Received Blue Ribbon at the 1999 Pima County Fair. Yellow cake, homemade butterscotch & toasted coconut added to tapioca bavarian creme. Decorated with non-dairy whipped topping & butterscotch drizzle.
Chocolate Truffle Ganache
Chocolate cake filled with a thin layer of raspberry fruit filling & whipped ganache. Cake coated with poured chocolate ganache & topped with chocolate shavings & raspberry truffles.
Black Forest
Chocolate cake with a layer of home cooked cherry fruit fillling & chocolate whipped icing. Covered & decorated with whipped icing. Topped with maraschino cherries & chocolate shavings. Sides coated with chocolate shavings, too.
Hungarian Dobos Torte
Six-layer almond sponge cake brushed with Frangelico sugar syrup. Filled & decorated with chocolate buttercream. Topped with triangle caramel wedges.
White Chocolate Supreme
White chocolate cake brushed with Grand Marnier liqueur, filled wiht a thin layer of apricot fruit fillling & white chocolate creme. Decorated with non-dairy whipped icing, white chocolate ganache drizzle, & white chocolate shavings on top.
Hazelnut Delight
Hazelnut cake filled with hazelnut-Frangelico liqueur bavarian creme & a thin layer chocolate ganache. Decorated with non-dairy whipped icing & topped with toasted hazelnuts on dollops of icing.& chocolate shavings.
Spray cooking spray on your knife to chopped dried fruit, dates, fruit twists,
licorice, etc.
Save butter wrappers in a ziploc bag and store in freezer. Use them when a recipe calls for 'buttered' pan.
Baking cookie bars, brownies, etc., in a foiled lined pan, turn the pan upside down and place the foil on top and shape to all corners and edges.
Remove the foil 'mold' & turn pan right side up then insert the foil inside.
An easy way to tell if an egg is fresh is to place the egg in its shell in a bowl or wide glass of tap water. If the egg lies flat on the bottom, it has a small air cell and is quite fresh. If the egg stands up and bobs on the bottom, it has a larger air cell and is not as fresh. If the egg floats to the top, look out! The egg may be rotten.
Spray your measuring cup with cooking spray before measuring your peanut butter for easy scooping. The measuring cup can also be very lightly brushed with oil to have the same effect.
Place a piece of saran wrap big enough to cover your measuring cup to measure shortening. Take the shortening in the cup upside down into your bowl and remove the plastic.
