In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make her easy and fantastic Buttercream Frosting. This will be demonstrated as a frosting for cookies, but it is appropriate for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, muffins, doughnuts, and just about anything you like spread with a sweet and delicious topping! Ingredients: 16 oz. package confectioners sugar ½ cup butter, softened 3 tablespoons milk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Use an electric mixer on low speed to beat 16 oz. confectioners sugar, ½ cup butter, 3 tablespoons milk, and 2 teaspoons vanilla until well blended and smooth. If the frosting is too thick, add a small amount of milk. If it is not thick enough, add more confectioners sugar. When it is of spreading consistency, it is ready to use. You may refrigerate it until later. When you remove it from the refrigerator, let it stand until it reaches room temperature for easiest handling. This recipe will make approximately 2 ½ cups of frosting.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Sweet 16 Birthday Cake Ideas
A sixteenth birthday is always special. A 16-year-old is a class on his own - he or she is no longer considered a child, but is not an adult quite yet. This makes the planning for the birthday party hard, since you wouldn't want it to look like a children's party, but you don't want it to be too "adult" as well. Here are some sweet 16 birthday cake ideas that you can use.
Since the celebrant is young, color themes should also be young. Cake colors should be light, such as cream, pink, yellow and peach. Light blue shades as well as lilac and lavender may also be used. The colors and cake design must match the theme of the party. A layered fondant cake with pink or peach flower trimmings is ideal for parties with a costume ball theme. Celebrant can look like a princess with a balloon pink gown and tiara, and guests would wear costumes.
Another cake idea for the princess theme is to make small cupcakes and put them in a multi-layered cake stand. Trim them with little flowers made of icing. When arranged well, the cakes would look like little pots of flowers in a flower garden. You can use one color, or mixed pastel shades of pink, yellow and light orange. This cake would also be perfect if the party has a ballerina theme. A fairy theme would also be nice, with guests carrying wands and wearing shimmering pink wings.
With small round cupcakes, put colored frosting on top and arrange them so the cake would look like bubbles or balloons. This would look cute for a children's party theme, where guests can dress up like little kids. Instead of round cupcakes, you can also make square or rectangular ones, and decorate each with colored frosting to make them look like tiny gift boxes. With a little creativity, have fun with a frosting bag and create patterns to simulate gift wrapping paper and ribbons. Or you can decorate them to look like little colored trucks or cars. This cake idea can be used for any party theme.
For large parties, 16 photo cakes can be arranged to make a photo album cake. Photos of the celebrant from age 1 to 16 can be placed on each cake. Wouldn't it be fun for guests to see how the celebrant has grown and changed through the years?
So the next time someone turns sweet 16, finding birthday cake ideas should not be that difficult. You can browse through the internet and find pictures so you can show them to your baker. At this day and age, virtually any cake design is possible. So use your imagination, and be amazed at where it will take you.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Best Sugar Cookie Recipe?
There is nothing like a great sugar cookie recipe. Don't buy the roll of Pillsbury Dough, you can make a superb cookie that will remind you of the days when Grandma made them.
Grandma used to sit by the fire and drink her tea and Grandpa used to sip his coffee made from his French Press, before it was trendy. I loved seeing them sit there enjoying the day. When we walked in the house there were smells coming from the kitchen you just couldn't imagine. The sweet smell of warm sugar cookies invaded your senses. You knew today was going to be a treat.
It was a tradition that we enjoyed every year. The kitchen was filled with flour storms and the counters were sticky from Buttercream frosting. We had tin cookie cutters spread all over the table. I liked the boot best, my sister liked the angel.
Grandma had a special way with those cookies and she handed down the recipe to me. I was to teach my kids how to make these wonderful holiday sweets. It wouldn't be Christmas time without this recipe of Yummy cookies.
I am publishing it because I want you to enjoy the best sugar cookie recipe ever.
Grandma's Favorite Sugar Cookie
1 cup white sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs beaten
1 tsp cream of tarter
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
4 cups flour
½ cup corn oil
Cream the sugars and butter together. Mix the beaten eggs, vanilla and corn oil, in. Add the dry ingredients .Mix all the ingredients well and chill overnight.
