This week I have been attending a cooking camp to learn more about this wonderful subject. My Chef, Chef Liz has taught me a lot about cooking and baking, she has a lot of amazing tips. This is a recipe that she taught me to make and I love it. During these hot summer months, stay in, stay cool, go to the pool a lot, but mostly BAKE!! Hope you enjoy!  Sydney<3

Make this recipe as a special treat for a 4th of July picnic!  Use red, white and blue food coloring instead of the rainbow.  Top with a star or a small flag.  Enjoy Independence Day. Nana 🙂 

For the Cupcakes:                                                 For the Frosting:

You Will Need:                                                      3-4 cups powdered sugar

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened                           1/2 cup butter (not softened) 

1 cup superfine sugar                                           1 tbsp. milk 

1 tsp. vanilla extract                                               lemon juice, scant  

5 eggs

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour

3 tsp. baking powder

red, orange, yellow, green and blue food coloring

First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Then, put the flour, and baking powder into a bowl and mix. Next, cream the sugar, vanilla, and butter together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Then, slowly, add in the dry ingredients, still mixing. Mix until light and creamy. Then, separate the batter into five different bowls. Put, about six drops of one of the colors into a bowl and mix until the color is bright and visible. Do the same with each bowl. Spoon a small amount of each color (red, orange, yellow, green, then blue) into each paper-lined cupcake pan. Put these in the oven for 20-30 minutes or until cooked thoroughly. Frost and enjoy!

Sydney<3 and Nana:)      

Hi again bakers,

I wanted to share this awesome recipe with you. It’s a recipe that I feel goes well with coffee or tea. Now this recipe can be done as cupcakes or muffins it really depends on your style. I hope that you know that I love adding things to recipes, so please feel free to add as you go and don’t feel shy to comment your additions. We’d love to hear from you.

 

You Will Need:

1 box of Betty Crocker’s Devil’s Food Cake Mix

1 whole can of Libby’s Canned Pumpkin

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Pour the whole cake mix into a large bowl then, spoon in the pumpkin while mixing. Stick these in the oven for 20-30 minutes or until cooked thoroughly. If you’d like top these with this frosting:

You Will Need:

1/2 cup butter

2 cups of Confectioner’s Sugar

1/8 teaspoon vanilla

With a mixer, mix tell smooth.

Hope you enjoyed,

Sydney<3

Dear bakers,

This is a special recipe that my mom thought of. Now a lot of you probably drink coffee in the morning or at night, or both! This is a special tea that will not only relax you, but it will give you a wonderful “dessert”. Try this and let me know what you think, please feel free to add a comment and let me know if there are any additions that you think would make it better. Thx!

Mocha Peppermint Tea:

You will need:
1 packet of Mighty Leaf Organic Mint Melange Tea
2 tablespoons of Coffee Mate Natural Bliss chocolate coffee creamer
A swirl of Blossom Dark Chocolate Mocha whipped cream (save for on top)

First, heat some water in a glass coffee mug for about one minute and fifteen seconds. Then, place the tea bag in the hot water for maybe 20-30 seconds, take the tea bag out of the mug and squeeze the tea bag out to check for access water. Then, pour 2 tablespoons of coffee creamer into the tea and stir for 10-15 seconds. After that, lastly swirl the whipped cream on top of your tea. There you have it! A wonderful tea dessert made in only 5 minutes.

Happy Steeping,
Sydney<3