Best tasting, easiest to work with cake for fondant cake recipes. My most used recipe for the base of a cake decorated with fondant. CAKE FOR FONDANT RECIPE This is my standard, most used, best recipe for the base of a cake decorated with fondant icing. I tried a lot of them when I started working with fondant and there was always something not quite to my liking: the cakes were either too dry or too sweet, they would crumble too much, they would not be sturdy enough and so on. That until I discovered this particular cake for fondant decorating. It is so easy and quick to make, absolutely no trouble, it tastes great and will leave you with enough patience and energy to deal with the really complicated part of the process: the actual fondant decorating of the cake. BEST CAKE FOR FONDANT DECORATING The taste of this fondant suitable cake is very good but pretty neutral, meaning that you can fill it with just about anything you like, without worrying that the flavors won't go well together. Can I change the flavor of the fondant cake recipe? Yes, you can, the main ingredients...
How to make cherry butter using a glut of sweet cherries. CHERRY BUTTER RECIPE This cherry butter recipe is THE recipe for using tons of sweet cherries. If you happen to have a cherry tree in the garden or a nice neighbor, who has one. Otherwise, you might want to look for something else to do with cherries, as making cherry butter using a small amount of cherries is not worth the time you invest in it and buying cherries to make cherry butter can become an expensive business. But if you do have access to lots of sweet cherries, this cherry butter is probably the most delicious you can do with them in ways of preserving. An incredibly flavorful, smooth, deep colored cherry butter, perfect to put on your toast in the morning, to mix with yogurt for a quick dessert or snack, to use as a topping for semolina or rice pudding, to use in cakes or to make presents of. You can make fruit butter using an array of fruits. I make cherry butter almost every year (depending on how many cherries there are in our tree – usually more than I...
How to make scrambled eggs on toast, a high in protein, healthy and delicious breakfast. You won't be tempted to skip the most important meal of the day with these scrambled eggs on toast! A few sliced tomatoes or cucumbers on the side and your body will receive everything it needs to start the day. SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST RECIPE Pretty much anyone has its own method of making scrambled eggs. It is an easy to make dish, using just a couple of ingredients and taking only minutes to make from start to finish. The perfect dish for breakfast, when you don't have a lot of time but still need something real on your plate to get you started. My grandmother's method, for instance, was to heat (rather a lot) of sunflower oil in a small (red) saucepan, break the eggs directly in the pan, add salt and pepper and scramble the eggs vigorously with a fork for a very short time. The pan was not non-stick, so using a fork in the pan was allowed. The result was a fluffy and delicious plate of scrambled eggs, where you could still recognize the yolks and the...
Medium rare beef tagliata recipe or Italian sliced steak served with pan fried tomatoes. WHAT IS BEEF TAGLIATA? Tagliata is the Italian term for sliced steak, coming from the verb tagliare - to cut. Tagliata di manzo or beef tagliata is a famous Italian second course (secondo piatto) consisting of a quickly pan fried or grilled beef steak, cut into rather thin, oblique slices. Tagliata should be cooked rare or medium rare, it should have a slight crust and it should be still rather red/ deep pink inside. An overcooked tagliata is no joy, try to leave it at least medium. I know a lot of people, who always order (or cook themselves) their steaks well-done, out of fear of the red interior. In the end they are all complaining about the chef in the restaurant or the poor quality of the meat, not realizing that it was their wish that got them a tough piece of meat and not the chef's insufficient skills... Not fair for the cook or for the meat! WHAT MEAT TO USE FOR TAGLIATA OR ITALIAN STEAK? There are several cuts of beef you can use to make a good tagliata....
How to make mint syrup with fresh mint and lemon. HOW TO MAKE MINT SYRUP I do like making syrup from time to time and not only mint syrup. Proof are these wonderful Homemade Elderflower Syrup or this Rhubarb Peel Syrup. We use it not only for drinking it plain with water and ice cubes, but also for moistening and flavoring cake bases, for adding to cake fillings or for making cocktails or long drinks. And OK, I had to google to find out the difference between a cocktail and a long drink and in case you are interested a cocktail is a mix made out of at least two alcoholic drinks + something else, while a long drink is an alcoholic drink (can be a large cocktail too), which has to contain at least 140 ml and up to 250 ml liquid. Very important to know!!! :) :) MINT SIMPLE SYRUP And because I am in an inquisitive mood this morning I googled the difference between syrup and sirup again. I did that a few years ago while writing the post for the Elderflower Syrup, but I had forgotten what I had learned, so I've...
