Fresh is always best! It is getting a little late in the season, but perhaps there is time before Thanksgiving to get some baking done.
Start with a “pie pumpkin”, they are smaller and sweeter than the ones you use to make jack-o-lanterns with. Slice it in half lengthwise and remove the seeds. Also, cut off [...]
Posted by Becka on November 13th, 2009
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Make your own pumpkin filling!
Posted by Becka on November 12th, 2009
Posted by Becka on October 17th, 2009
Chocolate Sponge Roll
This is of my own creation and I have nothing better to call it than “Chocolate Sponge Roll”. Think of a jelly roll with sponge cake, but instead of putting jelly or fruit inside, put chocolate mousse. But… not only chocolate mousse, you can’t stop there, smother it with whipped cream and caramel sauce. Roll [...]
Posted by Becka on September 5th, 2009
Rhubarb Squares
Ingredients:
Crust
1 c. flour
1/3 c. powdered sugar
1/3 c. butter
Filling:
1 c. sugar
1/4 c. flour
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
3 c. finely chopped fresh or frozen rhubarb
Procedure:
Preheat oven to 350
Combine flour and powdered sugarin bowl, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Press into the bottom of a greased 11-inch x 7-inch x 2-inch baking pan.
Bake for 12 [...]
Posted by Becka on August 30th, 2009
Homemade Apple Pie
On Wednesday, we completed our apple pies. Chef demonstrated peeling and cutting apples, mixing up the filling, then placing it all into the pie shell and covering it. This also included making an egg wash to use as the “glue” to hold together the upper and lower crusts and to put a sheen on the [...]
Posted by Becka on August 27th, 2009
Going Well
I have now been through three classes of my my Culinary Basics class. I am so excited and motivated to do the reading, and now, work in the kitchen lab.
The first two nights of class were spent in the classroom talking about safety, rules, tools, basic cooking methods and we got a tour of all [...]
Posted by Becka on August 20th, 2009
Cupcake Men
After making the mini-cheeseburgers, I had left over pieces of the chocolate cupcakes. So, I whipped up some cream cheese frosting and made them into faces, adding yellow eyes and red noses with the icing from the cheeseburgers.
Cream cheese frosting:
Ingredients:
8oz cold cream cheese (not solid, but cold)
5 tbsp softened butter
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cup powdered [...]
Posted by Becka on August 20th, 2009
Mini Cheeseburgers
These little treats looks so realistic, and besides, it’s fun to say that you are having cheeseburgers for dessert. It wasn’t my idea, originally, but made some changes, I think, for the better.
P.S. I love making desserts, more and more as I make them. It’s fun to make them pretty and unusual. I think I [...]
Posted by Becka on July 29th, 2009
Busy Day
As the start of school nears, I am more and more excited. I felt the need to make some yummy dessert. I had purchased some tiny little chocolate shells and wanted to fill them with cheesecake. This snowballed into making a mocha cheesecake, vanilla in the shells with cherry topping and a small dish of [...]
Posted by Becka on July 26th, 2009
Cream Puffs
Today I made cream puffs. It was my first time, and I think they turned out pretty darn good considering. I got the recipe from ilovetoknow.com, I decided to fill them with prepared whipped cream, but ran out. I used some homemade cooked cream from another recipe to fill the last few. Both are delicious.
I [...]
