Phyllo Pumpkin Roll Ups
Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Pie on Sunday, April 02, 2017
This is a great way to make pumpkin pie fit in the palm of your hand.
Stuff by Tammy
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Lemon Layer Cake
Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017
This is another recipe that my students make all the time. But I very often don't have a camera in the classroom.
Regular Chocolate Cake
Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017
Yield: full slab, three 9×13 pans or 6 dozen cupcakes
Ingredients
6 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups margarine
1 1/2 cups cocoa
3 cups coffee (you can use instant coffee, make sure you dissolve it fully first)
6 cups flour
6 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 cups sour milk (sour milk = 3 cups regular milk + 3 Tbsp lemon juice)
6 eggs
Directions
- Cream together sugar & margarine
- Whisk together cocoa & coffee then add to the margarine mixture
- In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda & salt. Then add to the previous mixture (this will become very thick).
- Add in sour milk & eggs a little at a time until combined. DO NOT OVERMIX.
- Pour your cake batter into prepared cake pans (greased and floured or parchment paper)
- Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
Red Velvet Cake
Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
2 Tablespoons unsweetened, cocoa powder
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil or canola
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1-2 oz. red food coloring, depends how deep you want the color
1 teaspoon of white distilled vinegar
1/2 cup of prepared plain hot coffee (don't skip this ingredient)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the sugar and vegetable oil.
- Mix in the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and red food coloring until combined.
- Stir in the coffee and white vinegar.
- Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients a little at time, mixing after each addition, just until combined.
- Generously grease and flour two round, 9 inch cake pans with shortening and flour.
- Pour the batter evenly into each pan.
- Bake in the middle rack for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Do not over bake as cake will continue to cook as it cools.
- Let pans cool on a cooling rack until the pans are warm to the touch.
- Slide a knife or offset spatula around the inside of the pans to loosen the cake from the pan.
- Remove the cakes from the pan and let them cool.
- Frost the cake with Cream Cheese Frosting when the cakes have cooled completely.
- You can also use the batter from this recipe for Red Velvet Cheesecake Squares
Individual Pastry Wrapped Apples
Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Pie on Sunday, April 02, 2017
Ingredients
Apples peeled and cored
2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans (optional)
Pie crust pastry
Directions
- Mix sugar & spices together.
- Roll out your pie crust and place peeled, cored apple in the center
- Fill the core hole with your sugar mixture
- Pull the pastry around the apple and tuck it nice & tight around the apple leaving a vent hole at the top.
- Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Serve hot with whipped cream and ice cream.