Bake at 375 F for 8-10 minutes....DO NOT OVERCOOK.
We used to make the funniest colors to decorate the cookies, most of them looked inedible. They tasted heavenly, though. We figured if we made them look gross enough, the adults would leave them alone. We were wrong. Everyone knew they were Grandma's famous sugar cookies from her handed down recipe book. This page was splattered with all sorts of colors. I have that book now. I love making these cookies with my kids.
Grandma's Favorite Frosting (don't forget the food coloring)
2 cups of powdered sugar
½ cup butter melted
1 ½ T Milk
1 tsp vanilla
Cream sugar, butter and vanilla. Add a small amount of milk (1 to 2 tablespoons). Beat until fluffy. If frosting is too sweet add a little more milk.
Try it this season. Enjoy your family and brew some wonderful tea or coffee and relax. Take the time to make memories with your family or neighbors or friends.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Pound Cake
This is one of my Grandmother's recipes. It's so good :) Pound cake is great in so many ways...just plain, with icing, buttercream frosting or a glaze, with fresh fruit or strawberries and whipped cream. It's perfect for a Baked Alaska, which I will be posting next week :) Bake it in loaf pans or a bundt or tube pan. ENJOY!!!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Buttercream Roses, 3 methods
Facebook: www.facebook.com Link to all my videos: www.youtube.com I thought the music might help soothe the frazzled nerves of the caker who is struggling with those PITN (pain in the neck) roses. I was never fond of making roses, right from the beginning. My consistency would start out stiff but my heater hands would break down the frosting after just one rose. I did what any sensible person would do (sensible meaning 'I like my recipe and am too stubborn to add/subtract anything'), I stopped using the nail and started piping right on the cake. My frosting no longer needed to be stiff, the petals could droop a little but I never needed to worry about it again. Until I wanted to teach a class about it. I got a stick, a nail, and a cookie sheet and got to work. Each method was fine but the nail in particular was still bugging me. I gave up that day, did some praying and got to work the next day. Come to find out, by changing direction (turning the nail clockwise instead of counter-clockwise) and tilting the nail I was finally able to have success. My problem was not being able to focus on everything at once, turning the nail, pressure control, and how to tilt the tip. What worked with the nail also worked with the stick, I tilted the stick away from me. Now the problem was consistency. Roses need to be piped with a stiffer consistency when you're using the nail or stick, otherwise the petals will droop or worse, the rose will fall. Since I AM stubborn with my recipe, the ...
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Buttercream Frosting Recipe
Visit www.creative-party-cupcakes.com for more recipes and cupcake decorating ideas. Learn how to make Vanilla Buttercream Frosting. Easy and delicious frosting recipe. Excellent for cupcake or cake decorating frosting. Can be tinted colors. Light and fluffy, perfect every time.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Cupcake Frosting Recipes
Cupcakes and cakes are actually made from the same ingredients. If you have a favorite frosting recipe that tastes great on a cake, rest assured it will taste just as great on a cupcake.
Most frostings are Buttercream Frosting, unless it's on a cake from a bakery in one of the major grocery store chains. Buttercream Frosting is one of the easiest to make and as it's a base-type frosting it goes with almost any type of cupcake flavor.
Buttercream Frosting Recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening or lard
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
milk - added a tablespoon or two at a time until desired consistency is met
Makes: About 3 cups of icing
In large bowl, cream shortening/lard and butter with electric mixer, first on a low speed to blend then on a high speed to whip. Add vanilla while still blending. Add powdered sugar, slowly and one cup at a time, beating well on medium speed. It is important to start on a lower speed and work your way up when using powdered or confectioner's sugar as it tends to go flying when immediately mixed on a high speed. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl often with a spatula. When all sugar has been mixed in, icing will seem dry. Add milk and beat at medium speed to blend, then at a high speed until fluffy. For best results, keep icing bowl in refrigerator when not in use. Refrigerated in an airtight container, this icing can be stored 2 weeks. If using stored frosting, be certain to mix again before use, as the shortening and butter will separate.
As Buttercream Frosting is a base frosting, a variety of additions and variations of this recipe are acceptable on all levels. The most basic change you can make is the color, simply by adding a food coloring. