<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571</id><updated>2024-08-28T02:53:25.449-07:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</title><subtitle type='html'>irresistible treats for all season</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-690500645593899067</id><published>2011-01-12T07:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-12T07:34:56.462-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Banana and Pecan Muffins</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8kqlhK4SFWntfbguV5tqZInbfpKgH1wAzUErqmKbMZG-BDyFxBrFveWwcxhCBVhH5Fe9M4YvR9qyuankOdz0Cbhvx9aTxRQ1R-R9PQr-p8d3LJXcON_NQqPFUlOlmm_CIU81Mxr6F6-i/s1600/Picture+016.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; n4=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8kqlhK4SFWntfbguV5tqZInbfpKgH1wAzUErqmKbMZG-BDyFxBrFveWwcxhCBVhH5Fe9M4YvR9qyuankOdz0Cbhvx9aTxRQ1R-R9PQr-p8d3LJXcON_NQqPFUlOlmm_CIU81Mxr6F6-i/s320/Picture+016.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Over riped bananas???don&#39;t waste them. I usually turned them to a dessert.... I usually have&amp;nbsp; mixed fruits and veggies&amp;nbsp;smoothies every morning and I noticed the other day that,&amp;nbsp;the 3&amp;nbsp;bananas left on the kitchen&amp;nbsp;counter&amp;nbsp;were over riped and I don&#39;t&amp;nbsp;feel like&amp;nbsp;they are&amp;nbsp; still good&amp;nbsp; for my smoothies that week....&amp;nbsp;so&amp;nbsp; I decided to scan my recipe book and make those over riped bananas something tasty. I found this&amp;nbsp; very easy to follow recipe and I just modified&amp;nbsp;it and it&amp;nbsp;turns very good. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 cup all-purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 cup wheat flour&lt;br /&gt;
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder&lt;br /&gt;
1/4 cup vegetable oil&lt;br /&gt;
3/4 cup dark brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;
1 extra large eggs, room temperature&lt;br /&gt;
1 tsp. vanilla extract&lt;br /&gt;
3 bananas,mashed&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 cup chopped pecans&lt;br /&gt;
1/4 cup whole milk, room temperature&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.&amp;nbsp;Prepare muffin&amp;nbsp;tins. Sift the flour and baking powder into a small bowl. Set aside.&lt;br /&gt;
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2. With the electric mixer, cream the vegetable oil and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until fluffy. Mix in the banana.&lt;br /&gt;
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3. Add the pecan nuts. With the mixer on low speed, beat with the flour mixture alternately with the&amp;nbsp;milk.&lt;br /&gt;
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4. Spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin cups, filling them 2/3 full. Bake the muffins until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 20-25 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
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5. Let the muffins cool in the cups on a wire rack for about 10 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
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6. Leave it cool for another 10 minutes before serving.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/690500645593899067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2011/01/banana-and-pecan-muffins.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/690500645593899067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/690500645593899067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2011/01/banana-and-pecan-muffins.html' title='Banana and Pecan Muffins'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8kqlhK4SFWntfbguV5tqZInbfpKgH1wAzUErqmKbMZG-BDyFxBrFveWwcxhCBVhH5Fe9M4YvR9qyuankOdz0Cbhvx9aTxRQ1R-R9PQr-p8d3LJXcON_NQqPFUlOlmm_CIU81Mxr6F6-i/s72-c/Picture+016.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-5156064333722623288</id><published>2011-01-06T18:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-06T18:37:29.297-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian Custard Cream</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgG4hDq0C3qHC-f_U-I4T9xdtZdDQDFzU080s411EreIHPvKkyUQmI801_xsQp9tLraxcCWVc81jBuVGly6AwmFyklCQ6LrnnZwp_3SVqk9YK0h9x5atlT6YtJkAbwWIBELUDzmmrniPE/s1600/Picture+014.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; n4=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgG4hDq0C3qHC-f_U-I4T9xdtZdDQDFzU080s411EreIHPvKkyUQmI801_xsQp9tLraxcCWVc81jBuVGly6AwmFyklCQ6LrnnZwp_3SVqk9YK0h9x5atlT6YtJkAbwWIBELUDzmmrniPE/s320/Picture+014.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This custard cream is very easy to make and very delicious. Still adapted from Buddys&#39; Recipe.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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2 1/2 cups whole milk&lt;br /&gt;
1 tablespoon vanilla extract&lt;br /&gt;
1 cup granulated sugar&lt;br /&gt;
2/3 cup all-purpose flour, sifted&lt;br /&gt;
5 large egg yolks&lt;br /&gt;
2 teaspoons salted butter&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Put the milk and vanilla in a sauce pan and bring to a simmer over medium heat.&lt;br /&gt;
2. In another bowl, whip together the flour,sugar and egg yolks with a mixer. Pour a cup of milk-vanilla mixture into a bowl and beat to temper the yolks.&lt;br /&gt;
3. Add the yolk mixture to the pot with the remaining milk-vanilla mixture and beat until thick and creamy. Remove the pot from the heat and add the butter and whip again to thicken the cream. The longer you cook it, the thicker it will become. Transfer to a bowl. Refrigerate at least 6 hours before using it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Variations:&lt;/strong&gt; add 1 1/2 ounces of melted, cooled semi-sweet chocolate chips along with the butter.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/5156064333722623288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2011/01/italian-custard-cream.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/5156064333722623288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/5156064333722623288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2011/01/italian-custard-cream.html' title='Italian Custard Cream'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgG4hDq0C3qHC-f_U-I4T9xdtZdDQDFzU080s411EreIHPvKkyUQmI801_xsQp9tLraxcCWVc81jBuVGly6AwmFyklCQ6LrnnZwp_3SVqk9YK0h9x5atlT6YtJkAbwWIBELUDzmmrniPE/s72-c/Picture+014.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-5153292834188905345</id><published>2011-01-03T13:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T13:20:56.686-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cream Puff or Eclairs Dough</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MeDzHWV7pSDD1gfYm16m3bMqPr6YQpWr7bOA5Zxk3GwnvjHctzy0jxKnH7FBx7tAp7LLBQxhA9cbiJoYnJsMu_QuuTX_Z2MtvHrF4iMH72fodxNlruEphqRWcxT40QIyTMGa7sdNVbxv/s1600/Picture+011.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; n4=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MeDzHWV7pSDD1gfYm16m3bMqPr6YQpWr7bOA5Zxk3GwnvjHctzy0jxKnH7FBx7tAp7LLBQxhA9cbiJoYnJsMu_QuuTX_Z2MtvHrF4iMH72fodxNlruEphqRWcxT40QIyTMGa7sdNVbxv/s320/Picture+011.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I have 15 months more to go to&amp;nbsp;master my recipe for&amp;nbsp;our future bakeshop. The other day, I baked cream puff dough and I wasn&#39;t very satisfied though it turned out good for the first time I baked them so I decided to do it again today. The first dough that I baked today turned out bad because I have to pull it out early from the oven because the wax paper I used on the baking sheet start burning and the smoke alarm in the house activated...I freaked out and turned off the oven and&amp;nbsp;called my husband at work and asked him what I am gonna do.....he told me to leave it till the smoke alarm will turn off by itself. what a day! so I have to make another cream puff dough because the first one didn&#39;t work out. The photos above is the result of my third attempt making cream puff dough. I adapted this recipe from &quot;Buddy&quot; the Cake Boss.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 cup water&lt;br /&gt;
