How to Cook Christmas Pudding
Christmas Pudding is a beautiful tribute to the celebrations of Christmases past. Many have enjoyed steamed puddings of this nature. If your family appreciates this festive dessert, and you are willing to try this delicious treat…it really is worth the extra time it takes to prepare. In days of old, the steamed plum, carrot or fig puddings were the centerpiece of the Christmas dinner. It’s called plum or figgy pudding, as...
How to Bake Christmas Fingerprint Cookies
Christmas Fingerprint Cookies are always on the Turner family household repertoire for the Holidays. These delicious cookies take a little work & time, but the effort is definitely worth it because once tasted, they won’t be forgotten. This is the first time I’m sharing this Christmas recipe. Fingerprint cookies are another family favorite, and they are so very pretty when they’re done. These tender, buttery...
How to Bake Lemon Cake Loaf with Poppy Seeds
I am a particular fan of lemon cake & topped off with poppy seeds – it’s just too good! Topped with a delicious, tangy, fresh lemon & sugar syrup…It just doesn’t get better than this. How to Bake Lemon Cake Loaf with Poppy Seeds: This loaf slices neatly & fanned out on a lovely serving tray with a few slices of sugared lemon & lime or lemon zest curls. To be completely beyond delicious, sift...
How to Make Bavarian Cream Pie: National Bavarian Cream Pie Day
November 27th is National Bavarian Cream Pie Day, and it’s gonna be sweet with this Bavarian Cream Pie recipe. Bavarian cream can be used as a pie filling, as a soufflé or a Charlotte Russe, which is lined with lady fingers. Chef Marie-Antoine Carême is often credited with inventing this dessert, named in the early 19th century. photo right: Chef Marie-Antoine Carême This recipe is for a plain Bavarian cream pie, using a...
How to Bake Chiffon Cake: National Cake Day
November 26th is National Cake Day, and we are baking a Chiffon Cake! Can you imagine a special day to celebrate cakes? I love cakes & I especially enjoy baking them. How to Bake a Chiffon Cake: I’m quite fond of chiffon cakes, and the recipe I’m sharing with you is quite delicious and can be filled, iced & baked in an angel food cake tube pan. It is also very good with fresh berries & whipped cream, if you...
How to Make Pumpkin Pie: National Pumpkin Day
National Pumpkin Day is upon us, and if you have never made your own Pumpkin Pie from Scratch, you’re in for a treat of a recipe too. Technically, a pumpkin is part of the Winter squash group. Included in that family are acorn, pepper & others. We all know how delicious Pumpkin Pie is, and though tinned pumpkin puree is perfectly alright to create a good pie filling, making your own from fresh pumpkin is fantastic, and my...
How to Bake Sponge Cake: National Boston Cream Pie Day
National Boston Cream Pie Day is October 23rd, and this wonderful Sponge Cake recipe will provide you with the cake layers you need for BCP! Boston Cream Pie is such an impressive, decadent dessert, and it’s so lovely to look at, especially presented on a footed cake stand. Your guests will comment forever and-a-day as to the flavor of this rich, fluffy cake, and the chocolate topping makes it appealing to one & all. How 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...
Secret Weapon of Holiday Cooking: Kitchen Tools
That’s right…Canadian Thanksgiving is this weekend! It kicks off the beginning of the Holiday season with American Thanksgiving shortly after, Christmas in December, New Year’s celebrations, Valentine’s Day, then Easter…It seems there’s an occasion every single month until the middle of Spring! So, with all that cooking, I have my secret weapon in the kitchen when it comes to kitchen tools…...
How to Bake Dark & Delicious Holiday Fruit Cake
So traditional…So delicious…Dark & Delicious Holiday Fruit Cake is fruit cake, the RIGHT WAY! Whether you’re preparing this Christmas treat for this year, or you’re allowing it to age until the next one, this cake is sure to please the masses. Dark & Delicious Holiday Fruit Cake: It’s full of fruit, nuts & loving goodness. Our Dark & Delicious Holiday Fruit Cake will make you remember your...
How to Bake Kimberly’s Incredible Ritz Cracker Pie
This an oldie, but a goody…Don’t knock it, if you’ve never tried it. With this recipe, you are accomplishing that sweet & salty taste that everyone craves. Awesome for the Holidays & great for those on a budget too! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type: Dessert Recipe Serve With: Homemade Whipped Cream Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 30 min Yield: 9″ pie Ingredients: 3 egg whites 1/2 tsp cream of tartar 1 cup sugar 1...
How to Bake Sensational Southern Sweet Potato Pie
Since I married a Texan man, I’ve had to learn how to make this fabulous Sweet Potato Pie with my Canadian twist! A perfect union! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type: Dessert Serve With: Our Homemade Whipped Cream Prep Time: 17 min Cook Time: 1 hr 30 min altogether…Unless you boil sweet potatoes (20-25 min, instead of 40-45 min roasted) Yield: 1 large sweet potato pie Ingredients: Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 2....
How to Make Amazing Angel Pie
A refreshing ending to our Easter Dinner…a Beautiful Pie without having to make pastry crust! ~ Kimberly Edwards ;D Type: Pie Recipe Serve With: After an amazing Easter feast Prep Time: 20-22 min + cooling time + refrigeration time 24 hrs Cook Time: 25-30 min Yield: 1 pie – 12-14″ Ingredients: 4 large eggs + 4 egg y0lks 1/2 tsp cream of tartar 2 1/4 cups sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract – Please use real vanilla...
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