Saturday, November 19, 2011

Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Pumpkin Bundt Cake

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Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Nov 19th 2011, 10:03

You'll find that this recipe for Pumpkin Bundt Cake is perfect for a fall dessert. It's even better when it's drizzled with Cream Cheese Glaze.

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Total Time: 75 minutes

Yield: 12 to 16 servings

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon*
  • 1/2 teaspoon allspice*
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg*
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger*
  • ----
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup butter, melted and cooled or 1 cup vegetable oil
  • One 15-ounce can solid packed pumpkin or fresh puree
  • ----
  • 1 cup chopped pecans, lightly toasted
  • ----
  • Optional: Cream Cheese Glaze

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour bundt cake pan. In a large bowl with a wire whisk, combine first set of ingredients. In a small bowl, combine last set of ingredients. Hand whip until combined. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Mix until just combined. Carefully stir in nuts. Pour into prepared bundt cake pan. Bake Pumpkin Bundt Cake for 45 to 50 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove Pumpkin Bundt Cake from pan and finish cooling on rack.

Top cooled cake with Cream Cheese Glaze**.

Notes in the Margin:

* You may substitute any combination of those spices according to taste as long as they equal 3 teaspoons. Pumpkin Pie or Apple Pie Spice may also be substituted.
** I also topped my cake with a few toasted pecans. I always do this when I'm taking a cake some place and I'm not going to be there while it's eaten. This way people are alerted to the fact that there are nuts in the cake.

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Individual Swirled Pumpkin Cheesecakes

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Individual Swirled Pumpkin Cheesecakes
Nov 19th 2011, 10:03

Looking for the perfect individual desserts to take to your fall and/or Thanksgiving feast? Look no further. Try this recipe for Individual Swirled Pumpkin Cheesecakes from Coffee-mate.

Yield: 12 invididual servings

Ingredients:

  • 12 Cupcake liners
  • Nonstick cooking spray
  • 2 pkg. (8 oz. each) Cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup Granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp. All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 1/2 cup Pure Pumpkin
  • 2 Tbsp. Coffee-mate seasonal Pumpkin Spice flavor
  • 2 tsp. Ground cinnamon

Preparation:

PREHEAT oven to 300° F. Line 12-cup muffin tin with liners; coat liners with nonstick cooking spray.
BEAT cream cheese, sugar, flour, vanilla extract and salt in large mixer bowl until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Transfer 1/2 cup batter to a medium bowl.
ADD pumpkin and Coffee-mate; stir until blended.
DIVIDE white cream cheese batter evenly among prepared cups; top evenly with pumpkin batter. Swirl batters with butter knife.
BAKE for 16 to 18 minutes or until just set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours before serving.

More Cheesecake Recipes
Praline Cheesecake
Chocolate-Chocolate Mint Cheesecake
Fresh Blueberry Cheesecake
New York Cheesecake
White Chocolate Cheesecake
Lemon Swirl Cheesecake
Fruit Surprise Cheesecake
Creme Brulee Cheesecake
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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Hazelnut Bundt Cake

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Hazelnut Bundt Cake
Nov 19th 2011, 10:03

This recipe for Hazelnut Bundt Cake is made with Frangelico Liqueur.

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 18-1/2 ounce yellow cake mix*
  • 4 ounce serving size of instant vanilla pudding
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup cold milk
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted or vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup Frangelico (hazelnut-flavored liqueur)
  • ---Glaze---
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup Frangelico
  • 1 cup chopped and lightly toasted hazelnuts

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan. Combine first set of ingredients. Beat for 2 minutes on high with electric mixer. Carefully, pour into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool in pan. Invert on serving plate. Drizzle glaze over top of cake. Use spoon to put extra dripping back on cake. Sprinkle top and around base of cake with hazelnuts.

Glaze: Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in Frangelico.

Don't have a cake mix? Use this recipe for Lil's Pound Cake instead. Make the cake as directed except substitute hazelnut or almond extract for the vanilla. Then, just make the glaze as stated in this recipe.

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Italian Cream Cake

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Italian Cream Cake
Nov 19th 2011, 10:03

This cake was brought to our home for our local supper club. What really made this 3-layer Italian Cream Cake taste fantastic was the toasted pecans, and the fact that it was made from scratch.