6 tablespoon unsalted butter&lt;br /&gt;
1/8&amp;nbsp;teaspoon fine salt&lt;br /&gt;
1 cup all-purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;
4 extra- large eggs&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1.Put the water,butter and salt in a heavy sauce pan and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon until the ingredients come together into a smooth, uniform dough, approximately 2 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
2. Transfer the mixture to the bowl of a stand or hand&amp;nbsp;mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.&amp;nbsp; Start paddling on low speed, then add the eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly absorbed, mixing for 1 minute between each egg, and stopping the motor periodically to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Finish with the final egg and mix for an additional 2 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
3. Use the dough immediately. It does not refrigerate well.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/5153292834188905345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2011/01/cream-puff-dough.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/5153292834188905345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/5153292834188905345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2011/01/cream-puff-dough.html' title='Cream Puff or Eclairs Dough'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MeDzHWV7pSDD1gfYm16m3bMqPr6YQpWr7bOA5Zxk3GwnvjHctzy0jxKnH7FBx7tAp7LLBQxhA9cbiJoYnJsMu_QuuTX_Z2MtvHrF4iMH72fodxNlruEphqRWcxT40QIyTMGa7sdNVbxv/s72-c/Picture+011.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-7061658545274941230</id><published>2010-12-27T15:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-27T15:18:22.535-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pecan tart</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjDphqEN4TPtUsVkF0QfLibPGH6ZjPSrBOJoiuR1oYFNGm_tuQysOYQWW2cxX8Rgrwhew0GJA9dy9OH3Wyxbq90T9L4cZbMoKKSCqWCd0BYg5GVC3WRvdgpe5h-EESIiWCxStUAzGIpsa/s1600/Picture+001.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; n4=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjDphqEN4TPtUsVkF0QfLibPGH6ZjPSrBOJoiuR1oYFNGm_tuQysOYQWW2cxX8Rgrwhew0GJA9dy9OH3Wyxbq90T9L4cZbMoKKSCqWCd0BYg5GVC3WRvdgpe5h-EESIiWCxStUAzGIpsa/s320/Picture+001.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This is very easy to make and taste so good. I baked this few weeks ago and my family loved it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 large eggs&lt;br /&gt;
1/4 teaspoon salt&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 cup golden/light corn syrup&lt;br /&gt;
2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice&lt;br /&gt;
6 tablespoon butter,melted&lt;br /&gt;
1 1/4 cups chopped pecan nuts&lt;br /&gt;
1/3 cup pecan nut halves&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;For the pastry&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;
1 tablespoon superfine sugar&lt;br /&gt;
1 teaspoon baking powder&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 teaspoon salt&lt;br /&gt;
6 tablespoon cold unsalted butter, diced&lt;br /&gt;
1 egg yolk&lt;br /&gt;
3-4 tablespoon heavy whipping cream&lt;br /&gt;
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Direction:&lt;br /&gt;
1. To make the pastry, sift together the flour, super fine sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Add the butter and rub in using your fingertips or pastry cutter until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.&lt;br /&gt;
2. Blend egg yolk and whipping cream, and stir into the flour mixture.&lt;br /&gt;
3. Form the pastry into a ball, then roll out and use to line a 23 cm/9 in pie dish. Trim and flute the&amp;nbsp; edge neatly and chill for 20 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
4. Preheat a baking sheet in the oven at 200 degrees C/400 degrees F.&lt;br /&gt;
Lightly whisk the eggs and salt. Mix in the sugar,syrup,lemon juice and butter. Stir in the chopped pecan nuts.&lt;br /&gt;
5. Pour into the pastry case and arrange the pecan halves in concentric circles top.&lt;br /&gt;
6. Bake on the baking sheet for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 160 degrees C/ 325 degrees F and bake for 25 minutes more.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/7061658545274941230/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/pecan-tart.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/7061658545274941230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/7061658545274941230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/pecan-tart.html' title='Pecan tart'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjDphqEN4TPtUsVkF0QfLibPGH6ZjPSrBOJoiuR1oYFNGm_tuQysOYQWW2cxX8Rgrwhew0GJA9dy9OH3Wyxbq90T9L4cZbMoKKSCqWCd0BYg5GVC3WRvdgpe5h-EESIiWCxStUAzGIpsa/s72-c/Picture+001.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-6170564407168136317</id><published>2010-12-15T11:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-15T11:54:59.533-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian Buttercream</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixz_T2S5wwQzoB8wc9ml_TYbapJy3SHh8J3o3HM0Xfv_JRD8UhMUV27Wls1O9khCEAKW2C6T1c5oE590Me1cEudNcP208sNO3XjcEHKkULh-gnRcwzkhJtRxGt-_Vr50pvRVtdi464zHRp/s1600/PIcs+in+the+USA+272.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; n4=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixz_T2S5wwQzoB8wc9ml_TYbapJy3SHh8J3o3HM0Xfv_JRD8UhMUV27Wls1O9khCEAKW2C6T1c5oE590Me1cEudNcP208sNO3XjcEHKkULh-gnRcwzkhJtRxGt-_Vr50pvRVtdi464zHRp/s320/PIcs+in+the+USA+272.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I&#39;ve been thinking to open a bakeshop in my country in the near future and I&#39;ve been wondering&amp;nbsp;where &amp;nbsp;can I&amp;nbsp;get a meringue powder&amp;nbsp; to help stabilize the icing because I am not really sure if the store there already carry this kind of baking product. Then,a day before my class I remembered that when I was attending the baking vocational class in high school, my instructors&#39; icing recipe was made with egg whites...so I decided to use that kind of icing on making basket weave as you see on the image beside this. It happened that&amp;nbsp;accidentally burned my sugar and water and it smells like caramelized sugar which my instructor was&amp;nbsp; so intrigue to know what kind of&amp;nbsp;icing I&amp;nbsp;made since it smells so good. I responded her that I it&#39;s the Italian butter cream and accidentally burn my sugar and that&#39;s the smell you smell. She then added..oh smells so good. Oh well, I think the accident turns out good. Anyways the recipe I use is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1 pound (4 sticks)&amp;nbsp;unsalted butter, cut into tiny cubes at room temperature&lt;br /&gt;
1 3/4&amp;nbsp;cups sugar&lt;br /&gt;
1/4&amp;nbsp;cup water&lt;br /&gt;
