What is a Cappuccino?: National Cappuccino Day
National Cappuccino Day is November 8th, and cappuccino is on the bevy menu. Cappuccino is so named as it calls to mind the color of Capuchin monks, and it is a specialty of Italian bars. Cinnamon & cocoa are not generally sprinkled on top of their cappuccino, though the espresso is topped with steamed or scalded milk. On top of that, silky foam. The coffee, milk & foam are made using equal amounts of each. In the making of...
How to Bake Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake: National Chocolate Day
National Chocolate Day is here and I’m sharing with you a Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake recipe below… But first, a few chocolate facts. Chocolate Facts: What is more decadent than chocolate & very few wouldn’t welcome such a tasty treat at any time. Chocolate & cocoa come from an evergreen tree genus, theobroma, “Food of the Gods.” Cocoa beans grow in a pod of a cocoa tree. They are both identically...
Comfort Food Recipe at Its Best: Chicken Soup for the Soul Week
It’s Chicken Soup for the Soul Week! Every ethnicity has their own version of chicken soup – a most comforting & homey, satisfying & healing food. My Mom’s chicken soup version had all of those qualities and always makes me feel happy & loved. How to Cook Mother Kasper’s Chicken Soup: The basic chicken soup I use follows my Mom’s soup as closely as I can remember. Type: Soup Recipe Serve with:...
How to Bake Black Bottom Cupcakes for National Chocolate Cupcake Day
It’s National Chocolate Cupcake Day, and did you know that almost any cake batter can be transformed into cupcakes? Just pour the batter into muffin tins lined with paper cupcake holders. How to Bake Black Bottom Cupcakes: You could bake cupcakes in flat bottomed ice cream cones. Cupcakes can take any kind of decorative & embellished frostings. These are generally baked at 350 degrees F for 18-20 min. It’s best to...
National Dessert Day: How to Bake Fudge Chiffon Cake
The 2nd Thursday in October marks National Dessert Day! Isn’t it just the truth that the child in us loves dessert? In fact, there are times that we could very well enjoy dessert for every course of our meal. Satisfy your sweet tooth for a fudge chiffon cake recipe. How to Bake Fudge Chiffon Cake: For this recipe, use a 10 inch tube pan, and room temperature ingredients. Type: Cake Recipe Serve with: chocolate icing, ice cream...
National Chili Month Brings a Recipe You Will Love
This kicked up recipe finds you because it’s National Chili Month in October! There are dozens of ways to make chili, and each cook seemingly has their own recipe… I don’t think I’ve ever made my chili the same way twice, and that keeps things exciting & fresh. Depending upon your mood or what you have available will determine the personality of your homemade chili. How to Cook Kicked Up Chili: This is my...
Tempting Pudding Recipe for National Chocolate Day
It’s National Chocolate Day, and we must celebrate! Chocolate, as we know it, comes from the pod of the cocoa tree. Chocolate syrup is extracted from the hulled cocoa beans & solid cakes are molded from it. The hulled beans contain cocoa butter, which is a natural vegetable fat, and this melts in the grinding process and a lovely dark brown fluid or chocolate liquor is reserved from the cakes, and ground into powder. The...
National White Chocolate Day: Decadent Mousse Recipe
It’s a sweet one because it’s National White Chocolate Day! Now, it doesn’t have to be Easter time to enjoy some white chocolate, and no, white chocolate doesn’t just come in bunny form… 😉 White chocolate is very much like milk chocolate, except it doesn’t contain the chocolate liquor. This is why it is off white in color, instead of brown. Being high in cocoa butter, it has a very mild milk...
Perk Up Employee Outlook with Delicious Coffee
Life is about tiny pleasures, isn’t it? In order to keep your employees happy, I think it’s important to provide them with some small luxuries… …like 2 ply facial tissue, fun stationery or office supplies, and some good tea & coffee! Production in any division of your business, be it the office, in the factory, board room, meetings or events, can depend upon it. Tiny luxuries of life keep people going, put...
How to Bake Fudge Banana Brownie Cake: Kick Up Your Brownie Mix
I’m going to let you in on a great secret… …most people use mixes in their kitchen when baking. Maybe they don’t use them all the time, but there are times that everyone uses a mix to save time and energy. The great thing about mixes is you don’t have to just settle with what they give you. You can always add other flavors and ingredients to them to kick them up another notch! That’s exactly what I...
How to Bake Peanut Butter Banana Muffins
Ahhh…the dilemma of over-ripe bananas… Well, it doesn’t have to be a dilemma…just bake something amazing or make a smoothie! Today, I’m showing you a recipe from scratch for Peanut Butter Banana Muffins that you’ll be so excited not only to make, but to devour. These are really tasty tidbits, and I made the small sized muffins today for a change. They are adorable and delicious too. Plus, they...
How to Make Cardamom Hot Chocolate
It’s Spring in Canada and the sun is shining, but don’t let that fool you… …It’s only about 10 degrees above freezing today, which means it’s chilly! On my break from working online today, I decided I wanted a cup of homemade hot chocolate, but not just ANY hot chocolate. I want to kick it up and make it much more interesting by adding some kind of interesting flavor. I thought of a few and have...
What Could be Better Than Chocolate Cake?
Got a sweet tooth? Do you love chocolate? Do you love cake? Well, how about a killer Chocolate Cake Recipe you can make and enjoy? How about a chocolate cake recipe that is healthier for you than the usual recipes? I have found one online for you all. “How can it be healthier?” you may ask…Well, instead of using saturated fats such as shortening or vegetable oil, this recipe happens to use olive oil, which has health...
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