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1-1/2 cup flaked coconut, lightly toasted
  • 6 eggs whites
  • ---
  • Frosting:
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 pound powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cups chopped pecans, lightly toasted

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 3 8-inch round cake pans. With a wire whisk combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream shortening, butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time. Flour mixture is added alternately with buttermilk. Stir in coconut. Beat egg whites until stiff. Gently fold whites into cake batter. Pour into prepared pans. Bake 25 minutes.

Cool cake layers in pans for 5 minutes. Remove to cool completely on racks. Blend together cream cheese, butter. Add powdered sugar a little at a time. Stir in vanilla. Place bottom layer on serving plate. Frost with 1/4 of the frosting. Sprinkle layer with 1/4-cup nuts. Top with next layer. Frost with 1/4 of the frosting. Sprinkle layer with another 1/4 cup of nuts. Place top layer on middle layer. Ice sides of cake with half of remaining icing. Frost top of cake with last of the frosting. Sprinkle remaining nuts all over the cake.

Refrigerate any leftover cake.

More Cake Recipes

Basic Yellow Cake Recipe
Turtle Cake
Poke Cake
Pineapple Angel Food Cake
Mile-High Coconut Layer Cake
Bavarian Kirschtorte
Bundt and Pound Cakes
Chocolate Cakes

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Friday, November 18, 2011

Desserts / Baking: Pumpkin Streusel Cake

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Pumpkin Streusel Cake
Nov 18th 2011, 15:20

I brought this cake to one of my monthly luncheons. One woman came up to me and said, "Carroll, you've made a lot of desserts, but this is the one." If you want to make "the one" for your Thanksgiving celebration, try this recipe for Pumpkin Streusel Cake.


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About.com Desserts / Baking: Most Popular Articles: Vanilla

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Vanilla
Nov 18th 2011, 10:32

Vanilla is the most popular flavoring in American baking. Here are several recipes made with this flavorful extract.

White Cake

2009 White Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.comWhite Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com
Just think of a White Cake and you think of a vanilla cake. A really White Cake is made with only egg whites and clear vanilla, which is not a pure vanilla. Personally, I'd prefer to sacrifice color for flavor. Pure Vanilla is the best.

Other Cake Recipes That Call for Vanilla Are:
Amygdalopita
Angel Food Cake
Basic Yellow Cake
Mile-High Coconut Layer Cake
Caramel Cake
Ricotta Cake
One Egg Butter Cake
Turtle Cake
Boiled Frosting
All About Cakes and More Recipes

Vanilla Ice Cream

Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream is the best.Vanilla Ice Cream Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli
The most popular flavor of ice cream is Vanilla.

Other Ice Creams Made with Vanilla
Rich Vanilla Ice Cream, made with a custard
Basic Vanilla Ice Cream, made with sweetened condensed milk
Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Photo Steps for Making Ice Cream
Extra Tips for Making Ice Cream
Ice Cream Making Video

Whipped Cream

Mango Cake with Mango Sauce Photo (c) by Carroll PellegrinelliMango Cake with Mango Sauce Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli
Although there maybe other flavorings used, vanilla is the most popular flavoring for whipped cream. If you don't plan to eat the whipped cream immediately you might want to stabilize it.

Put Whipped Cream on These Desserts:
Mango Bundt Cake, pictured
Caramel Cake
Ice Cream Cake
Cookies and Cream Log
Trifles
Bavarian Kirschtorte

Vanilla Cookies

Sugar Cookies in Letters Photo (c) by Carroll PellegrinelliSugar Cookies in Letters Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli

Peanut Brittle

Cashew make a great change over peanuts in this recipe.Cashew Brittle Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli
Lots of candy is made with vanilla. One of my favorites is this recipe for my sister-in-law's Peanut Brittle.

More Candy Made with Vanilla
Marshmallow Creme Fudge
Peanut Butter Fudge
Rhonda's Butterscotch Heath Candy
English Toffee
Marshmallow Creme Fudge
Quick Peanut Butter Fudge
More Candy Recipes

Chocolate Silk Pie

2010 Chocolate Silk Pie Photo (c) by Carroll PellegrinelliChocolate Silk Pie Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli
Even a Chocolate Silk Pie has vanilla in it. Of course, you can't have a cream pie without whipped cream.