5 egg whites&lt;br /&gt;
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar&lt;br /&gt;
1 teaspoon vanilla&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. In a bowl of a stand mixer, place egg whites with cream of tartar and 1/4 cup of sugar nearby.&lt;br /&gt;
2. Heat 1 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan. Heat over high medium heat until sugar is dissolved&lt;br /&gt;
3. Meanwhile, whip the whites at high speed until soft peaks from approximately 5 minutes. When the egg whites are frothy, add the cream of tartar. Gradually&amp;nbsp;add the 1/4 cup remaining sugar.&lt;br /&gt;
4.When the sugar reaches 240 degrees F, with the motor running, pour it into the egg whites, very slowly, in a thin stream, to avoid cooking the eggs. Raise the speed to high, and continue to whip the mixture has cooled to room temperature between 10-15 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
5. Stopping the motor between additions, add the butter one lump at a time and continue beating until mixture smooth and fluffy, approximately 12-20 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
Note: It will look like ricotta cheese for a while..just keep beating.&lt;br /&gt;
6. Once it is smooth, stir in flavorings if desired.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/6170564407168136317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/italian-buttercream.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/6170564407168136317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/6170564407168136317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/italian-buttercream.html' title='Italian Buttercream'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixz_T2S5wwQzoB8wc9ml_TYbapJy3SHh8J3o3HM0Xfv_JRD8UhMUV27Wls1O9khCEAKW2C6T1c5oE590Me1cEudNcP208sNO3XjcEHKkULh-gnRcwzkhJtRxGt-_Vr50pvRVtdi464zHRp/s72-c/PIcs+in+the+USA+272.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-6754616686918397205</id><published>2010-12-15T08:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-15T08:50:18.458-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Apple Pie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUs-uzUeDYis00alkdVIZUG3Jng7BYghIB649waekSTbrodLHqRUeQ2AGAzR03QjkSOgIsg4KuVuMHUysm4zDuG21MY3l0kO6ZF8NnbNHUN3zLc4c3nKDxQnXV5kqNaf1CHSqgd6Qmj0lI/s1600/PIcs+in+the+USA+127.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; n4=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUs-uzUeDYis00alkdVIZUG3Jng7BYghIB649waekSTbrodLHqRUeQ2AGAzR03QjkSOgIsg4KuVuMHUysm4zDuG21MY3l0kO6ZF8NnbNHUN3zLc4c3nKDxQnXV5kqNaf1CHSqgd6Qmj0lI/s320/PIcs+in+the+USA+127.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pies.... Pies...... Pies.....never baked&amp;nbsp;before???this is the&amp;nbsp;most easy&amp;nbsp;pie recipe you&amp;nbsp;can learn.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Most of the times I don&#39;t peel off the skin of the apples &amp;nbsp;not because I am too lazy to do it but its&amp;nbsp;because&amp;nbsp; my mother-in-law said&amp;nbsp;that we can get&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;nutrients on the skin too and that&#39;s the reason why....Benefits on not peeling your apples, it saves some of your&amp;nbsp;time&amp;nbsp;and it&amp;nbsp;taste good too. When you eat, you cannot really feel the apple skin&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;because I cook the apple on this recipe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;6 cups apples, slice in cubes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;3/4 cup brown sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1 tsp ground cinnamon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1 tsp ground nutmeg&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;a pinch of salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1/4 tsp ground all-spice﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;2 tablespoon all-purpose flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1 tablespoon cornstarch&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1/4 cup butter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Directions:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1.Preheat the oven at 400 degress F.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;2. Warm your skillet and put 1/4 cup butter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;3. Mix sugar and spices in a large bowl and add apples. Stir to coat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;4.Pour your apple mixture into your warm skillet with&amp;nbsp;butter and&amp;nbsp;simmer it &amp;nbsp;for 5 minutes. Turn off the oven and mix the flour and corn starch.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;5.Fill pastry lined 9&quot; pie pan. flute edges or use fork to make a decorative edge then pour the apple mixture in a pie pan lined with pie crust.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: If using a second crust do not flute the edges until second crust is in place. Seal the top and&amp;nbsp;bottom crust together by moistening the bottom crust with a little sprinkled&amp;nbsp;water before topping with the second crust; then flute the edges together. Make several slits in the top crust with a small knife for steam to escape.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;6. Bake at 400 degrees F&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;45 minutes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; this is my topping pie&amp;nbsp;recipe without using second pie crust.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 cup brown sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 cup flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; a pinch of salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; 1/8 teaspoon ground&amp;nbsp;nutmeg&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1/8 teaspoon ground&amp;nbsp;all-spice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; 1/4 cup butter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Mix together and cut in 1/4 cup butter. Sprinkle over apples in a pan and bake on the above given oven &amp;nbsp;temperature.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/6754616686918397205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/apple-pie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/6754616686918397205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/6754616686918397205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/apple-pie.html' title='Apple Pie'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUs-uzUeDYis00alkdVIZUG3Jng7BYghIB649waekSTbrodLHqRUeQ2AGAzR03QjkSOgIsg4KuVuMHUysm4zDuG21MY3l0kO6ZF8NnbNHUN3zLc4c3nKDxQnXV5kqNaf1CHSqgd6Qmj0lI/s72-c/PIcs+in+the+USA+127.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-3119209107763715623</id><published>2010-12-12T10:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-12T10:02:38.571-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Puto Cheese</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1ARqRwnNf_Aw_DncM64bSCHZ19vLaYSuA8moq-COadzHNKbj-DB7kfZQDh02exsmvJKb37Eujp5nr1rksixCNp8zwSZfVCqjg2QrbpwlCfAv3YX4VBobelXa0NYFAXsnr06UtDiDxOHS/s1600/PIcs+in+the+USA+128.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; n4=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1ARqRwnNf_Aw_DncM64bSCHZ19vLaYSuA8moq-COadzHNKbj-DB7kfZQDh02exsmvJKb37Eujp5nr1rksixCNp8zwSZfVCqjg2QrbpwlCfAv3YX4VBobelXa0NYFAXsnr06UtDiDxOHS/s320/PIcs+in+the+USA+128.