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Hamburger cake

2012-06-18T11:43:00.000-07:00

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Cake specs

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yellow...............................................3 cake box mix
chocolate fudge................................1 cake box mix

Marsh mellow fondant

marsh mellows ..................................1 bag
confectioners sugar ...........................2 pounds
green icing jell....................................1
yellow icing jell....................................1

Butter cream x 2
Brown icing jell ........................1
Red icing jell ............................1

Topsy turvy Zebra cake

2012-05-20T11:19:00.000-07:00

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Red velvet.....................................1 box cake mix
Yellow............................................2 box cake mix
Chocolate........................................3 box cake mix
Marble...........................................5 box cake mix

Marsh mellow fondant

marsh mellows..................................12 bags
Confectioners sugar........................25 pounds
black icing jell..................................3
purple icing jell................................4

Butter cream x 2

Bake time .....................................5 1/2 hrs
fondant time..................................5 hrs
decorator time.................................6 hrs
total time .......................................16 1/2 hrs

Frosting Butter cream, Fondant, Royal icing

2012-05-17T15:25:00.000-07:00

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When it's time to frost the cake what is the best frosting to use. There are a lot of different option depending on what you are trying to achieve.So I'm going to explain the 3 main types of icing i use and what they work best for.

Butter cream

Butter cream is the best icing to use i use it for all my cakes. Whither it be piping borders, underneath fondant, and or as the main icing for the cake. Butter cream is the most versatile of all icing and its consistency can be changed very easily a thinner butter cream is easy for spreading and layering cake. Stiffer butter cream will dry harder to help achieve shell boarders, leaves, and flowers plus many for things. Butter cream can easily be colored to any color you desire. When coloring butter cream its best to use icing jells from your local cake or craft store the reason for this is that traditional food coloring found in your local grocery store is very water based. When adding water based food coloring to your butter cream an and can alter the consistency and make it very difficult to make flowers or anything else for that matter.

Fondant

Fondant is probably the icing with the most questions. people really aren't sure just what it is. The two most common questions regarding fondant are can you eat it and dose it tastes good. Yes you can eat it an no its not the best tasting stuff. there are two types of fondant one being store bought from your local cake or craft store. This type of fondant is not very tasteful at all. The second type of fondant is marsh mellow fondant,because of the marsh mellows this fondant dose have a little better taste but marsh mellow fondant is made at home and cant be bought. I use marsh mellow fondant for any cake i make where fondant is needed. So if your wondering why if it doesn't taste good why use it.Fondant creates a very smooth surface and most fondant cakes are really just for the wow factor as fondant cakes can be a bit more pricey. Fondant can be very difficult to work with.

royal icing

Royal icing is only used for decorations on cakes because it dries very stiff which makes great flowers boarders.egg whites or meringue powder is what gives royal icing its stiffness.

All three icing types can produce very nice cakes. butter cream or royal icing or fondant can all be used together to achieve a cake that your proud of and your customer will surely appreciate

Flip Flop Cake

2012-04-08T13:55:00.001-07:00

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Summer is coming and there is nothing better than heading to the beach . This cake has got a real beach feel to it and its easy to make. A few basic tools and a little time is all you need .

make your favorite cake and use a flip flop pattern to carve out your shape. make enough butter cream for all the color you plan on using . There are a lot of different ways to go about making this cake . The one pictured was done quick using butter cream some incing colors and a few tips. to make the sand use gram crackers crushed up you can really take this cake a lot further than i did . This cake was done for the sole purpose of doing this blog an to inspire you to create your own cake instead of just try to copy the pic

I hope you enjoy and have fun making this cake. Check back often as the April month is a busy cake month for the ramblin chef an as may and June are closing in quickly so is wedding season

Peanut butter cupcakes

2012-03-31T13:26:00.000-07:00

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If you love peanut butter as much a me then these cupcakes are for you . Easy to make no filling just cake and a peanut butter frosting.

Cupcake

1/3 cup shortening
1/3 cup peanut butter
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk

Large mixing bowl cream together shortening, peanut butter, and brown sugar until light and fluffy

Add eggs one at a time beat well after each egg

Add vanilla

Combine flour, baking powder,and salt add to mixture alternating with milk.