Other Cream Pies Made with Vanilla
Evaline's Banana Cream Pie
Cherry Cream Pie
Dark Chocolate Chess Pie

Vanilla Pudding

Vanilla Pudding Photo (c) by Carroll PellegrinelliVanilla Pudding Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli
Warm and creamy is the best way to describe this recipe for Vanilla Pudding.

More Desserts Made with Vanilla
Custard Bread Pudding
Basic Bread Pudding
Praline Sauce
Cream Cheese Glaze
Napolean
Vanilla Pastry Cream
Buttercream Frosting

Zucchini Bread

Resist temptation and don't eat this bread for 24 hours.Zucchini Bread Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli
If you haven't experienced Zuccini Bread, you need to make this recipe. It tastes wonderful and you'd never know that it was made with a squash, and vanilla, of course!

Other Quick Breads and Muffins Made with Vanilla
Fresh Peach Bread
Maraschino cherry Nut Bread
Strawberry Muffins
Coconut Bread
Quick Bread Making Tips

Other Breakfast Treats Made with Vanilla
Upside-Down French Toast
Ultimate Cinnamon Roll with Vanilla Frosting
Fruited French Toast with Syrup
Easy Cheese Danish

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Most Popular Cake Recipes

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Most Popular Cake Recipes
Nov 18th 2011, 10:03

You've made these the most popular recipes.

1. Bacardi Rum Cake

2009 Bacardi Rum Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com.2009 Bacardi Rum Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com.

This is the most popular cake recipe on my site. Maybe because it's a tried-and-true recipe which makes the moistest cake. It's the one cake I know of that gets better as it ages. Although, most of the time it doesn't last very long. It's also the perfect cake for mailing. The rum acts as the perfect preservative. It freezes beautifully also.

2. Basic Yellow Cake

Photo © 2009 Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.Photo © 2009 Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.

This is the cake recipe that you'll make over and over again. This Basic Yellow Cake Recipe is timeless.

3. Better Than S__ Cake

2009 Better Than Sex Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com2009 Better Than Sex Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com

This cake is very creamy and extra sweet. I was able to make it with the ingredients I always keep on hand.

4. Molten Lava Cake

2009 Dark Chocolate Molten Lava Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com.2009 Dark Chocolate Molten Lava Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com.

What could be better than a chocolate cake for dessert? How about a chocolate cake that is served warm with a river of chocolate running from it. Using dark chocolate makes this recipe for Molten Lava Cakes better than any you can get in a restaurant.

5. Fresh Lemon Pound Cake

2009 Lemon Pound Cake/Rose-Shaped Bundt Pan Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com2009 Lemon Pound Cake/Rose-Shaped Bundt Pan Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com

This refreshing Fresh Lemon Pound Cake is made from-scratch and baked in a Bundt Cake Pan.

6. Chocolate Fudge Cake

2009 Chocolate Fudge Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com2009 Chocolate Fudge Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com

This Chocolate Fudge Cake is fabulously rich. It's the perfect chocolate cake for the chocolate lover(s) in your life.

7. Red Velvet Cake

2009 Red Velvet Cake in Heart Shape Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com2009 Red Velvet Cake in Heart Shape Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com
This is my husband's favorite cake recipe. I think it's because he's not a big sweet eater, and the cream cheese frosting cuts down on the sweetness.

For a slightly different recipe, try this one for Raspberry Red Velvet Cake.

8. White Cake

2009 White Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com2009 White Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com

If it's not yellow, it's white? This is a splendid recipe that only uses egg whites to keep the cake white.

9. Pig Pickin' Cake a.k.a. Mandarin Orange Cake

2009 Pig Pickin' Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com2009 Pig Pickin' Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com

It's more than the name that makes this recipe so popular. It's the combination of creaminess and easy-to-bake that does it for most.

10. German Chocolate Cake

2009 German Chocolate Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com2009 German Chocolate Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com

All that coconut and toasted nuts are what make this cake taste so good. It's pretty to look at too.