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Last night, we attended a Filipino-American Christmas&amp;nbsp;party.As usual we have to bring a dish to share so I decided to make this tiny steamed dough and we called this &quot;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Puto Cheese&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; in my native tongue. Someone asked me last night why&amp;nbsp;this is&amp;nbsp;so little...I responded to her, it&#39;s because&amp;nbsp;I made a&amp;nbsp;Filipino size and she laughed. Each piece of my puto cheese&amp;nbsp;is good for 2 bites for petite people. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;2 cups all-purpose flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1/2 cup sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1 tablespoon baking powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;a pinch of salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1 cup whole milk (room temperature)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;2 large eggs (room temperature)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1/4 cup butter (melted)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1 tsp. vanilla&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;cheese (cube or shredded)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;food color (as you desired)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; Put your steamer with 3/4 full of water on the stove and let it start boiling.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;2. Sift all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder and salt&amp;nbsp;together.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;3.&amp;nbsp;Put all the liquid ingredients together in a another bowl.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;4. Beat the dry ingredients using the stand mixer and then, add the liquid ingredients one at a time until all the ingredients is being incorporated.Add food color (as you desire)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;5. Pour the butter on the prepared muffin&amp;nbsp;pans or&amp;nbsp; plastic&amp;nbsp;puto cheese molds&amp;nbsp;and put cube or shredded cheese on the middle top of the butter and steamed it for about 8 to 10 minutes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;6. Serve it warm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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My hubby and friend&amp;nbsp;loved the simplicity of its decoration&amp;nbsp; and&amp;nbsp;above all they loved&amp;nbsp;the taste and texture of the cake&amp;nbsp;. By the way, I was using my chocolate cake recipe you can find on this site.&amp;nbsp;I was&amp;nbsp;glad&amp;nbsp;that I&amp;nbsp;was thinking out of the box that day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;This&amp;nbsp;ganache can be used in two ways, as a filling or poured over the cake. To use as filling, refrigerate it first at least&amp;nbsp;1-2 hours, if possible more than that.&amp;nbsp;What I did on this&amp;nbsp;cake was, I&amp;nbsp;spread the ganache over the cake using a spatula&amp;nbsp; and put a portion in a pastry bag enough to use for decorating&amp;nbsp;my cake border. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPhuypZAq2bhocr-Ga4neZbwLtORS-LPrsKFpZUCbtwM5HD0ABZHZRh5EtNZ9MD5YhNCE0ReHbRKKqyMlYzQ3GUlCe9Lmgi5hrOT_QBPiifGK_BsZWCPFfUXdbhwEn_JnbP-DKZAkkld7/s1600/PIcs+in+the+USA+253.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; n4=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPhuypZAq2bhocr-Ga4neZbwLtORS-LPrsKFpZUCbtwM5HD0ABZHZRh5EtNZ9MD5YhNCE0ReHbRKKqyMlYzQ3GUlCe9Lmgi5hrOT_QBPiifGK_BsZWCPFfUXdbhwEn_JnbP-DKZAkkld7/s320/PIcs+in+the+USA+253.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1/2 cup heavy whipping cream &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;8 ounces semi-chocolate chips&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;2&amp;nbsp;tablespoon light corn syrup&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1. Cook the heavy whipping cream and&amp;nbsp;chocolate chips in the top of a double broiler over simmering water until smooth and warm, stirring occasionally.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;2. Remove from the heat and&amp;nbsp;stir in the&amp;nbsp;corn syrup.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;3. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate for about 1 hour. If using for filling, soften until pourable in a double boiler over medium heat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 1/4 cups light brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;
3/4 cup peanut butter&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 cup butter flavor shortening&lt;br /&gt;
3 tablespoons milk&lt;br /&gt;
1 tablespoon vanilla extract&lt;br /&gt;
1 egg&lt;br /&gt;
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;
3/4 teaspoon baking soda&lt;br /&gt;
a pinch of salt&lt;br /&gt;
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1.Heat oven to 375 degrees F.&lt;br /&gt;
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2.Combine sugar, peanut butter, shortening,milk, salt&amp;nbsp;and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Beat in egg just until blended.&lt;br /&gt;
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3. Combine flour and&amp;nbsp;baking soda .Add gradually to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet.&lt;br /&gt;
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4. Bake at 375 degrees F for 7 to 8 minutes or until just beginning to brown and set. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet before removing to foil.&lt;br /&gt;
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* Dip fork in flour, flatten dough slightly in crisscross pattern.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enjoy and have fun baking!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/7847906729738194409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/irresistible-peanut-butter-cookies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/7847906729738194409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/7847906729738194409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/irresistible-peanut-butter-cookies.html' title='Irresistible Peanut Butter Cookies'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrF8sjNRPeSzafwblnWClRS1bHlkJ7Tgvc-5I5ECXzbKceBUPqwt-hrpee0ITtaMPjmgMH033SFjYRPg6zMFvqe_GiSGDJEyH7A50sqdpiPrCNY8yeeWfGSG4StifAZq_VUwLuzwMSJAZW/s72-c/PIcs+in+the+USA+124.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-4400350135621634559</id><published>2010-12-06T09:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-08T17:54:27.067-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Whole Wheat Banana Bread</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5zA2GhKzit5vAfG0fCINFs5fExtDYMew8PBHRY7QUKnqSend1iyMgs_lVyxa-COJcxwiHHUjSTEPygNNc0I2nmf5L91lhaDChPcw3eqa66aWfnmzSWamp80Fg26LtudLyHjPVW90LBeS/s1600/PIcs+in+the+USA+126.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; ox=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5zA2GhKzit5vAfG0fCINFs5fExtDYMew8PBHRY7QUKnqSend1iyMgs_lVyxa-COJcxwiHHUjSTEPygNNc0I2nmf5L91lhaDChPcw3eqa66aWfnmzSWamp80Fg26LtudLyHjPVW90LBeS/s320/PIcs+in+the+USA+126.