Perfectly Chocolate Cupcakes With Java Meringue

I was looking for a new cupcake recipe to try, and found one on How To Eat A Cupcake.

I have made this Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake before but didn't get a chance to try it. This recipe was good and with the very yummy Java Meringue. If you want to try this recipe you can visit:

http://howtoeatacupcake.net/2009/02/ironcupcake007-mocha-cappucino-hi-hats.html

Anpanman Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes with homemade buttercream decortated with candy.

Orange Chiffon Cake

This month I had two of my friends having birthdays. For one I made Peanut Butter Pie (in another post) and for the second birthday the requested cake was Orange Chiffon Cake. I made the same cake recipe as the Earl Gray Chiffon Cake (in an older post) that I found on http://beyondsalmon.blogspot.com/2008/03/earl-gray-chiffon-cake.html

but I changed some things.

My changes were as follows:

• Wet Ingredients- 3/4 cups of freshly squeezed orange juice instead of Earl Gray Tea
• Wet Ingredients- 1 tsp. of vanilla extract and 1 tsp. of orange extract
• For the icing- 3 Tbsp. of orange juice instead of tea
• For the icing- 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract and 1/2 tsp. of orange extract
• Note that in my icing I may have messed up by leaving the gelatin too long. When I came back I had orange jello, so I just mixed that with whipped cream and it made little beads of orange jello in the icing which was actually nice!

If you need a fool-proof recipe for chiffon cake, it is located in the link above!

Peanut Butter Pie

Peanut butter pie recipe:

4 oz. Cream Cheese
1 cup 10x (powdered) sugar
12 oz. Cool whip
3/4 cup smooth creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup chopped peanuts
9 oz all ready made pie crust ( I use either Oreo, Vanilla Wafer, or Graham Cracker Crust)

Whip cream cheese until light and fluffy
Beat in 10x sugar
Add milk & peanut butter
Fold in cool whip
Pour into shell
Sprinkle top with peanuts
Chill for at least 8 hours to set

Not A Sweet... But Still My Hobby

I normally only post my sweet creations on here, but what I made for dinner tonight was so good I had to share it. I had some boneless short ribs that I have never tried to cook before, so the search for a recipe began. I found a recipe which I had all of the ingredients for so I decided to go with it.

http://www.latimes.com/features/custom/holidays/la-fo-hanukkahrec5bdec05,0,6642536.story

*The only change I made was using beef stock instead of veal stock. *

I served it with steamed broccoli and

My husband was so pleased and said this was a definite do over. He also mentioned this was like an anniversary dinner! I hope you all enjoy this recipe as much as we did.

Bon Appetit...

Coming Soon

Anpanman Cupcakes

Box O' Chocolate Crinkles

Chocolate Crinkles
½ Cup Vegetable Oil
4 Squares Unsweetened Chocolate
2 Cups Sugar
4 Eggs
2 Tsp. Vanilla
2 Cups Flour
2 Tsp. Baking Powder
½ Tsp. Salt
Confectionary Sugar

· Melt chocolate in a double boiler
· Mix melted chocolate, sugar, and oil
· Add one egg at a time while mixing
· Add vanilla
· Add dry ingredients
· Chill dough over-night in covered bowl
· Roll dough into balls (about the size of a ping-pong ball)
· Roll dough balls in confectionary sugar
· Place on a greased baking sheet
· Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes
· Let cool on flat surface

Dr. Seuss Cake

Homemade Chocolate Cake with Buttercream.

Custom decorated Dr. Seuss book design.