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Turtle Cake

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Turtle Cake
Nov 18th 2011, 10:03

This cake tastes just like the candy turtles made with a cake mix.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour, 25 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes

Ingredients:

  • One 18-1/4 ounce German Chocolate Cake mix
  • One 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 cup butter, divided
  • One 14 ounce package of caramels
  • ---
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 can evaporated milk
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 tablespoon flour
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1-1/2 cups chopped and lightly toasted walnuts or pecans

Preparation:

Mix cake mix according to directions. Divide in half. To the first half add 1/2 stick melted butter and 1/2 can condensed milk. Bake in 9 x 13 pan at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Melt caramels and 1/2 cup butter and rest of condensed milk. Pour over baked layer and then top with remainder of batter. Bake at 300 degrees for 45 minutes. Yes, you can bake twice.

For the topping, cook last set of ingredients (except nuts) over medium heat until thick. Add the nuts. Pour hot mixture over cake.

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Caramel Cake

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Caramel Cake
Nov 18th 2011, 10:03

I took this Caramel Cake Frosted with Whipped Cream to a luncheon. There wasn't a bite left.

Prep Time: 50 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 75 minutes

Yield: One Three Layer Cake

Ingredients:

  • The Cake:
  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 2-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 pound (1 cup) butter (at room temp)
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup milk
  • The Caramel Filling:
  • 1/2 pound (1 cup) butter
  • 2 cups packed light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • The Whipped Cream:
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • + or - 1/4 cup* sugar

Preparation:

The Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease bottom of 3-9 inch round cake pans. Line with parchment paper circles. Grease and flour parchment paper and rest of pan. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Stir with wire whisk. Set aside. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Completely mixing after each egg. Mix in vanilla. Add flour mixture alternately with the milk. Divide batter between pans. Bake for 25 minutes or until tested done with cake tester. Cool completely** in pans on wire racks.

The Filling:
In a medium pan, melt the butter. Once melted stir in the brown sugar and the milk. Heat for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir-in vanilla.

The Whipped Cream:
Whip the cream with the sugar.

Putting it all Together:
Place on cake layer on a serving plate. Spoon 1/3 of filling onto cake layer. Spread it around evenly and even allowing it to go down the sides. Add the next layer. Spoon 1/2 remaining filling on top. Spread as before. Add the last layer on top. Scrape remaining filling onto top of cake. Allow cake to cool for 15 minutes then frost with whipped cream. Serve immediately or refrigerate.

Notes in the Margin:

* - The filling is very sweet, and so you may not want a very sweet whipped cream.
** - I made my cake layers a day ahead of time. I just covered the cakes, still in their pans, with plastic wrap.

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Ricotta Cake Recipe

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Ricotta Cake Recipe
Nov 18th 2011, 10:03

This recipe for Ricotta Cake begins with a yellow cake mix.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 55 minutes

Total Time: 75 minutes

Ingredients:

  • One 18-1/4 ounce package yellow cake mix
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 pounds ricotta

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease oblong 13 x 9 baking pan. Mix ricotta, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl. Add yellow cake mix. Mix well. Bake 55 minutes to an hour. Cool and invert.

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Flavored Brownies

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Flavored Brownies
Nov 17th 2011, 10:03

Flavored Brownies begin with a brownie mix.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 brownie mix with ingredients directed on box
  • 1/4 cup chocolate syrup
  • 5 tablespoons with either any of your favorite liqueurs or coffee flavors

Preparation:

Make batter according to mix directions. Stir in chocolate syrup and liqueur/coffee flavor. Bake according to box directions.

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Coconut Bon Bons

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Coconut Bon Bons
Nov 17th 2011, 10:03

Coconut Bon Bons are made with only 5 ingredients.

Prep Time: 8 hours

Total Time: 8 hours

Ingredients:

  • 21 ounces coconut
  • 1 pound powdered sugar
  • 1-14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 12 ounces of almond or chocolate bark

Preparation:

Melt oleo or butter, add milk and sugar, vanilla and coconut. mix well, refrigerate overnight. Roll balls the size of a small walnut. Dip in melted bark and place on wax paper untill set.

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Flourless Chocolate Cake

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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Nov 17th 2011, 10:03

I hope you enjoy this flourless chocolate cake topped with a chocolate ganache and three flavors of chocolate shavings sitting in a pool of raspberry pureè, which makes quite an elegant dessert.