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We bought bananas 2 weeks ago and it didn&#39;t preserved well as what it was..so I decided to do something about it rather&amp;nbsp; than&amp;nbsp;throwing them in a trash can. Well, I can make banana muffins or banana bread out of this... as I was talking to myself that day and&amp;nbsp;finally &amp;nbsp;I decide to make banana bread because it involves lesser work to do. This recipe is pretty much high fiber and it&#39;s good for you. By the way, my husband is on whole grain, vegetables,fruits,low salt and low sugar diet so I always make it sure I&#39;m baking something good for him and his diet.He&#39;s been&amp;nbsp;on this diet for more than a month now and guess what???he already lost 20 pounds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1/2 cup butter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1/2 cup barley malt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;4 egg whites&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;2 cups whole wheat flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1 cup all-purpose flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;1/4 tsp.&amp;nbsp;salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;2 tsp. baking soda&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;2 tbsp. flax seeds&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1/4 cup steel cuts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1/4 cups 10 grains&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1/2 cup sour cream&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;2 cups mashed bananas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1 cup walnuts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Cream&amp;nbsp;butter, salt,barley malt and&amp;nbsp;apple sauce; add egg whites and mashed bananas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Stir in sour cream.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Put this together in a bowl:whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour,flax seeds,baking soda,steel cuts,10 grains and walnuts;&amp;nbsp;add to butter mixture.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Divide the butter in two and pour into greased 9x5 loaf pan. Bake in 350 degrees F oven for 1 hour or until done.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Enjoy and have fun!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/4400350135621634559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/banana-bread.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/4400350135621634559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/4400350135621634559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/banana-bread.html' title='Whole Wheat Banana Bread'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5zA2GhKzit5vAfG0fCINFs5fExtDYMew8PBHRY7QUKnqSend1iyMgs_lVyxa-COJcxwiHHUjSTEPygNNc0I2nmf5L91lhaDChPcw3eqa66aWfnmzSWamp80Fg26LtudLyHjPVW90LBeS/s72-c/PIcs+in+the+USA+126.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-7494632950812402809</id><published>2010-12-02T17:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-02T17:30:36.562-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Red Velvet cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNv1pH4ACLyw2Pf74CZhyozrw8FrkV6kSljet8xFXSyalvEokz_iG0AMrniZ0OfDBzSOtwWEs060b2I2e-7ZsXwvmyA1LW_cQPt9-tLZM5uppISD549FlBMGRZpG521mdIOAh6_LDyAmR/s1600/PIcs+in+the+USA+128.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; ox=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNv1pH4ACLyw2Pf74CZhyozrw8FrkV6kSljet8xFXSyalvEokz_iG0AMrniZ0OfDBzSOtwWEs060b2I2e-7ZsXwvmyA1LW_cQPt9-tLZM5uppISD549FlBMGRZpG521mdIOAh6_LDyAmR/s320/PIcs+in+the+USA+128.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The beauty of&amp;nbsp;Autumn just left and the white snow flakes that almost covered the ground just came.&amp;nbsp;I made this cake for my co-workers few months ago and this is my second attempt of decorating my &amp;nbsp;cake using fondant. It was fun, I was happy with the outcome.&amp;nbsp; Red velvet cake is one of my favorite cake. My first piece of red velvet cake was during our wedding here in the States, which was made by my hubbys&#39; best friend. From that day on....red velvet become my favorite especially with cream cheese frosting...hmmmmmmm....hmmmmm..hmmmmm.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 1/2 cups cake flour&lt;br /&gt;
1 1/2 cups sugar&lt;br /&gt;
1 tsp. baking soda&lt;br /&gt;
1 tsp salt&lt;br /&gt;
1 tbsp baking cocoa powder&lt;br /&gt;
1 1/2 cup butter&lt;br /&gt;
1 cup buttermilk, at room temperature&lt;br /&gt;
2 large eggs, at room temperature&lt;br /&gt;
2 tbsp red food coloring ( 1 ounce)&lt;br /&gt;
1 tsp white distilled vinegar&lt;br /&gt;
1 tsp vanilla&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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1.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the 3x91/2 inch round cake pan.&lt;br /&gt;
2.In a large bowl sift together the dry ingredients and in another large bowl whisk together all the liquid ingredients using hand or stand mixer about 1 to 2 minutes till incorporated.&lt;br /&gt;
3.Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients about 1 minute&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;till just combined. Don&#39;t over beat.&lt;br /&gt;
4. Divide the cake pans.Place the pans&amp;nbsp;in the oven&amp;nbsp;spaced apart and&amp;nbsp;bake it for about 30 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in the middle pulls clean.&lt;br /&gt;
5. Remove the cake from the oven and put on the cooling rack for 30 minutes, preferably 1 hour, then run a knife around the side of the &amp;nbsp;pan and invert the cake unto the plate and cool completely.&lt;br /&gt;
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Enjoy and have fun!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/7494632950812402809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/red-velvet-cake.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/7494632950812402809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/7494632950812402809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/red-velvet-cake.html' title='Red Velvet cake'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNv1pH4ACLyw2Pf74CZhyozrw8FrkV6kSljet8xFXSyalvEokz_iG0AMrniZ0OfDBzSOtwWEs060b2I2e-7ZsXwvmyA1LW_cQPt9-tLZM5uppISD549FlBMGRZpG521mdIOAh6_LDyAmR/s72-c/PIcs+in+the+USA+128.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-4852589327646827203</id><published>2010-12-01T07:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-01T07:12:36.306-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cream Cheese Frosting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafe9NUC42sH2iR_eYIgaqqAAXzZo7HshFH2tqkqw22p5HRa7eDAz6uFclQt8__WG56LGNatmW1Tvet6dP0oM7LDb-1l-LEdsY6c9ceOUGnjev3ekzjX4J-c-psgYWXd6EK25nooMU8PX-/s1600/PIcs+in+the+USA+133.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; ox=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafe9NUC42sH2iR_eYIgaqqAAXzZo7HshFH2tqkqw22p5HRa7eDAz6uFclQt8__WG56LGNatmW1Tvet6dP0oM7LDb-1l-LEdsY6c9ceOUGnjev3ekzjX4J-c-psgYWXd6EK25nooMU8PX-/s320/PIcs+in+the+USA+133.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This is the cream cheese recipe I used for my spice cake. Cream cheese frosting is also great for your carrot cake and this is the only frosting that gives very tasty flavor on your carrot cake and very easy to make. You can add food coloring on this too like what I did on my football cake, I add blue&amp;nbsp; for my colts color and green for grass. Enjoy and have fun.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 ounces cream cheese&lt;br /&gt;
8 tablespoon vanilla extract&lt;br /&gt;
2 cups powdered sugar&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1.Put the cream cheese and butter in a bowl of a stand or hand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and paddle at medium speed until creamy, approximately&amp;nbsp;20-30 seconds.&lt;br /&gt;
