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Cupcakes where first brought to the U.S. in the 19th century.
They are called Fairy Cakes in Britain. They were first cooked in a tin or an aluminum cup way before being baked
in cupcake liners. Cupcakes were easier and quicker to bake than a full sized cake which often burned before it was finished cooking.
Some may consider cupcakes the ULTIMATE finger food. Eat your cupcake and trash the paper cup liner.
Cupcakes are also know as 1234 cakes, or numbers cake.
This refers to the first cupcake recipe. 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, and 4 eggs. Just like a pound cake is a pound each. People often think the cupcake is name after the paper cup it is served in. When actually it is actually, cup cake. Again, like the pound cake, its about the measurement. Cup cakes are by the cup and a pound cake is done by the pound.
Soon we will address the cooking containers used to bake a “cup cake”, recipes, and toppings:
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Treasured Valentine Recipes to Share With Your Little Ones
Sweet for the sweet is the theme of Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is the best time to spend the day in the kitchen creating time honored snacks with the little ones.
White chocolate with dark chocolate swirls will be a wonderful treat for a Valentine Day dessert buffet. Kids like chocolate and strawberries. The combination makes for a yummy and fun activity.
Red Strawberries & White chocolate fondue
Ingredients:
* 1 cup whipping cream
* 10 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
* 2 oz white chocolate, chopped
* Fruit to fresh strawberries, sliced bananas, orange
* Sara Lee Pound cake cubed
Instructions:
1. Pour the whipping cream into a small saucepan
place over medium heat.
2. Bring cream just to a simmer
3. Remove from heat.
4. Add the semisweet chocolate and stir until chocolate is melted and smooth.
5.Transfer mixture to a small ceramic fondue pot over a tea light candle.
6.Sprinkle the chopped white chocolate over the dark chocolate mixture.
7.Let stand for a minute or two to allow it to melt
8. Gently run a spoon through the mixture two or three times, just until marbled.
9. Serve with strawberries, and other fresh fruit and chunks of cake for dipping.
Valentine Day Cupcakes
A special treat to serve on Valentine’s Day
INGREDIENTS:
* Red Velvet Cake Mix
* Cream Cheese Frosting
* Cinnamon Hearts
* Heart shaped cake molds
Instructions:
1. Make your cupcake batter according to the package directions
2. Pour into cupcake cups in the cupcake pan.
3. Frost and decorate with cinnamon hearts.
These cookies are so easy, even the tiniest of helpers can participate in the excitement. Quick assembly and cooling is all that is required.
Valentine Day Cookies
Ingredients:
* 1 box Vanilla wafer cookies
* 1 pkg. Round pretzels
* 1 bag of Hershey’s Kisses
* 1 box Candy hearts
* 1 8oz Valentine M&M candies
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
2. Place vanilla wafer cookies 1-inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Set a Hershey’s chocolate Kiss on the center of each cookie.
4. Bake at 200 degrees for 5 minutes.
5. Remove from oven and gently press an M&M candy or a candy heart into the center of the softened Hershey’s Kiss.
Allow to cool completely to let the chocolate harden again. You can cool in the refrigerator, but the chocolate will soften again after coming out of the refrigerator. Just allow them to sit long enough to harden up again.
Valentine Day PRETZELS
Place pretzels 1-inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Place a Hershey’s chocolate Kiss in the center of each pretzel and bake for 5 minutes.
Remove from the oven and gently press an M&M candy or candy heart into the center of the softened chocolate.
When pushing down you may want to wiggle the chocolate around a little to fill in any gaps between the chocolate and the pretzel. This will help the chocolate adhere to the pretzel. Allow to cool completely.
Next time you are looking for Valentine’s Day recipes or any day you want to make something special with or for your children, pull out these recipes and give them a try.
Five Helpful Kitchen Supplies for Baking a Dessert
If your family is like most families, dessert items are among the favorite foods available. In most cases, long gone are the days when mom could spend all day in the kitchen, turning out homemade pies, cakes and cookies to satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth. That does not mean that you have to resort to store-bought cookies and cakes. The following cooking accessories can make baking desserts a breeze.
1. Nuwave Oven
Try a new way of cooking with the Nuwave Oven. This slick countertop oven combines infrared, convection and conventional heating technology to cook foods up to 50% faster. You do not have to preheat the oven and it is capable of baking cakes, cookies, and brownies. Everything turns out delicious and moist in half the time it usually takes to bake a particular dessert. You get a lot more than just baking with the Nuwave Oven because it also roasts, broils, and dehydrates. Once you start baking with the Nuwave Oven, you should be amazed at everything you can do with it.
2. Section Pans
These nifty pans are about the neatest new gadget you can find anywhere. The microwave, freezer, and dishwasher pans are designed to bake edible bowls. Just pour in cake batter and pop them in the oven, and outcome shortcake or pound cake bowls just waiting to be filled with fresh berries, pudding, whipped cream, and ice cream. They are available in two sizes. These are a two-section pan that makes two five-inch diameter bowls and a six-section pan that makes six three-inch diameter bowls. It is a novel and delicious way to serve up dessert to your family.
3. Loaf and Brownie Pans
The unique brownie pan design features a non-stick insert that bakes your cake or brownies in perfect slices. Just pour the batter into the pan and add the insert before you pop the pan in the oven. The batter should bake in perfect slices so there is no more sticky knives or arguing about who got the biggest piece. The brownie pan makes 18 brownies. The loaf pan makes nine slices, and the pan is dishwasher safe.
Also, if you like chewy edges on your brownies, then there is another brownie pan that you should love. As its name would suggest, this “Brownie Pan” is specially designed in a squared S shape so that every brownie bakes as if it were at the edge of the pan. You can get chewy edges without the gooey center of brownies that never seem to completely cook all the way through.
4. Cookie Press
Remember the old cookie presses that were difficult to use? This updated version of the old-fashioned cookie press should be much less stressful and it can help you make those delicious cooking. It features two barrels. The first barrel is for jumbo cookies and the other is for regular size cookies. There are also a few cookie cutters that allow you to bake cookies in a variety of shapes and sizes. A press of the trigger provides the right amount of cookie dough so that all of your cookies bake evenly. You should not have to worry about cookies that came out crispy due to being thinner than the other cookies while baking.
To go with the cookie press, pick up a 4-tier cooling rack to quadruple your counter space. The collapsible counter rack has four shelves, each of which holds up to ten pounds. That is strong enough to hold a heavy casserole or your mile-high apple pie. It folds down to one inch thick, so that you can easily store it in a cabinet or a drawer. It is ideal for baking days when you are making large batches of cookies.
5. Four Piece Batter Bowl Set
You can never have enough mixing bowls and this batter bowl set has a unique handle and a pouring spout that makes it ideal for mixing cake batter. The 4-quart bowl has a unique pouring spout and easy grip handle to make pouring batter into cupcake tins and cake pans as easy as pouring a glass of milk. No more trying to balance a bulky bowl while scraping out the batter. The easy handle makes it simple. The set includes three smaller mixing bowls and comes in very cool retro bright colors.
Do away with hand-mixing and save money on canned whipped cream with a stylish aluminum cream whipper that uses N20 chargers to pump up to twice the volume into your cream as hand whipping. A half pint of cream whips up enough whipped cream to top many desserts. It also keeps it fresh in the fridge for up to ten days. This allows you to prepare your own whipped cream without worrying about purchasing it at the local grocery store.
Tiffany Jordan is a blogger and freelance writer who writes about baking and cooking accessories, often discussing specific topics such as kitchen supplies.
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