Prep Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Total Time: 2 hours, 20 minutes

Ingredients:

  • For Cake -
  • 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter
  • 6-1/2 ounces semisweet chocolate, broken in half*
  • 9 egg yolks
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 egg whites
  • ---
  • For Ganache -
  • 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, broken in half**
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • ---
  • For Garnishing -
  • 3/4 cup toasted almonds
  • Semisweet, White, Milk and/or Bittersweet Chocolate Bars***
  • ---
  • For Serving -
  • 10 ounce bag frozen raspberries, defrosted
  • powdered sugar
  • cocoa powder
  • ---
  • * Or use 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon semisweet chocolate chips
  • ** Or use 1 -1/3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • ***If used bar semisweet chocolate, just use remaining squares.

Preparation:

For Cake - Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly grease 9-inch springform pan. Line pan bottom with parchment and lightly grease it. Melt butter and chocolate in double boiler. Allow to come to room temperature. Beat yolks and sugar with stand or electric mixer for 4 minutes. Scrape sides and continue beating for 2 more minutes. Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold chocolate into yolks. Fold egg whites into yolk mixture. Pour into prepared pan. Spread evenly. Bake for 50 minutes to an hour or until toothpick is clean when removed. Allow to cool in pan for 20 minutes. (Top of cake will sink.) Invert on serving dish. Refrigerate at least for 1 hour or overnight.

For ganache - Place chocolate in stainless steel bowl. Heat cream, butter and sugar over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil. Pour over chocolate. Let stand for 5 minutes or so. Whisk until smooth. Remove cake from refrigerator. Use a spatula to spread some ganache on sides of cake. Pour remaining ganache over top of cake. Smooth on top and sides of cake. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Taking a small pointed knife make a few holes in side of cake. Insert almond slices. Continue all around cake until sides are similar to a pinecone.

With a potato peeler, scrape chocolate bars to make chocolate curls. Cover entire cake with curls. Alternating with flavors and/or colors.

For Serving - Process bag of raspberries in food processor. Add 1/2 to 1 cup of powdered sugar to taste. Press puree through sieve to remove seeds. Drizzle some on serving plate. Place cake slice on top. Sprinkle powdered sugar and cocoa powder over all.

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

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Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Nov 17th 2011, 10:03

Here is a recipe for one of my favorite ice creams - Chocolate Chip.

Prep Time: 45 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup light cream* (half and half)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips (or chocolate shavings)

Preparation:

Combine ingredients. Stir until sugar dissolves. Freeze according to ice cream freezer's directions. Stir in chips just before storing chocolate chip ice cream.

Makes 1 quart

*1/2 cream and 1/2 milk may be substituted for light cream

Homemade Ice Cream - Making and Serving Tips

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Desserts / Baking: Top Product Reviews for 2011

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Top Product Reviews for 2011
Nov 17th 2011, 00:16

Photo Reprinted with PermissionAre you starting to gear-up for Black Friday and Christmas shopping? Here are some items to consider for that dessert maker in your life. These are the top product and cookbook reviews I did in 2011.

WellnessMats, pictured


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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Linzer Cookies

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Linzer Cookies
Nov 16th 2011, 10:04

Linzer Cookies, traditional Christmas cookies, are sandwich cookies typically filled with red jams or green jellies. It's nice to have a Linzer Cookie Cutter to make this recipe, but it's not necessary. All that is needed is one large cookie cutter and a much smaller one that can cut-out a "window" out of a larger cookie's dough.

Step by Step Photo Instructions for Making Linzer Cookies
How to Make Icebox Cookies with Photo Instructions

Prep Time: 20�minutes

Cook Time: 12�minutes

Refrigerate Overnight or: 1�hour

Total Time: 1�hour, 32�minutes

Ingredients:

  • 2-1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts, lightly toasted
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • ----
  • 1-1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar (plus)
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • ----
  • strawberry, apricot and/or seedless raspberry jam
  • optional: mint jelly for green
  • more powdered sugar

Preparation:

Combine first set of ingredients with a wire whisk. Set aside. Cream butter and powdered sugar. Add zest. Gradually add flour mixture. Mix well. Divide dough into 2 portions. Place between waxed paper and flatten out to be ready for rolling. Refrigerate dough for at least one hour or overnight. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Roll-out 1/2 of the dough onto cookie sheet or floured cutting board to 1/8-inch. Cut half with the Linzer cookie cutter* without insert and half with. Remove excess dough from cookie sheet or dough board and put in refrigerator. Place cookies on baking sheet, if necessary. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Cool in pan on rack for 2 minutes. Remove to rack to completely cool. Roll out last half of cookie dough; half with insert cut-out, half with. Bake and cool as before. Repeat with last of dough.