2. While the motor is running, pour in the vanilla, and sugar a little at a time about a minute after the last addition.&lt;br /&gt;
3.Use right away or refrigerate in an airtight container for up 2 days.&lt;br /&gt;
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4.If you will use it to decorate a cake, refrigerate first for about&amp;nbsp;1-2 hours so you can get the consistency that you want.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/4852589327646827203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/cream-cheese-frosting.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/4852589327646827203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/4852589327646827203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/12/cream-cheese-frosting.html' title='Cream Cheese Frosting'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafe9NUC42sH2iR_eYIgaqqAAXzZo7HshFH2tqkqw22p5HRa7eDAz6uFclQt8__WG56LGNatmW1Tvet6dP0oM7LDb-1l-LEdsY6c9ceOUGnjev3ekzjX4J-c-psgYWXd6EK25nooMU8PX-/s72-c/PIcs+in+the+USA+133.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-2837268445819502597</id><published>2010-11-28T08:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-01T07:21:03.774-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Very Moist Spice cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNNfS3nHnOmcF0Owde8bvZtnP142cGi1a_7-izoztllm0uh_LarqqUshCJX2ilraT1JbzTlGw92MnHL_RNh7-bX1Y2Nunzqufbg7Sh0fyhFfrrTDrPtI-wg0PzV5KcYRmPE5WUbVah3mJ/s1600/PIcs+in+the+USA+132.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; ox=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNNfS3nHnOmcF0Owde8bvZtnP142cGi1a_7-izoztllm0uh_LarqqUshCJX2ilraT1JbzTlGw92MnHL_RNh7-bX1Y2Nunzqufbg7Sh0fyhFfrrTDrPtI-wg0PzV5KcYRmPE5WUbVah3mJ/s320/PIcs+in+the+USA+132.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;One night when my mother-in-law came home from work she&amp;nbsp;asked me to make a cake for her boss 50th birthday and I was honored to do it. So without any hesitation, I said yes. I will&amp;nbsp;make him a cake and&amp;nbsp;it happened that&amp;nbsp;I just bought a new football pan and I thought his cake with be in the shape of a football since most people here in Indiana is a fan of colts. My mom also mentioned to me that he loves cream cheese frosting so&amp;nbsp;his &amp;nbsp;cake would be a spice cake with cream cheese frosting. After I baked the cake I tried to put&amp;nbsp; brown color on my cream cheese frosting but I didn&#39;t turned out good so I changed the plan right away to have colors of colts blue and white and it turns great. This recipe is so&amp;nbsp;wonderful.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 1/2 cups cake flour&lt;br /&gt;
1/4 cup cornstarch&lt;br /&gt;
4 tsp baking powder&lt;br /&gt;
a pinch of salt&lt;br /&gt;
2 tsp ground ginger&lt;br /&gt;
1 tsp ground cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 tsp ground all spice&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 tsp ground cloves&lt;br /&gt;
1 cup whole milk&lt;br /&gt;
3 large eggs&lt;br /&gt;
2 tsp vanilla extract&lt;br /&gt;
1 cup unsalted butter, softened at room temperature&lt;br /&gt;
2 cups&amp;nbsp;brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease your 9-by-13 inch pan.Whisk dry ingredients and spice in a large bowl.&lt;br /&gt;
2. Mix milk, and vanilla extract in another bowl.&lt;br /&gt;
3. Beat butter and brown sugar together&amp;nbsp;on slow then medium speed of your electric mixer&amp;nbsp;until incorporated then add eggs one at a time.&lt;br /&gt;
4. Add 1/3 part of dry ingredients to the butter mixture alternately with the milk mixture. Do this again and again till you mix all your dry and milk mixture with the rest of the ingredients.&lt;br /&gt;
5. Bake until a cake tester or toothpick inserted and comes out clean about 40 minutes. Set a pan in a wire rack for 30 minutes, preferably an hour before removing it from the pan.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Enjoy and have fun baking!&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/2837268445819502597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/11/very-moist-spice-cake.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/2837268445819502597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/2837268445819502597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/11/very-moist-spice-cake.html' title='Very Moist Spice cake'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNNfS3nHnOmcF0Owde8bvZtnP142cGi1a_7-izoztllm0uh_LarqqUshCJX2ilraT1JbzTlGw92MnHL_RNh7-bX1Y2Nunzqufbg7Sh0fyhFfrrTDrPtI-wg0PzV5KcYRmPE5WUbVah3mJ/s72-c/PIcs+in+the+USA+132.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-5733382568601785167</id><published>2010-11-25T13:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T13:50:22.524-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chocolate Mousse</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShk5YYjwZJ1vzDHkp4w_ctcSGmC3EYFcTmlOQ97HHILtetpxvpRsPcO5LUOkwvGlCeRhK0q1-a29fiqPkKqZbyVByI9_0eULRu4yFOno32XGXrCvq0-HpZXIjCelyRmdM59X7AeGyHYew/s1600/PIcs+in+the+USA+122.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; ox=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShk5YYjwZJ1vzDHkp4w_ctcSGmC3EYFcTmlOQ97HHILtetpxvpRsPcO5LUOkwvGlCeRhK0q1-a29fiqPkKqZbyVByI9_0eULRu4yFOno32XGXrCvq0-HpZXIjCelyRmdM59X7AeGyHYew/s320/PIcs+in+the+USA+122.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Baking&amp;nbsp; and decorating is such a work that needs plan and vision. This is wasn&#39;t my plan for decorating my cake for this year thanksgiving but&amp;nbsp;my plan&amp;nbsp; A didn&#39;t work much as what I thought&amp;nbsp;so I have to do a plan B. My plan A was just to pour the chocolate ganache on the cake but&amp;nbsp; it didn&#39;t work well so my plan B was to ice the cake with chocolate mousse which worked good too. I&amp;nbsp;baked two layers of&amp;nbsp; my chocolate cake recipe and frost the middle with chocolate mousse and drizzle it with chocolate ganache then fresh strawberries.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 cups heavy whipping cream&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 cup granulated sugar&lt;br /&gt;
3 tablespoon cocoa powder&lt;br /&gt;
1 tablespoon brewed cafe de munde &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Put the cream, sugar, cocoa, and coffee liqueur in a stainless-steel mixing bowl.&lt;br /&gt;
