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Feel free to suggest additions in the comment section. Hope you can follow along on this kitchen adventure!
Jessica
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Pistachio Cake with Honey Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Family in town = guinea pigs for first attempt at layered cake and homemade frosting.
I choose to make a Pistachio Cake with Honey Vanilla Buttercream Frosting as a dessert to a pizza party attended by my parents and aunt and uncle. I made the cake on Friday night. Then I made the frosting and assembled it Saturday to be ready for every one's arrival.
I have to say I was pleased with my first attempt. I modified the recipe from Pink Parsley Catering from a 3 layer to a 2 layer (mostly because I only had 2 8-inch cake rounds). That adaptation in combination with an egg white mishap led to cake to be a little on the dense side. But the frosting! Oh the frosting! Thank goodness for the frosting! It definitely saved the cake and was super delicious!
For the recipe check out: Josie at Pink Parsley Catering
For my pictures, look below:
Jessica
I choose to make a Pistachio Cake with Honey Vanilla Buttercream Frosting as a dessert to a pizza party attended by my parents and aunt and uncle. I made the cake on Friday night. Then I made the frosting and assembled it Saturday to be ready for every one's arrival.
I have to say I was pleased with my first attempt. I modified the recipe from Pink Parsley Catering from a 3 layer to a 2 layer (mostly because I only had 2 8-inch cake rounds). That adaptation in combination with an egg white mishap led to cake to be a little on the dense side. But the frosting! Oh the frosting! Thank goodness for the frosting! It definitely saved the cake and was super delicious!
For the recipe check out: Josie at Pink Parsley Catering
For my pictures, look below:
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Stay tuned for more updates!
Jessica
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Mardi Gras King Cake
This year I made a New Orleans King Cake for Fat Tuesday. What is a king cake you ask?
A king cake takes its name from the biblical three kings. Catholic tradition states that their journey to Bethlehem took twelve days and that they arrived to honor the Christ Child. The season for king cake extends from the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas to Mardi Gras day. Some organizations or groups of friends may have "king cake parties" every week through the season.
The king cake of the New Orleans Mardi Gras tradition comes in a number of styles. The most simple, said to be the most traditional, is a ring of twisted bread topped with icing or sugar, usually colored purple, green, and gold (the traditional Mardi Gras colors). New Orleans king cakes are traditionally deep-fat-fried and in more recent years come with a filling.
Most everyone is familiar with the tradition of the hidden trinket - a small baby for the New Orleans style. It is said that whoever finds the baby in the cake is responsible for hosting next year's King Cake party.
For my King Cake, I decided to make a cinnamon roll type cake filled with brown sugar, cinnamon, golden raisins, pecans, and melted butter. I covered the top with a glaze made from confectioner's sugar and topped it off with Mardi Gras colored sprinkles. The recipe for the cake dough came from my friend Rhonda at work.
Here are some pictures:
I will definitely be making this again - it was great for breakfast this morning!
Jessica
A king cake takes its name from the biblical three kings. Catholic tradition states that their journey to Bethlehem took twelve days and that they arrived to honor the Christ Child. The season for king cake extends from the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas to Mardi Gras day. Some organizations or groups of friends may have "king cake parties" every week through the season.
The king cake of the New Orleans Mardi Gras tradition comes in a number of styles. The most simple, said to be the most traditional, is a ring of twisted bread topped with icing or sugar, usually colored purple, green, and gold (the traditional Mardi Gras colors). New Orleans king cakes are traditionally deep-fat-fried and in more recent years come with a filling.
Most everyone is familiar with the tradition of the hidden trinket - a small baby for the New Orleans style. It is said that whoever finds the baby in the cake is responsible for hosting next year's King Cake party.
For my King Cake, I decided to make a cinnamon roll type cake filled with brown sugar, cinnamon, golden raisins, pecans, and melted butter. I covered the top with a glaze made from confectioner's sugar and topped it off with Mardi Gras colored sprinkles. The recipe for the cake dough came from my friend Rhonda at work.
Here are some pictures:
I will definitely be making this again - it was great for breakfast this morning!
Jessica
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Cookie Challenge
Hi Everyone!
My apologies for the delay in posting. I've been busy with work, reading, and marking new recipes to try. A few weeks ago I participated in a Baker's Challenge at work. Bakers were asked to submit cookies / treats in a variety of categories:
* Chocolate Chip
* Peanut Butter
* Oatmeal
* Shortbread
* Best family recipe
* Cupcake
* Best decorated cake
I'm pleased to announce I won both the Peanut Butter and the Shortbread categories with recipes featured on this blog! White Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel and Margarita Shortbread are award winning recipes.
Hope you have time to bake these for yourself as well.
Jessica
My apologies for the delay in posting. I've been busy with work, reading, and marking new recipes to try. A few weeks ago I participated in a Baker's Challenge at work. Bakers were asked to submit cookies / treats in a variety of categories:
* Chocolate Chip
* Peanut Butter
* Oatmeal
* Shortbread
* Best family recipe
* Cupcake
* Best decorated cake
I'm pleased to announce I won both the Peanut Butter and the Shortbread categories with recipes featured on this blog! White Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel and Margarita Shortbread are award winning recipes.
Hope you have time to bake these for yourself as well.
Jessica
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