Either dust tops (cookies with holes in them), or dip them in bowl, with powdered sugar. Spread with jam or jelly on cookie bottoms. Place tops over bottoms. Makes about 16 Linzer Cookies.

Step by Step Photo Instructions for Making Linzer Cookies

Even More Cookie Recipes to Try -
Butter Spritz Cookies
Rosette Cookies
Neapolitan Cookies
Thumbprint Cookies
Pecan Tassies
Sugar Cookies

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Top Cake Mix Recipes

Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now
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Top Cake Mix Recipes
Nov 16th 2011, 10:04

Wondering what to do you do with all of those cake mixes you bought for a great price at your local warehouse club? You'll find some of the most popular cake recipes, and more, made with a cake mix listed below.

Want more ideas? Try these tips for a little Cake Mix Magic.

Bacardi Rum Cake

Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.

The is the most popular recipe on my site that begins with a cake mix. If you like rum, you'll enjoy this cake. It's one of those cakes that are perfect for mailing, too. Many of these cakes have gone overseas to American soldiers. The rum not only keeps the cake moist, but it keeps it from spoiling, too.
Bacardi Rum Cake

Pistachio Cake

Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.

Cool and green is the best way to describe this cake. Not only does it start with a cake mix, but the recipe, including the frosting, uses two boxes of instant pudding. I love nuts, and so I add a lot to this recipe.
Pistachio Cake

Pig Pickin' Cake a.k.a. Mandarin Orange Cake

Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.

I get tons of email on this cake recipe as well. A lot of people grew-up with this cake. It's a very lights and creamy cake.
Pig Pickin' Pig

Mom's Piña Colada Cake

Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.

This was my mother's favorite recipe. It's another light cake. Don't let the name fool you; you won't get tipsy from this cake. There's only 2 tablespoons of rum in it.
Mom's Piña Colada Cake

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.

I came up with this recipe after deciding I wanted more pineapple in my cake. It's a very moist cake. If you like pineapple, you'll like this cake.
Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pumpkin Dump Cake

Photo (c) by Carroll PellegrinelliPhoto (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli

Dump cakes use the cake mix in a different way. The cake mix is sprinkled on top of the other ingredients. Then something wet like melted butter is poured on top of the mix. Once baked, the cake mix turns into a crust.
Pumpkin Dump Cake

Quick Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake

Chocolate Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.comChocolate Cake Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com

Being from Atlanta, I just love my Coca-Cola. What makes my favorite soft drink even better is combining it with a chocolate cake mix.
Quick Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake

Lemon-Lime Pound Cake

Lemon Lime Cake Photo (c) by Carroll PellegrinelliLemon Lime Cake Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli

Here's one pound cake that's been made with a cake mix.
Lemon-Lime Pound Cake
All About Pound Cakes

Peach Cobbler

Peach Cobbler Photo (c) by Carroll PellegrinelliPeach Cobbler Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli

Here's a recipe for a cobbler using a cake mix.
Easy Peach Cobbler

Cake Mix Muffins

Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.Photo (c) by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.

There were only four ingredients in this simple recipe for Easy Smeezy Apple Muffins using a cake mix.

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Key Lime Pie

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Key Lime Pie
Nov 16th 2011, 10:04

You don't have to worry about eating uncooked eggs with this recipe for Key Lime Pie.

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Yield: Makes One - 9-inch pie

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup key lime juice
  • 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
  • 8 ounce container non-dairy whipped topping, softened
  • green and yellow food coloring*
  • graham cracker crust

Preparation:

Combine lime juice, sweetened condensed milk, whipped topping and a few drops of food colorings. (Note: Key Limes are actually more yellow than green so color accordingly.) Stir until smooth. Pour into graham cracker crust and refrigerate for several hours.

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