Blend with a hand mixer at high speed until fluffy, about&amp;nbsp;1 minute. Use immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/5733382568601785167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/11/chocolate-mousse.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/5733382568601785167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/5733382568601785167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/11/chocolate-mousse.html' title='Chocolate Mousse'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShk5YYjwZJ1vzDHkp4w_ctcSGmC3EYFcTmlOQ97HHILtetpxvpRsPcO5LUOkwvGlCeRhK0q1-a29fiqPkKqZbyVByI9_0eULRu4yFOno32XGXrCvq0-HpZXIjCelyRmdM59X7AeGyHYew/s72-c/PIcs+in+the+USA+122.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-1533105607156799439</id><published>2010-11-24T15:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-24T15:02:23.839-08:00</updated><title type='text'>chocolate cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4nFeoUNfsb-F2MUj9obEP543WLde2CkYOf3nEJlEy_kC48P23EvjCZe8G_f1LsKt9-X5p8eXDausD1tI3_E3NWus6hyphenhyphenxhCX6vwzuYDcOJ3voqnWlZ1TaIxQR3nI-xAGM9P5UOmCTHFdj/s1600/PIcs+in+the+USA+331.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; ox=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4nFeoUNfsb-F2MUj9obEP543WLde2CkYOf3nEJlEy_kC48P23EvjCZe8G_f1LsKt9-X5p8eXDausD1tI3_E3NWus6hyphenhyphenxhCX6vwzuYDcOJ3voqnWlZ1TaIxQR3nI-xAGM9P5UOmCTHFdj/s320/PIcs+in+the+USA+331.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My niece birthday is approaching and our gift is her favorite chocolate cake. But the night before her birthday, I started making my sugar flowers and let it set overnight and be ready on the following day. She also loves strawberry so I decided to surprise her cake with a strawberry in it. It was my first time to put fruits in a cake so I don&#39;t have any idea what will happen nor I don&#39;t have any idea how thin or thick should I slice the strawberries. I decided to slice the strawberry in half and put the strawberries on top of my chocolate fudge filling before putting the second layer and ice the entire cake. After decorating the &amp;nbsp;cake, it&amp;nbsp;looked good at first but after few minutes, I noticed that the right side of the cake started to fall off. I was disappointed and worried but i don&#39;t have time to do it again, we need to go out that day and have lunch with the rest of the family. I was very&amp;nbsp;disappointed of what I did. My husband said,&amp;nbsp; maybe&amp;nbsp;you need to slice the strawberries a little thinner. Oh well, I said, I can&#39;t do anything about it anymore. So I decided to let the falling part of the cake face on the wall so when she gets in the house she won&#39;t noticed it. The plan was very successful because&amp;nbsp;when she blew the lighted candle, she then said...oh my God, I blew so hard that made the cake fell off...It was so funny and everything just went alright.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Here&#39;s my recipe for&amp;nbsp;most of my&amp;nbsp;chocolate cake that I bake.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1 1/2 cups brewed coffee&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;2 cups sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;3/4 cups butter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;2 large lightly beaten eggs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1 tsp vanilla&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;2 cups all-purpose flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;3/4 cup baking cocoa&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1 1/2 tsp baking soda&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1/2 tsp baking powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1/2 tsp salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;In a large bowl, pour the brewed coffee and stir the sugar and butter until melted. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, cocoa,baking soda, baking powder and salt. add to the butter mixture and mix thoroughly. Pour into a greased and floured 15 inches x 10 inches x 1 inches baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool completely in a wire rack.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/1533105607156799439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/11/chocolate-cake_24.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/1533105607156799439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/1533105607156799439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/11/chocolate-cake_24.html' title='chocolate cake'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4nFeoUNfsb-F2MUj9obEP543WLde2CkYOf3nEJlEy_kC48P23EvjCZe8G_f1LsKt9-X5p8eXDausD1tI3_E3NWus6hyphenhyphenxhCX6vwzuYDcOJ3voqnWlZ1TaIxQR3nI-xAGM9P5UOmCTHFdj/s72-c/PIcs+in+the+USA+331.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-6763990825181204747</id><published>2010-11-22T05:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T05:50:59.295-08:00</updated><title type='text'>chocolate chip cookies</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ULEgGP9-B_02PBFruBvTICoOyZkHtS3MKPSa7QNLG5ZXN_Ihf6twDbVnDJg9maKbnfDFORrDMwYJe9fKspBoX7N0WcAz_ZvgIZSWf6rlHtya8E-NdjMaLmGwlHND4kphsa-wy5a8nIUI/s1600/PIcs+in+the+USA+326.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; ox=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ULEgGP9-B_02PBFruBvTICoOyZkHtS3MKPSa7QNLG5ZXN_Ihf6twDbVnDJg9maKbnfDFORrDMwYJe9fKspBoX7N0WcAz_ZvgIZSWf6rlHtya8E-NdjMaLmGwlHND4kphsa-wy5a8nIUI/s320/PIcs+in+the+USA+326.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I&#39;ve been&amp;nbsp; baking cookies for months already. The taste&amp;nbsp;was good according to my taster at home.&amp;nbsp;but I&amp;nbsp;was always disappointed with the shape of it, it looked like a chocolate hills&amp;nbsp;of Bohol,Philippines.&amp;nbsp;I wanted a round cookies just like what they sold at the store. There were times that I thought of not baking cookies forever.I was disappointed, then one day, an idea of...what if I will shape the cookie dough to a tiny ball before dropping them onto the greased cookie sheet, and let see the result?That I idea gave me a brighter hope and I&amp;nbsp;was so excited&amp;nbsp;to see the result. To my surprised after baking the first batch,&amp;nbsp;my newly baked cookies&amp;nbsp; just&amp;nbsp;looked like what they sold at the store.I was overwhelmed and I couldn&#39;t believe for another accomplishment of&amp;nbsp; my baking world. What a day!&amp;nbsp; This is the recipe I used for my chocolate chip cookies&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;3 cups all-purpose flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;1 tsp baking soda&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;1/2 tsp salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;1 cup butter, softened&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;1 1/3 cup sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;﻿2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;2 large eggs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;1 1/2 tsp vanilla&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;1 (12oz) package semi-chocolate chips&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;2 cups chopped walnuts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;In a small bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;In a large mixing bowl, cream butter with sugar (brown and white sugar) until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Drop dough by teaspoonful onto greased cookie sheets. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Bake 10 minutes or until edges are firm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Enjoy and have fun.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/6763990825181204747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/11/chocolate-chip-cookies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/6763990825181204747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/6763990825181204747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/11/chocolate-chip-cookies.html' title='chocolate chip cookies'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ULEgGP9-B_02PBFruBvTICoOyZkHtS3MKPSa7QNLG5ZXN_Ihf6twDbVnDJg9maKbnfDFORrDMwYJe9fKspBoX7N0WcAz_ZvgIZSWf6rlHtya8E-NdjMaLmGwlHND4kphsa-wy5a8nIUI/s72-c/PIcs+in+the+USA+326.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-754831286932876712</id><published>2010-11-20T17:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-20T17:53:11.799-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Buttercream  icing</title><content type='html'>﻿ &lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;cake that I ice during my class&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;﻿ While I was baking a cake, I told my husband that I will not make an icing for my cake. He responded with this word....WHAT??? that&#39;s not right...cake should always have with icing...I responded with REALLY???? he said.REALLY. that would be muffins if there&#39;s no icing not a cake. (hahahahaha)&lt;br /&gt;
