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miércoles, 4 de agosto de 2010

MOM´s B-Day Cake


When I was a little girl, my Mom used to bake this cake on our B-day, its a really simple and easy cake she just decorated it with sifted powder sugar, so every time I bake this cake it brings to me all those memories,
Thanks MOM

Ingredients
90 grs. unsalted butter softened, plus more for pan

1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 can condensed milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

4 large eggs

Decoration:
Betty Crocker chocolate Frosting
Color Sprinkles variation: just sift powder sugar
How to make it
1Preheat oven to 350º.,butter a 9 by 5 inch loaf pan.
2.Mix flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
3.Cream butter, add condensed milk and vanilla and beat for 4 minutes, then add the eggs one at the time, and continue beating.
4. Add the flour mixture until well combined.
5.Spoon batter into prepared pan and bake for 30 min aprox.

6.Let cool on a wire rack, 10 to 15 min.
7.Let cool completely before you start decoration with chocolate frosting, just try to give an even finish, then add color sprinkles, I used a butterfly cookie mold, just put it on top of the cake and carefully add the color sprinkles.

miércoles, 14 de julio de 2010

Horchata


Horchata is the most delicious beverage you can have, I first tried it in Spain, as a little girl, then whenever I could.
My sister in law just gave me this easy recipe and I wanted to share it with you, its as easy as delicious and refreshing.
Hope you like it!
Ingredients
1 cup of rice (regular rice will be fine)
3 cups of water
1 cup of evaporated milk shopping liscinnamon 1 or 2 branches
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
5 Tbsp sugar
powder cinnamon for decoration How to make it

How to do it
Bring the 3 cups to a boil
Add the cup of rice
Let the rice and water rest for at least 3 hours, you can leave it overnight add the branch of cinnamon at this point
Put the rice and water in the blender all together with the cinnamon
add 1 Tbsp of vanilla
and then 5 Tbsp of sugar
add the evaporated milk
Blend all this perfectly
Strain 2 times and pour it in a big beautiful pitcher with ice and sprinkle some more powder cinnamon if you like
enjoy!