Praline Pumpkin Torte

This cake was a little time consuming but oh so very, very good.

You start off by making the Praline which was very simple to make 4 ingrediants and then you pour it in a pan and let it cool while you work on the cake part of things. After that is done you have to carefully spoon the batter over the brown sugar mixture (or Praline). and then bake it for the normal cake time 30-35 min. or until toothpick near center comes out clean. let it cool in pan for 5 min. and then remove from the pan to let it cool completely. The picture to the left shows the first two steps being done. Can't you smell it already, oh that looks so good. Just bloging about it makes me want to make another right now. OK must use control.

Step three: The topping was very light tasting and added to the cakes flavor. It wasn't very hard to make either. Heavy whipping cream, confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract and a few chopped pecans.

After everything is all cooled off you frost it and put the one layer on top of the other and hope it doesn't fall. haha! It is a very tall cake once you are done. My cake holder could bearly close on top of it. I actually squished just a little of the topping, but not too bad.

The only thing I would do different the next time around would be to double the praline topping. It was so good. My husband and I both would have liked more of it.

I think this cake is my favorite so far and I can't wait to try the new modifaction next time. I'm also thinking that even though this is pumpkin and tends to be a winter/fall thing I will be making this one again no matter what time of year it is. Yummy.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Dessert

I made this cheese cake in November before Thanksgiving. This is probably the 4th cheese cake I made and It was very tasty. I did however double the crust recipe. I never feel like they have enough crust. Do your own thing but for me I like a thicker crust. I put all the ingredients in my food processor and hit the button that was so much easier then the other way I was doing it. I will say this the bottom is a little spice heavy but with the pumpkin filling I think it blended very well. It called for Cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Oh I also don't want to take credit for the food processor idea, I got that from a friend. Thank you friend.

The recipe also called for a tart pan which I did not have so I used a spring foam pan instead, which with the double crust it turned out fine.

My husband isn't much of a cheesecake person but he really enjoyed this one. He said I could make this one again anytime. It was very simple to make. I like easy.

Doll Cake

This one isn't in my cookbook, but I did use the frosting recipe out of it.

I made this cake for a friend whose daughter was turning 6. I was a little nervous, OK, OK, I was a lot nervous but I think it turned out very well.

I used the Vanilla butter cream Frosting recipe, which was very sweet for my taste. I added the coloring in the mixing bowl to make it easier to mix, since it was all going to be the same color. It worked out pretty good but I did have to scrap the bowl a few time to make sure all the color was mixed and I put it on high speed to make sure it got all the frosting mixed well. I also made the frosting a little bit on the thick side, because I was using it for the flowers on the dress.

I had fun trying to figure out how to do the flowers. I went on youtube and found a great video from a chef who also used butter cream frosting for her flowers. You do have to leave them out at least a day so they can harden and then put them on wax paper so it's easier to get out when you need them.

Once they are hard use your cake spatula to take them off and then carefully apply them where you want them. I only had 2 break on me which I didn't think was to bad.

The dolls hair was a little crazy, next time I will play with the dolls hair a little bit more and try some different styles. I did use the pix that was in the kit, but if you want to use a barbie doll you will have to figure out how to make a taller cake or try to cut barbie off at the legs. lol!!!

Next time I may try fondet, we will see.

Cool Lime Cheesecake

Made this for a get together at church. I think this has been the 2nd cheese cake I have ever made and the first time I have ever used a springform pan. It came out alright. There was a lady there that has made a lot of cheesecakes so I was welcoming her advice, which she had.

It could have used more graham cracker crust then the recipe called for and an easy way to crush up the crust is put it in your food processor and then add the sugar and butter and walla it's done. EASY! If you don't have a processor then you can put them in a Gallon size zip lock and grab a rolling pin and do it that way, which is the way I did it. This was still easier then grabbing a cup of some sort and banging on it, although... this way will help take any stress out if you have any that day.

It needed a thicker bottom and side don't forget to modify your butter and sugar as well.

The cake part it's self was lime tasting for sure, which was refreshing and would be good for the summer time.

I will do this one again with the modifications and see how it turns out.

Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes

Yummy but a little dry too. The best part was the miniature peanut butter cup in the middle of the frosting. I did use Natural peanut butter so I wonder if that might have made it a little drier???? Don't know. I found myself wanting to hurry up and get to the peanut butter cup. :) I might try it again with non-natural peanut butter but if it still comes out to dry I may try to find a different recipe for a peanut butter cupcake part. All in all it was still good going down, with a big glass of milk.

Frosted Spice Cake

I made this cake for my small group one night, they liked it a lot. One of the little girls that comes to our group is allergic to Milk and eggs and other stuff, the best part about this cake was she was able to eat it. That made me so happy and even happier when she liked it to.

It was very easy to make. I was a little shocked when this recipe called for NO Milk and NO eggs. I read it twice when I saw that I was suppose to put 2 Tbs. of White Vinegar. Yup you read me right. 2 Tbs. of White Vinegar.

The frosting was really simple to. Store bought Whipped Vanilla Frosting and then you add the rest of your cinnamon, stir well and walla, it's done.

This cake was very moist and very light tasting you could easily eat two or three pieces and not think you had much, which can be dangerous...

This recipe also stood up to it's name 'Spice' With 1/2 tsp of ground cloves and nutmeg and 1 1/8tsp of cinnamon it made it a spice cake for sure, but yummy. I will make this again for sure.

Super Behind

To many excuses as to why I don't have any new entryies. However I have baked a lot since my last entry. Not a lot of pictures but plenty of info.

Sorry.