Anyways here&#39;s my recipe for a buttercream&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;(&amp;nbsp;Stiff Consistency)&lt;/strong&gt; used for decorations such as flowers with upright petals like rose&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 cup solid white vegetable shortening&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 cup butter&lt;br /&gt;
1 tsp vanilla or almond flavor&lt;br /&gt;
7-8 tsp. milk or water&lt;br /&gt;
1 lb. pure confectioners&#39; sugar&lt;br /&gt;
1 tbsp. meringue powder&lt;br /&gt;
pinch of salt&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Cream shortening, butter flavoring and water.&lt;br /&gt;
Add dry ingredients and mix on medium speed until all ingredients have been thoroughly mixed together. Blend an additional minute or until creamy. makes 2 1/2 cups.&lt;br /&gt;
(Don&#39;t over beat)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Stiff&lt;/strong&gt;----used for decorations such as flowers with upright petals like rose&lt;br /&gt;
To check your consistency: Place a&amp;nbsp;cup of icing in a 9 oz.&amp;nbsp;cup,3 3/4 in tall and about 2 3/4 in diameter.&amp;nbsp;Then insert a spatula all the way into the center of the icing and if the spatula will not move even if you jiggle the cup.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Medium&lt;/strong&gt;---use to create stars, dimensional decorating. borders and flowers with petals that lie flat&lt;br /&gt;
How to&amp;nbsp;convert stiff consistency into medium consistency???&lt;br /&gt;
Just add 1 tsp of water or milk for each cup of stiff consistency (21/2 tsp of&amp;nbsp;water or milk&amp;nbsp;for the whole recipe) Mix until well blended.&lt;br /&gt;
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Use the same test as for stiff consistency but in medium consistency, will move slightly and start to lean when you jiggle the cup.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Thin&lt;/strong&gt;---use for writing and printing, leaves, icing&amp;nbsp;a cake&lt;br /&gt;
To convert stiff consistency to thin consistency, add 2 tsp of water or milk for each cup of stiff consistency icing (5 tsp of water or milk for a full recipe) Mix until blended.&lt;br /&gt;
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Use the same test as of stiff consistency.&lt;br /&gt;
the spatula will fall over when you jiggle the cup.&lt;br /&gt;
When making thin consistency icing for writing and printing, add 1/2 tsp of Piping Gel per cup of thin consistency icing. It will add stretch to the icing to make writing and printing easier.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/754831286932876712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/11/buttercream-icing.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/754831286932876712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/754831286932876712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/11/buttercream-icing.html' title='Buttercream  icing'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzocMKpatVaQHnhqEsDruGHzWP7k5NS6ePqWUi196pT2uRBL-o2h_XjF_MhKcLD5M621Nhb-PhACh6o1cj5naW0Yap-wmhw8zuqbtieP3YppO3OebjZk6wyFA9HLZGVCih_ADS0hvUY2w/s72-c/PIcs+in+the+USA+124.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943358490068770571.post-364676361571641963</id><published>2010-11-20T16:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-20T16:57:28.194-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Peanut butter cupcakes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aZsh409we2s3oI6uLI1ABt5j43zYfUimhMyxo2nyLAR26JGreKLH8lVdI26uwSboOC34n4q7mHCUZgw2Um_eDYKbDOgcXHc9RguLYU6ZdgMEnYFIZ4FwVvjj1b8ANJ0S9gFepZCnY06J/s1600/PIcs+in+the+USA+136.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; ox=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aZsh409we2s3oI6uLI1ABt5j43zYfUimhMyxo2nyLAR26JGreKLH8lVdI26uwSboOC34n4q7mHCUZgw2Um_eDYKbDOgcXHc9RguLYU6ZdgMEnYFIZ4FwVvjj1b8ANJ0S9gFepZCnY06J/s320/PIcs+in+the+USA+136.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Peanut butter???I am not fan of it...I bought peanut butter last week its because I wanted to bake &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1290300548_0&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;&quot;&gt;peanut butter cookies&lt;/span&gt; but today while enjoying my day off....I was thinking&amp;nbsp;to try&amp;nbsp;baking peanut butter&amp;nbsp;cupcakes. I used my basic cupcakes recipe and just add some other stuff to make it healthier and tastier.&lt;br /&gt;
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By this recipe, you can bake 24 delicious cupcakes...&lt;br /&gt;
2 cups &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1290300548_2&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;&quot;&gt;brown sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 cup butter&lt;br /&gt;
1 &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1290300548_3&quot;&gt;cup peanut butter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 eggs&lt;br /&gt;
1 1/2 cups milk&lt;br /&gt;
1 tsp. vanilla&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;nbsp;cups all-purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 whole wheat flour&lt;br /&gt;
1 tsp.baking soda&lt;br /&gt;
2 tsp. lemon juice&lt;br /&gt;
a pinch of salt.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Directions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Mix together &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1290300548_4&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dceeff; border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; color: black; cursor: hand;&quot;&gt;brown sugar&lt;/span&gt;, butter, peanut butter, eggs, milk and vanilla using hand or stand mixer.&lt;br /&gt;
In another bowl combine all the sifted dry ingredients and pour into the butter mixture.&lt;br /&gt;
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Spoon batter into prepared pan, filling two-thirds full. Bake in 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees or until lightly golden. Transfer muffin-pan cups to a wire rack to cool slightly.&lt;br /&gt;
Frost it with butter cream and serve.&lt;br /&gt;
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Enjoy and have fun</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/feeds/364676361571641963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/11/peanut-butter-cupcakes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/364676361571641963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/943358490068770571/posts/default/364676361571641963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lovinsweettreats.blogspot.com/2010/11/peanut-butter-cupcakes.html' title='Peanut butter cupcakes'/><author><name>&quot;Lovin&#39;sweettreats&quot;</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09529911054503936218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aZsh409we2s3oI6uLI1ABt5j43zYfUimhMyxo2nyLAR26JGreKLH8lVdI26uwSboOC34n4q7mHCUZgw2Um_eDYKbDOgcXHc9RguLYU6ZdgMEnYFIZ4FwVvjj1b8ANJ0S9gFepZCnY06J/s72-c/PIcs+in+the+USA+136.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>