Learn how to make the best, easiest and healthiest yogurt salad dressing there is! It only takes 5 minutes. Forget all the bottled salad dressings, full of weird things that you don't actually want to eat. To make this yogurt dressing takes about 5 minutes, it tastes better than any dressing you could possible buy, it is healthy and clean, low-fat, low-sugar and versatile. All the good "healthy words" used to describe a recipe. But don't let those healthy words worry you, this yogurt dressing for salad is so delicious and satisfying, you won't even think you are being so healthy with it... You can use this basic yogurt dressing for just about any kind of salad: leafy salad, cucumbers, broccoli or other veggie salad. You can even eat this as a dip, on top of hot cooked potatoes or in a chicken/vegetable wrap for instance. HOW TO MAKE A BASIC YOGURT DRESSING This is a basic recipe for a yogurt salad dressing, I start here everytime I make it, but sometimes I change it slightly depending on the kind of salad I have, on my mood or whatever. You can enhance it by adding one...
How to bake chicken leg quarters in the oven. Tender and crispy roasted chicken leg quarters, a budget friendly and delicious family meal. BAKED CHICKEN LEG QUARTERS Chicken legs or chicken leg quarters are our favorite cut of chicken. And roasted chicken leg quarters are our favorite way to eat them. We love chicken breast too and I try to buy and use a whole chicken whenever possible, but truth is, when it comes to cutting a whole roasted chicken, everyone seems to want to have the thighs or the drumsticks... So, very often I buy only the legs or chicken leg quarters, just to make sure that everyone is happy. Chicken leg quarters are also the most affordable cuts of chicken. They are less sensitive than chicken breast, so less prone to become dry when cooked and have more meat on them than chicken wings, so you will not have to buy so many to get your family satisfied. You really cannot go wrong with chicken leg quarters! And a meal of roasted chicken leg quarters is one of the best meals I can think of. Chicken leg quarters are also incredibly versatile, I must...
How to make your own breadcrumbs, fresh or dried, with or without a food processor. Recipe for homemade Italian breadcrumbs included. How to make breadcrumbs at home? Did you ever make your own breadcrumbs? I do it all the time, I think I haven't bought any store breadcrumbs in years. Well, except the panko breadcrumbs, they are something else. But when it comes to regular dried or fresh breadcrumbs, I never bother to buy any. Not that they are not good, I would always used to buy them at the baker's, made only from bread and free from preservatives. And not that they are expensive either, breadcrumbs are always very cheap. But we eat a lot of bread and we often have some bits and ends of stale bread lying around. We are not very particular generally, if the bread is a few days old, we toast and eat it and it is perfect. But still, there are times when I either bought too much bread or we ate something else that didn't require bread for dinner or whatever. There are always times when you just have too much bread. So, that's teh time for homemade breadcrumbs, I would never...
A basic recipe for roasted shoulder of lamb. You will only need the lamb shoulder, salt and pepper. Seriously, roasting a lamb shoulder could not get any easier. This is a one ingredient recipe, not counting the salt and pepper, which guarantees perfect results and gives you the freedom of choosing any kind of sides you can think of to go with the slow cooked lamb shoulder. Roasted shoulder of lamb recipe I don't even know what to write about this lamb shoulder recipe... It is so easy, so basic, so straightforward, that there just aren't many words I can think of writing about it. No intricate instructions, no caution words, nothing... Just the shoulder of lamb, some salt and pepper, an oven and about 3 hours cooking time. And the results are just wonderful, if you ask me. Actually, although I have cooked lamb in the oven in countless ways over the years, I keep coming back to this basic recipe. I mean, it is so simple, I don't have to do anything in advance or before getting the shoulder of lamb in the oven, I just put it in and wait for it to be ready. Fall off...
How to make crystallized pineapple or candied pineapple, this recipe makes a nice and inexpensive homemade gift. CANDIED PINEAPPLE Looking for a homemade gift for Christmas? How about some candied pineapple or crystallized pineapple? A decadent sweet delight, this pineapple candy is sure to satisfy any sweet tooth out there. Christmas is approaching fast and I am still some gifts short. I bought lots of stuff for all the important people in my life, but there are still some extras that I would liketo make. First of all, every member of my family will receive a pair of thick woolen socks (added to the regular gifts), I have started knitting for these Christmas socks months ago. I am still two pairs short, but as they are children socks, I hope I will finish them in time. I must finish them in time! Otherwise, I am making cookies, wrapping them nicely and putting them under the Christmas tree, jams and other preserved things for friends and this homemade pineapple candy. This is actually a recipe I made with Harry Potter in mind, better said Professor Horace Slughorn. The professor is a lover of good things, loves...
