How to Bake Angel Food Cake
Oh, my Angel Food Cakes are so light & relatively fat-free – it’s like eating a cloud. There’s nothing quite like it. Generally classified as a foam cake, where mixing & folding needs to be done in such a ways as to maintain as much air in the batter as possible. How to Bake Angel Food Cake: All eggs should be at least 3 days old, 60° – 70° F in temperature, and separated immediately prior to use. Tip:...
How to Make Dark Chocolate Truffles: Chocolates Day
Chocolates Day is November 29th, and doesn’t Dark Chocolate Truffles sound heavenly? Who doesn’t appreciate chocolate truffles? We all know how addictive they are, and how delicious too. These chocolates have ganache centers, which are coated with bittersweet dark chocolate. A ganache is comprised of a mix of chocolate & cream. The chocolate used to coat the ganache centers, which can, if desired, be rolled in nuts,...
How to Bake Vanilla Cupcakes: National Vanilla Cupcake Day
National Vanilla Cupcake Day is November 10th, and this tasty recipe for Vanilla Cupcakes is simply scrumptious. Almost any cake recipe can be used for cupcakes. These miniature cakes can be frosted & decorated as you desire. They are easy for children to hold onto & to eat. Kids love to help by adding ingredients to your bowl while making these lovely treats. Also, they are perfect for including with school lunches or an...
Candy Making Tips: National Candy Day
National Candy Day is here, and it’s important to have some effective tips when candy making. Who of us doesn’t remember the days when a candy could cheer us up? A lollipop could make a scratch or bruise be ignored. A chocolate Valentine Candy box from a sweetheart could cheer us up. How about a candy cane at Christmas that could make us believe in the elusive Santa? Candies to eat at the movies made the picture show so...
How to Make Deviled Eggs: National Deviled Egg Day
National Deviled Egg Day has arrived and it’s time to make you some perfectly packaged Deviled Eggs. Eggs can allow a chef’s imagination to run wild… These little gems contain balanced nutrients from which a complete organism forms. They can transform bread doughs by allowing a structural framework, whereby leaveners grow, to thicken puddings & keep them smooth, bind meatloaf or burgers, and help in providing...
How to Make Crème de Menthe Parfaits
There are times when I truly enjoy a Crème de Menthe Parfait at the end of a hearty meal, or a fish dinner to take the edge off of any fats, and provide that hit of something tangy & sweet. Type: Dessert Recipe Serve with: whipped cream, maraschino cherry Prep Time: 6 min Serves: 1 Ingredients: 1 oz Crème de Menthe + splashes ~ 3 scoops French vanilla ice cream 2-3 tbsp whipped cream 1 maraschino cherry chocolate shavings –...
How to Make National Crème de Menthe Day Parfaits
How beautiful a shade of green — like a perfect emerald…So refreshingly minty! Happy National Crème de Menthe Day, everyone! Don’t know what Crème de Menthe is? Well, translated from French, it means mint cream, and it’s an alcoholic liqueur. With so many uses for mint & CdM, I had to choose just one recipe I love so much. I truly enjoy a mint parfait at the end of a hearty meal, or a fish dinner to take...
How to Make Sugared Cranberries + Video
This may very well be my favorite cranberry recipe ever! If you’ve never had these, and even if you’ve never really cared for cranberries before, do try these… What’s more Holiday-like than sugared fruits looking all heavenly on a tray or platter with cookies. It’s reminiscent of a Victorian Christmas. So beautiful, so addicting. Once these cranberries dry, when you pop them in your mouth, the sugar shell...
Ice Cream and Cake Dance Contest from Baskin-Robbins
If you haven’t already seen the advertisements on television, I thought I’d share with you a contest from Baskin-Robbins. If you show Baskin-Robbins your Ice Cream and Cake Dance and you get a chance to win $10,000 and more ($1000 in ice cream cake)! Simply go to: BaskinRobbins.com/VideoContest Of course I had to share this with all of you, my foodie friends! Have fun and I can’t wait to see those dances. * Hey, you...
Kimberly’s Carrot Dill Bread for the Bread Machine
We make fresh juice almost every day now, and I started with only carrots, and decided…I need to make bread too, so why not use the newly grated carrot? Perfect idea!!! Carrot Dill bread…Voila! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type: Bread Serve With: Softened butter or cream cheese Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 2 hrs 35 min Yield: 1 loaf Ingredients: Instructions: 1. Combine all ingredients in the bread machine reservoir in the order...
Perfect Peaches
Since we made Ice Cream yesterday, I thought we should talk about peaches today, since they go sooooo well on top of Ice Cream…what’s better than peaches n’ cream? Also, they are wonderfully in season right now! Being from Ontario, I am especially partial to our local peaches. They are some of the best in the WORLD! My Story: My mother’s side of the family immigrated from Russia to Vineland, Ontario, and then...
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