Capuccino Chocolate Cake

Last  March I baked this cake for my mother in law,

she loves chocolate and coffee,

so I made this cake which made her very happy

Cake

200 grs. butter

200 grs. sugar

150 grs. flour

200 grs. milk chocolate

65 grs. milk

6 egg whites

6 egg yolks

1 1/2 Tbsp. powder coffee

(diluted in 1 tbsp. of water)

Frosting

250 grs. milk chocolate

1 can condensed milk

1 Tbsp. powder coffee (diluted in 3 Tbsp. evaporated milk)

CAKE

Preheat oven to 350 °F.

cream the butter untill it has a lighter color , then add ,beat for one minute,

then the chocolate, give this 2 minutes and add milk and coffee.

In another bowl whisk the egg whites untill stiff,

 then add it to the cake batter with soft revolving movements.

Grease a pan, this is a medium cake, so any medium to big cake pan will do.

 Put the cake batter in the oven and bake for 35 to 45 min. or untill it's done.

FROSTING

1.Heat the condensed milk, and add the melted chocolate and the diluted coffee beating till you can see the bottom of the pan, (about 15 to 20 min)

Cover the cake .

DECORATION

Cover the cake with half of the frosting, the rest pipe it to create lines like I did

and if you like you can add sugar crystals.

Enjoy!!!

Apple Cobbler

Apple Cobbler always makes me think of home, almost

everyone love cobblers, at least I do :)

I hope you like this easy recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup butter at room t°

1 cup granulated sugar

1 Tbsp. vanilla extract

3 eggs

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 can apple pie filling
1/2 cup of milk

Crumble:

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup flour

1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp.cinnamon

How to:

Preheat oven to 350°F

Grease a 9inch pan, and set aside

Combine butter and sugar untill well blended

add vanilla

Add baking powder and flour

mix well

Spread onto bottom of mold

Add apple pie filling

Spread all over the apple filling and batter

Mix crumble ingredients and spread all over

Bake for 50 min.

let it stand untill cooled

and dust with powder sugar if desired

Enjoy!!!



Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pound Cake

 

 I created this cookie dough pound cake, as I was looking through my

recipes, I decided to do it the easy way, meaning I did from scratch

only the pound cake, the cookie dough I used a mix, and saved time.

INGREDIENTS:

Cookie Dough Base

1 bag of chocolate chip cookie mix

1 egg

90grs. butter

Pound Cake

45 grs. butter

1/2 cup sugar

1Tbsp. vanilla

1 tsp. baking powder

100 grs. whipping cream

1/2 cup milk

2 eggs

Decoration

1 Tbsp. cocoa

HOW TO:

Preheat the oven to 300°F

 For the cookie base

melt the butter and just mix all the ingredients together

press into the previously greased and floured mold

For the Pound Cake:

Melt the butter, add the sugar and with electric mixer

blend in eggs, vanilla, baking powder, whipping cream

milk, and flour.

Pour over the cookie dough base

Bake for 40 to 45 min.

Decorate with cocoa or powder sugar, you can use a pattern

if you like, I just placed some paper cut rectangles on top

of the cake and then sifted some cocoa

ENJOY!

Cookie Cake

Cookie Cake

the name sounds good to me,

we had baked some sugar cookies

 which to be honest turned out a little brown,

 so I decided to do something with them,

a cake made out with cookies!!!

INGREDIENTS

CAKE

4 cups crushed sugar cookies

2 cups whole milk

3/4 cup sugar

1 cup flour

1 Tbsp. baking powder

1 Tbsp cornstarch

1 1/2 Tbsp. vanilla

3 eggs

FROSTING

1cup powder sugar

1 Tbsp. vanilla

1Tbsp. evaporated milk

HOW TO:

Preheat oven to 325°F

 break the cookies  if you want to use the food

processor its fine

Add the milk and vanilla

Add eggs, sugar, baking powder, cornstarch and

flour, beating well in between each addition

Bake for 30 min or until you insert a toothpick

and comes out clean

Ready!

FROSTING:

mix all the ingredients, you may add some more drops

of evaporated milk if necessary

cover the cake 

 Enjoy!!

Pumpkin Cupcakes

I have always had something special with pumpkin treats, its not that here in Mexico is that popular but I don´t know, I just love it.

I had a spare can of pumpkin puree and decided to do something with it

I hope you like this easy and delicious recipe

Preheat oven to 350°f

 place your paper cases

MUFFINS

2 cups white sugar

1 1/4 cups vegetable oil

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups canned pumpkin

2 tsp. baking soda

4 eggs

2 cups all-purpose flour

3 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp.salt

HOW TO

Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon, set aside.

In a large bowl combine sugar and oil, blend in vanilla and pumpkin.

then beat in eggs one at a time.

Gradually beat in flour mixture,

Spread batter into prepared paper cases.

Bake for about 20 min or until a toothpick inserted into the

 center of the cake comes out clean, allow to

Decoration

sift some powder sugar if you like

My Favorite Flan

As a little girl I learned from my mother this delicious flan recipe, which I hope you like, you can add different flavours such as almond or rum, you only have to substitute it for vanilla

Ingredients

1 can condensed milk

1 can evaporated milk

1 cup of whole milk

1 Tbsp. vanilla

3 eggs

1 cup of sugar for the caramel

How to

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

 You will need one medium size mold and one bigger to put it in for water bath.

Pour 1 cup sugar in warm pan over medium heat.

  Constantly stir sugar until is browns and becomes caramel. Quickly pour  caramel into the medium mold, tilting it to swirl the caramel around the sides as much as possible, reheat caramel if it starts to harden.

In a mixer or with a whisk, blend the eggs together. Mix in the milks , then the vanilla. Blend smooth after each ingredient is added.

Pour custard into mold. Place it in a large mold, it can be glass or ceramic baking dish and fill with about 1-2 inches of hot water. Bake for 45 minutes in the water bath and check with a knife just to the side of the center. If knife comes out clean, it's ready.

Wait 2 hours till its set, unmold and put it in the fridge for about 2 more hours.

Enjoy

Chocolate Strips (cake decorations)

One day I was thinking of how could I do a simple, fun and delicious decoration for a cake, so I came up with this one, Chocolate Strips covered with sugar crystals or sprinkles.

Ingredients

200 grs. semi-sweet chocolate

your favorite sugar sprinkles (as much as desired)

How to

Line a baking sheet with waxed paper

 melt the chocolate and with a little spatula try to apply a thin layer of chocolate

then sprinkle the sugar and take them to the fridge until set

carefully peel off the chocolate strips.

arrange strips all over the cake

ready!!