More Tres Leche Cake

I did not center well on the plate. Frosted with homemade whipped cream and smooth out with heated tools.

This is such a popular recipe for me, I get asked to make it all the time. This post has information about where to find the recipe. This cake was made a a pink themed dinner party. It was the first time I did not soak the cake over night, I soaked it the morning of the party. I almost used the whole mixture of condensed and evaporated milk. The cake was just a moist it was almost like a gusher though, you would bite into the cake and then get the milk mixture in your mouth. 

What is tres leches? 3 milks :) it is a great cake recipe once put together. The recipe for the cake it self is not sweet but once you pour on the condensed and evaporate milk layer it with homemade whipped cream and fresh berries it is very sweet. Many people like it because it does make you feel weighed down. 

Now my favorite thing is homemade WHIPPED CREAM!! you will never love any other cream the same way. The only reason I used the canned stuff because if come in low fat variations but when i bake for other heavy whipping cream, 1 cup of sugar and vanillla!!! Try messing around with other extracts as well :) Keep the adventure going. 

See all of the milky-ness 

Strawberry Bread

Very Yummy!

I was in a strawberry pickle...we had too many strawberries left over! so I was on a mission to find a recipe that used a lot of strawberries, not just a few slices. Strawberry Bread Recipe was my answer. A few modifications I added almost 3 cups of strawberries and if really does need as many as you can put in it. I did not add any nuts, I added a teaspoon of vanilla, and I was light on the addition of cinnamon.  Also I added a brown sugar, flour, butter on top before baking, that really make this a keeper!! 

It took me 50minutes to bake

Great as breakfast or dessert. It is a very moist cake, not very light.

Rose Water, Pound Cake, Whipped Cream, Pudding Filling

What is this you may ask? layers of goodness! I made a rich pound cake in my baking class, I cut it up into little pieces. Made Jello instant pudding following the pie filling instructions which is just 1 cup less of milk. Then made homemade whipped cream with from heavy whipping cream, sugar and ROSE WATER. 

The dish is layered as so pound cake, pudding, sliced strawberries, whipped cream....repeat. 

Decorate with dried roses, pistachios, and chocolate hearts i made

The crazy inside, very good. Rich with a refreshing rose after taste

Tres Leches Cake, again

Well, this recipe is was a hit from my previous post so i made it again in the same color but i decide to make it THREE layers. Very scary but it held up well. 

The process

Not perfect but decorated with melted chocolate that i then made fun shapes with and gold candy pieces

THREE layers, whipped cream filling strawberries and blackberries 

Fail

Another tres leches cake, very disappointed i will have to take on a flag cake again. How did this happen, too much liquid food coloring ruined my whipped cream, so lessoned learned. Everyone stick to the gel stuf

Sweet Sliders and Fries!

Would you like a slider and some fries?

They perfect idea for a picnic. Since there are so many steps to this I don't do it from scratch, that would be to time consuming for me.
Sliders: Make yellow cupcakes, i do not use any liners, and just use some pam. After the cook i slice the cupcakes in half. the patty is made from a brownie, not to thick, just use a round cookies cuter. For ketchup, mustard and lettuce i use the same frosting divided up in to there portions dyed with food coloring. I place each color in a zip loc bag, snip a corner and add "condiments". Use a tooth pick to hold it together and it looks cooler.
Fries: snikerdoodle  cookies, I dont get why but a lot of people like snickerdoodles. I made large rounds and slice the cookies when they were still hot from the oven, let them cool then removed from cookie sheet. Ketchup is just red frosting. 

Soft Cookies!!

Are you ready for the softest cookies? 

Cream the butter, white and brown sugar!!

Yeap putting pudding into the mix. I know I say 3.4 oz, i could only find 3.5 oz, close enough, right? 

Nice and fluffy! before adding flour

To flatten or not to flatten? well lets see what happens to the 3 i flattened

no difference between flattened and not but all are nice a fluffy out of the oven, they do flatten as they cool. 

I half the the ORIGINAL RECIPE this gives you about 20 cookies. What are you waiting for make these! 

Ingredients

• 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour and baking soda, set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in the instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips and nuts. Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Edges should be golden brown

Egg cake "pops"

Well I have made Cake Pops before, so yummy for thanksgiving...spice cake mix with cream cheese frosting dipped in chocolate! I decided to make some for easter...what shape to make? Eggs!! well i was being lazy and decided not to dip them just coat the top with chocolate, that created problem number 3, the cakes got a little soggy and they should really be fully dipped so you get crunch on the out side and soft center, it just ruined the whole thing. Problem number 1 was my cake was cooked! how is the bad? i let it brown a little to much so i had to really break it apart. problem number 2 was the icing i made to decorate with was runny!!!

Easter Cake "Pops" semi-fail

 So if you don't know how to make cake pops it is easy get a cake mix, frosting, and chocolate, in my case i use white chocolate

You cook the cake as directed on the package, when hot crumble the cake and mix in the container of frosting. After I mixed it i added the extra sprinkles, why not. Then form in a shape, like eggs. I freeze mine for an hour. Then dip in chocolate, I coated i don't recommend it.  

Coated eggs

Notice my running icing :( so sad, so ugly oh well they still taste good.