Forget the weights get your bicep curl on in this hand to mouth cookie lift. For a heavier lift, stack a few cookies together. Then have a few more for some extra reps and your arms should be perfectly sculpted. Cinnamon Roll Cookies Alright all story telling aside, the cookies have a crisp edge with chewy crumb and a soft crackle from the glaze. A few notes: Keep in mind the dough will be sticky, so I used wax paper to guide the dough into a roll. Cinnamon Roll Cookies Makes approximately 4 dozen two inch cookies | Preparation: Line bake sheet with parchment paper and heat oven to 350 degrees F. Ingredients: Instructions: Sift together flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. To make glaze: Sift powdered sugar and add in 1 tablespoon of milk at a time until drizzling consistency is achieved. Assembly: Drizzle tops of cookies with glaze and let stand at room temperature until glaze dries completely. Leave a Comment
Rose Cake Tutorial - i am baker - StumbleUpon SO excited to share with you how easy it is to make the rose cake. Seriously, once you see you are going to run right out, buy a 1M tip, and make one. That or go back to work. Or bed. Ok, here we go! There were two main components to this cake. The vertical layer interior and the frosting rose exterior. I am going to do a vertical layer tutorial at a different time, (updated: you can see it HERE) as I did not get any pictures of it this go around and it is IMPOSSIBLE to explain without pictures. Now for the frosting rose tutorial! I promise you, this could NOT be easier. (I need to mention... before I froze my cake I poured a simple syrup over it. Start with your cake. Put your 1M tip (or any large open star tip) into the pastry bag then fill it up with buttercream frosting. If you have an appropriately sized coupler you can use that, or you can just insert the tip into the bag and cut off the excess. Try to end in the same place each time. Instead go in and make a swoop with your tip. 1. 2.