Peanut Butter frosting

1/2 cup butter

1 cup creamy peanut butter

4 cups confectioners sugar

1/3 cup cream

beat butter and peanut butter until fluffy

Slowly beat in half of confectioners sugar

Mix in 1/4 cup of cream

Beat in reaming confectioners sugar .

If necessary add more cream or milk til the frost reaches an consistency that you like

Cookies and cream oreo cupcake

2012-03-27T09:21:00.000-07:00

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This cup cake is over the top simply put. The cookies and cream frosting to the Oreo filling to the moist chocolate cake will have you coming back for more. Its easy to make and in a cupcake competition its only second to that amazing bacon maple cupcake (see post ) so get the kids an head for the kitchen.

Cupcake

1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup boiling hot water
1 1/3 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup of butter- room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla

Preheat oven to 350

In a small bowl stir until smooth the cocoa powder and hot water let cool

Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy

Add eggs and beat one at a time and then add vanilla

Mix in flour, baking powder,and salt

stir in cooled cocoa mixture and stir until smooth

Fill into a mined muffin pan and bake 16 to 20 minutes

Filling

4 tablespoons softened butter
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 teaspoon salt dissolved in 1 teaspoon of water
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups confectionery sugar

Cream together butter and shortening

add remaining ingredients and beat until fluffy

Frosting

2 sticks of butter
1/8 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
6 Oreo crushed

Beat butter,cream, and vanilla smooth

slowly add in powdered sugar
beat mixture for 2 min
fold in crushed Oreo

for the filling you can use a small pairing knife or use can use a cupcake corer like the one i have

Hope you enjoy this wonderful cupcake.

Kitchen staples for every kitchen

2012-03-26T13:29:00.000-07:00

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When it comes to baking at home it helps to have the stuff you need handy. So what do you need on hand to bake. Well it fairly simple an and a huge list of ingredients is not need. Thing you will find the most helpful and that you will use in pretty much everything you bake are.

All-purpose flour

Granulated sugar

Confectioners sugar

Brown sugar

Baking soda

Baking powder

Cornstarch

unsweetened cocoa powder

Salt and pepper

Shortening

Vegetable oil

Dry mustard

Vanilla extract

Vinegar

Spices

Raisins

Walnuts

Active dry yeast

Eggs

Milk

With these staples handy in your kitchen. You find a wide variety of stuff you can make.You will also be glad that you do have them handy cause there is nothing worse than forgetting something at the store(usually one of these staple is forgotten in the grocery store)

Mini Chocolate cheese cupcakes

2012-03-22T14:28:00.001-07:00

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Mini cupcakes are just a popular or even more so than regular cupcakes and after all why not just as good as the regular cupcake but bite size . If you love cheesecake and chocolate you will love these fairly simple to make chocolate cheese cake Minnie's

Topping

1 (8 oz) pkg of cream cheese
1 egg
1/3 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 (6oz) pkg of mini chocolate chips

Cake

1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup Hershey's cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
1/2 cup cooking oil
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix topping ingredients together set aside.

Blend all cake ingredients together.Fill cups 1/2 full with cake batter add 1/2 teaspoon topping. bake at 350 for 15 to 18 minutes

Let cool and enjoy

Basics tools for decorating cakes

2012-03-22T13:47:00.000-07:00

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Everybody wants to decorate cool cakes from t.v to magazines and hey its even here. So what do you need to decorate a cake . There are lots of stuff out there to help you and most do . You cant go wrong just picking up anything for your tool kit. you never know when something might just come in handy. But here I'm going to show you and explain a little about the basic stuff that comes in handy on every cake .

TURN TABLE

When it come to frosting cakes I cant believe i made to as long as i did . The first cake you use with one,you wont want to not use one. These have many styles and prices , but they all will work very well. You can even use a lazy Susan and some times you can pick them up very cheap at you local department store.

