Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Brown Sugar Bundt Cake


Ingredients
  • 1-1/2 cups butter, softened
  • 2 cups light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 5 large eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 – 8 ounce bag of toffee bits
  • 1 cup pecans, chopped
  • 1 recipe CARAMEL DRIZZLE

  • Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  2. Spray a 12 cup Bundt pan with nonstick baking spray with flour. Set aside.
  3. Beat the butter until creamy. Add sugars, beating until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture in thirds, alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat until just combined. Stir in toffee bits and pecans.
  4. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
  5. Bake until a wood pick inserted near the center of cake comes out clean, 75 to 85 minutes.
  6. Cover top of cake with foil to prevent excess browning if necessary.
  7. Let cake cool in pan for 30 minutes.
  8. Remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack. NOTE: Don’t freak out if some of the cake sticks. Mine did too. It’s because this cake is so moist. GOOD NEWS! We get to cover all the imperfections with yummy caramel!
  9. Spoon Caramel Drizzle over cooled cake.
Caramel Drizzle:
Ingredients
  • 1 - 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. In a medium saucepan, combine condensed milk and brown sugar; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, whisking constantly.
  2. Reduce heat, and SIMMER for 5 minutes, whisking constantly.
  3. Remove from heat; whisk in butter and vanilla.
  4. NOTE: Make sure you drizzle the caramel while it's still HOT. When cooled the caramel does somewhat harden.
Notes
This recipe is from The Taste of the South’s Southern Cakes Magazine.


Monday, August 18, 2014

1/2 a recipe


Cherry Limeaid Float



Ingredients
  • 1/4 lime
  • 10 maraschino cherries
  • 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
  • Juice from half a lime
  • 2 Tbsp maraschino cherry juice
  • Limeade to fill the glass, about 1 cup
Instructions
  1. Layer ingredients in a glass and enjoy! Top with whipped cream and garnish wit a lime slice and cherries, if desired top with whipping cream.

Twix Mousse Brownies




INGREDIENTS
Brownies
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1⅓ cup flour
Shortbread Truffle Layer
  • 1 (10 oz.) box Lorna Doone's Shortbread Cookies
  • 6 oz. cream cheese, softened
  • ½ cup sugar
Caramel Layer
  • 14 oz. bag of caramel cubes, unwrapped
  • 2 Tablespoons milk
Chocolate Layer
  • 1½ cups milk chocolate chips
  • ½ cup semi-sweet milk chocolate chips
  • 1 Tablespoon shortening
INSTRUCTIONS
Brownies
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Cream butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl. Add vanilla and eggs and mix well. Add salt, cocoa powder and flour and stir to well combine. Do not over mix.
  3. Pour into a greased 9x13 inch pan.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees F for 22-25 minutes.
Shortbread Truffle Layer
  1. Place cookies in a food processor until fine powder. Mash in cream cheese and sugar until mixture is well combined.
  2. Gently press shortbread truffle evenly over cooled brownies.
Caramel Layer
  1. Place caramel cubes and milk in a medium microwave safe bowl. Microwave in 30 second increments until melted, stirring in between each increment until melted and smooth.
  2. Evenly pour over shortbread truffle layer.
  3. Place in fridge to let it cool.
Chocolate Layer
  1. Combine chocolate chips and shortening together in a medium microwave safe bowl. Microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between each increment until melted and smooth.
  2. Evenly spread over the top of cooled caramel layer.
  3. Let set up in fridge before cutting into.