How to Bake Cheesecake
Cheesecake is one of the most decadently sinful dessert there is. It’s not really a cake, but rich cheese & egg custards. That being the case, they need special attention to certain details to ensure you get a wonderful result. Cheesecake Tips: Cheesecake needs proper timing at low heat. This process avoids cracked, dry tops, shrinking & edges over-baked, which might be the result of over-mixing & over-baking....
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 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...
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...
How to Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake: National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day
What could be better in these cold, Autumn days than the warm spiciness of a Pumpkin Cheesecake? Cheesecakes are actually very rich cheese & egg custards – not cakes at all. How to Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake: All of your ingredients should be at room temperature. The batter must be well mixed, but not over beaten. This cheesecake maintains a creamy texture, as we are using cream cheese rather than ricotta or curd style cheese....
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 Strawberry Cream Pie Day: Thriller Recipe
National Strawberry Cream Pie Day will prove to be thrilling if you want to celebrate in proper style! Sounds fabulous, doesn’t it…? Strawberries & custard cream, I mean, all inside of a pie. What could be more decadently delicious than something that sounds like that?! How to Make Strawberry Cream Pie: Type: Pie Recipe Serve with: topped with homemade whipped cream Prep Time: 10 min Bake Time: 8 – 10 min Cool Time: 4...
A National Crab Meat Newburg Day Recipe
A thoroughly decadent dish, Crab Newburg is rich, creamy and absolutely delightful. Branched from the traditional lobster Newburg, this is an American dish through-and-through, but delectable to those around the world. Seafood lovers would hold this beautiful dish in high regard. The crab meat used varies with pretty well most species of crab. How to Cook Crab Newburg: Creamy deliciousness coupled with lump crab meat all gorgeously...
How to Make Banana Rum Pudding with Toasted Coconut
It’s summertime! Instead of making banana bread with your extra ripe bananas, make something else that can be served cool and that amplifies summer flavors… Why not make Banana Rum Pudding with Toasted Coconut and feel like you’re on an island? That’s what I did tonight, and you’ll be so glad you did, if you go ahead and try this Pudding Recipe. Type: Dessert Recipe Serve With: Homemade Whipped Cream, if...
Happy National Chocolate Pudding Day – How to Make It!
USA (COOKING WITH KIMBERLY NEWS) – Chocolate Pudding is definitely considered to be an all-American classic dessert. June 26th is National Chocolate Pudding Day, and if you’ve never had the opportunity to try homemade chocolate pudding from scratch and you’ve only ever made it from a box, well, this will be a treat for you. The creamy, chocolate deliciousness is almost too much to handle. So simple, it’s...
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…...
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