CAKE BOARDS

Cake boards are all shapes sizes and can be custom cut to your likening. they make handling your cake a lot easier every cake needs something to sit on these boards can be just as decorative as the cake itself.

FROSTING COLORS

use these for any frosting that needs color there are plenty variety . these work great with coloring fondant or gum paste. Butter cream I think is what they should be used for since they are gel and not like the one in the grocery store that are water based an could thin the butter cream, if a stiff constancy was needed.

TIPS COUPLERS AND BAGS

The most important thing you will need in your tool box is tips, couplers, the bags . There are a alot of different tips from star to leaf to writing tips, all sizes . if your just starting out decorating you can pick up sets of tips. Sets usually have a variety of the most popular tips some may even have a coupler or two with them.

Couplers some may not even now just what this is or how it works with the tips and the bags. Using one for the first time may seem tricking But they are very helpful when tips need to be changed for the same frosting color, this will help on clean up and waste of bags ( if disposable bags are used).

Bags come in different sizes and styles. Having reusable bags helps on cost but disposable bags can just be tossed when done ( don't forget to remove your tip an coupler first)

SPATULAS AND CAKE COMB

A cake can not be iced with out spatulas, again you will find a variety. Angled spatulas work great for sides and top of cakes . Flat spatulas are great for a adding frosting to cakes but i find it hard to really frost a cake well with these types. Cake combs are wonderful for really getting a smooth finish to your frosting most cake combs have decorative sides on them as well for cool designs on the side of cakes

THIS AND THAT

Here are a few other things that you find very helpful in your tool box

Redneck Mossy Oak Cake

2012-03-19T19:46:00.002-07:00

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This was a birthday cake a friend. Its not really a cake though its brownies bake in a 12x 18 sheet pan. The cut in half frosted and stacked. A lot of ideas were passed around on just what kind of cake to make. Until my wife found a site that sells custom printed frosting sheets and they had one in mossy oak and we knew that was where we were going with it and it turned out great .

The Mossy Oak was printed on a frosting sheet , so it was like a sticker but was edible. and for the boarder we made butter cream and colored it with juniper green. Here are a few more pics .

Hope you guys enjoy

Bob Marley Airbrushed cake

2012-03-18T12:33:00.002-07:00

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A Great way to decorate a cake is to use a airbrush. Airbrushes come in all types, but that's another story. So I thought id go thru the steps of how i made this Bob Marley cake. Yea its not perfect but its not suppose to be its to show you an advantage of using an airbrush. So how to start well you wi have to do a little research and use a tried true way for airbrushing. Search out a Bob Marley stencil or any other stencil you looking for. I used this just printed out in back and white http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/337/e/5/Bob_Marley_Gradient_1_by_joey23ep.jpg

Once printed out just use a xato knife to cut out the stencil. Here are a few pics of mine thourgh the process

While you are doing that bake the cake. Pan size can be what you want it to be. I used a 12 x 18 sheet pan. Now with the cake done and your stencil cut out its time to frost the cake use a crumb coat first so you don't have crumbs around . With the cake all frosted and apply your stencil gently on to the frosting butter cream works great. make sure all your corners are down to avoid over stray . If after removing the stencil there is over spray just use more frosting to to cover up. you will see the over spray in mine as i didn't add more frosting for this blog purpose.

At this point put in fridge for a few to let dry and the frosting to set.Then using a tooth pick i marked the lines for the back colors and finished the cake. i added some boarders around the edges just to finish it off.

This cake was one of the best cakes I've done in awhile. if your having trouble finding a good stencil . Search free people stencil here https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi

Thank you everybody for checking out my page

Bacon Maple Cupcakes

2012-03-15T14:56:00.000-07:00

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These Bacon Maple Cupcakes are a hit around my house and now they can be at yours to. Ive already got Birthday orders in for this cupcake and there Birthday isn't til October. There are three parts to this cupcake frosting, filling,and the cake itself.

This is what you need.

Cupcake.

6 strips of bacon
4 1/2 tablespoons butter
1/2 tablespoon bacon grease- solidified
1 egg
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup maple syrup
1 1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
1/4 cup milk

Cook bacon, preheat oven to 350. ( try to keep bacon flat and save for garnish)

Pour grease into container and refrigerate until some what solid.

Combine butter grease until creamy.

Beat in brown sugar, maple syrup, and egg until well combined.

Slowly add in flour, baking soda, baking powder,and salt.

Fold in milk until creamy.

Place in lined muffin tin 2/3 the way full and bake at 350 for 20 minutes

Filling

1/4 cup sugar.
3 tablespoons cornstarch.
2 cups milk.
3 egg yolks slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla

in a 1 qt. saucepan mix sugar and cornstarch.

Gradually stir in milk until smooth.

slowly add in egg yolks, stirring constantly.

Bring to a boil over med -low heat.

Boil for 1 min and remove from heat.

stir in vanilla

Cover custard surface with saran wrap an chill until cold.

Frosting

4 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1 cup confectioners powdered sugar

Beat together butter and syrup.
slowly add in sugar- adding more if necessary.

So now you got all your stuff made and your cupcakes are cooled . its time to put everything together its a pretty easy to do. i just wanted to share with you the tips I use to fill the cupcakes .To core the cupcakes. you can use a little pairing knife or what i like to use to get the same size and depth is a cup cake corer I found this one on amazon for a pretty cheep pricehttp://www.amazon.com/Cuisipro-747166-Cupcake-Corer/dp/B004OFGWBI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331847799&sr=8-1

Fill a pastry bag with the custard and fill each up cupcake. Using another pastry bag fill with frosting and top.
As for the Bacon cut each piece in half toss in sugar and top the cupcake.

Emergency substitutions

2012-03-14T21:09:00.001-07:00

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So you got a new recipe and you have all the stuff you think you need.Only to find out halfway thru you forgot something at the store,or you don't have as much of something as you thought.Don't freak out a lot of times there can be a substitution made to cover for what you need. That's where this blog comes from. A friend of a friend of a friend (thanks Donna)was going to toss out a really good cook book for home baking but thought of me before doing so. If you want to learn baking of all types from pies,tarts,cakes, bread its got it allhttp://promo.mygreatrecipes.com/great-american-home-baking/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=brand&utm_campaign=HMB&utm_term=great%20american%20home%20baking&Network=Search&SiteTarget={placement}# looking thrue this cook book i found the chart for emergency substitutions and since its help me in tight times I want to share it with you.

1 cup cake flour = 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon cornstarch = 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder =   1/2 teaspoon cream of tarter plus1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 package active dry yeast = 1 cake compressed yeast

1 cup sugar = 1 cup packed brown sugar or 2 cups sifted confectioners sugar

1 cup honey = 1 1/4 cups sugar plus 1/4 cup of liquid

1 cup corn syrup = 1 cup sugar plus 1/4 cup liquid

1 square ( 1 oz.)                    3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder plus
unsweetened chocolate =     1 tablespoon shortening or cooking oil

1 cup whipping cream, whipped = 2 cups whipped dessert topping

1 cup buttermilk = 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar plus enough whole milk to make one cup (let stand 5 min)

1 cup whole milk = 1/2 cup evaporated milk plus 1/2 cup water or 1 cup water plus 1/3 cup nonfat dry milk powder

1 cup light cream = 1 tablespoon melted butter plus enough milk to make 1 cup

1 egg =  2 egg whites plus 1 teaspoon vegetable oil

1 teaspoon lemon juice = 1/4 teaspoon vinegar

1/2 cup ( 1 stick) butter or margarine = 7 tablespoons vegetable shortening

This table of substitution has come in very handy a lot of times. Hope you find it just as helpful.

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Carolina BBQ sandwhich

2012-03-13T19:39:00.002-07:00

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One thing i love is good BBQ.There are a lot of ways its served. one quick look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBQ will let you know that BBQ is pretty serious business.Out of a lot of BBQ choices Id like to share one that's more my style. Carolina style to be exact vinegar, based and good to the taste
This has to be the best BBQ Period

One Pork Boston Butt

the sauce
2 cups apple cider vinegar.
1/2 cup of water.
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce.
1 1/2 teaspoons of salt.
1 1/2 teaspoons of pepper
1 cup of ketchup

If your looking for a little extra kick add one tablespoon of red Chile flakes

Mix all ingredients in medium sauce pan whisk over medium low heat for 30 min

For the Boston butt I like to place it in the crock-pot brush on some liquid smoke. Ill make the sauce twice once to use to pour in to cook with the pork cook until meet is tender and just fall apart. Make the sauce again while its cooking up drain whats in the crock-pot. using two forks pull the pork apart,removing any bones. Once the sauce is done pour over the pork and enjoy. Here's how I like mine served up

Deviled eggs and some down home southern style potato salad . If you love BBQ you have yo try this.

Guitar cake

2012-03-11T15:32:00.000-07:00

A cool cake that's great for all kinds of occasions is a guitar cake. So if you got a guitar player or a little rock star who has a birthday coming up this cake is sure to please. All you need is a little time and a few basic cake decorating tools. This is what the ramblin chef used to make this guitar cake.

1) Square cake pan sized to fit guitar template.
2) Cut out of a guitar outline.
3) Butter cream frosting.
4) Piping bag an tip .
5) Frosting colors .

Bake your cake using whatever kind of cake or cake mix you want. After the cake is baked and cool. Your are now ready to use your template to cut out the guitar shape

Once you got your two shapes cut out. You are ready to place them together and crumb coat them

Store the cake in the fridge for at least 30 min, longer will not hurt the cake as you want the frosting to be firm. While that is in the fridge with the left over butter cream divide in to bowls and mix the colors that you will be using . Black is best used for the strings the frets and any other detail that may be need . Black frosting is used in the piping bag with a small round tip. Once the cake is set and ready for the frosting apply to sections of the guitar that you want that colored.

As always have fun and be creative.

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Hot dog cake part-2 carving and decorating

2012-03-07T21:37:00.001-08:00

OK so with our cakes all done now we can start to make the hot dog shape first using a serrated knife level off the top and remove the cake from the pan them you want to start with the hot dog shape

once you have the basic shape then start rounding the the edges to be round and start to get the bun shape

now that you have a shape that you like its time for the so butter cream ill share my butter cream recipe in an up coming post about different icing but for now with your butter cream you want to dirty ice or crumb coat the cake which is just applying a thin layer of butter cream then place it in the fridge for about 20 min

after the butter cream has set or is firm you are ready to ice the cake an this is where your imagination comes in to play you can had color to your butter cream to match the color of the buns an hot dog for me I'm going to air brush the butter cream so i will just leave it white

Hot Dog Cake-part one making the cake

2012-03-05T22:06:00.000-08:00

spring and summer time are coming fast in my neck of the woods and that means baseball, swimming pools and my favorite thing to do hanging with friends an doing a little grilling an chilling now if theres one thing that goes with them all is hot dogs and alittle cake for desert so for your next game or a little hanging out in the dog days of summer try this hot dog cake its bound to be the talk of any desert table I'm going to break it up over two or three parts so you can look back at what ever part you need if you need a little help and as always you can leave me a comment or question an ill try to answer it for you so lets get started

The recipe
I doubled this recipe and filled two loaf pans here is the original recipe

3 cups of all purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cup sugar
2/3 cup butter or margarine--5 1/3 tablespoons of butter
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla
1 1/4 cups milk

so first in a bowl sift the flour baking powder and sugar and set aside

in a separate bowl add sugar and butter mix until light

add vanilla and eggs mix well

after that's mixed well you want to grab your flour mixture an and alternating with milk starting with the flour mixture fist add it in mix well after each addition

after all has been added mix for another minute

now your ready to pour into your pans i used a 9x5x23/4 and a 91/4 IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU USE SOME KIND OF CAKE RELEASE AN THAT THE BOTTOM OF THE PANS BE LINED WITH WAX OR PARCHMENT PAPER

preheat oven to 350 but both pans in oven it will take a while to get done i gave mine 35 min but more time was need just keep an eye on them they are done when a cake tester or smooth knife inserted in top comes out clean a tooth pick wont do the trick on this one the pans are to deep once done place on cooling racks and let cool

now we are ready to start making this thing look like a hot dog the reason for me making to is that i like working with a back up cause when working with cakes things don't always go as planed

THE TOP FIVE ESSENTIAL KITCHEN APPLIANCES FOR THE HOMEBASED COOK

2012-03-04T21:44:00.000-08:00

So you want to cook at home maybe you want to make a good meal or spend time with your family
the kitchen or maybe you watched the food net work or the thousands of other shows an cooking looking cool an fun what ever the reason maybe just get in the kitchen an have fun after all that what its about fun an hey if you mess up you can just try it again so what dose it take to make a great meal or a great cake we have all been lost looking at all the kitchen gadgets at our local kitchen store in my corner of the world i think bed bath and beyond might just have the biggest kitchen gadgets wall I've ever seen and it looks all neat an shinny and you probably think "hey what all will i need to impress at my next family dinner " well do i have news for you if you have Internet a Little imagination and some creative you already have a pretty good start but id like to share with you the five things the rambin' chef cant live with out in his kitchen

One- Stand up mixer

A good mixer will pay for itself the first couple times you use it they range in price and color stand mixers have different add on tools you might find help full i bought the meat grinder when purchasing mind an although i don't use it that often its still cool sometimes to grind up your own hamburger just buying the mixer alone it comes with everything you will need to get started with three different mixer attachments for breads general mixing or if you want to whip up some frosting for that special cake hand held mixers are good but wont stand up (pun intended) to a nicer mixer

2- Immersion blender

I find these to be great an come in handy very often mine hangs wright by my stove an never out of hand reach great for mixing right in the pot they are great for soups purees making salsa when I'm in the kitchen an i don't see one of these i get a little nervous either at a friends house who likes to cook or a commercial kitchen these are helpful an i love mine these two range in price an you wont need the one that cost the much just a good one that you like an serves its purpose

3- decent pots an pans

Good pots and pans are essential for cooking and no you don't need an 800 dollar sets just a good saute pan stock pots are great for soups and stocks sauce pans are great to have to just do a little shopping around or chances are you got a great selection already just waiting for you

4-chef knife

OK OK i know there are a million knives that do a million things some are serrated some are shiny and some are even expensive so why just one good chef knife cause it can do anything needed try to find one that you like feels good in your hand is sturdy and sharp a dull knife is more dangerous than one that will cut diamond use the tip for small things and the back for more harder stuff to cut or slice or dice or if you want to feel like a real chef and impress the kids grab a garlic bulb lay the knife flat on top and use the back of your palm mash down a couple of times an open up the cloves then you wont have a need for that silly garlic press that makes more mess an waste of your good garlic than you will get in the pan a chef knife is irreplaceable in any kitchen

5-measuring cups

measuring cups probably shouldn't be number five cause with out them you got nothing you can get them cheap at any local store with kitchen supplies these are the basic of the basic in cooking make sure the measurement are on for good and wont wash off over time

so you got all that and your doing alot of cooking or baking an your enjoying it and your looking to maybe add a little more to your presentation and your wondering what will help I'll try to help you out with a top six

6-mandolin

These range in price an different cuts that they will do but if your looking for unison cuts for those veggies your using to saute or stir fry you will one of these very helpful

there are alot of other things you will find helpful in your cooking journey so get some stuff that you like thats in your budget seek out some good rescipes from friends family and the word wide web

Just who is the Ramblin' Chef

2012-03-03T21:33:00.001-08:00

So this is my first blog I'm mike the ramblin' chef i was born an raised in Virginia that's where i met my wife Nichole and my son Ian was born. we moved to fl in late 07 my wife is from fl an her family is here that where my cake decorating began my first cake was a little baseball cake with ice cream in the middle it would be a few years later that i got back into not just cooking but baking in 2011 i graduated from Ashworth college gourmet cooking and catering program I'm home based with my baking an its mostly for friends an family an that's what has lead me to blogging i want to share recipes an other stuff I've learned over time an alot of practice feel free to leave comments ,questions or things you would like to see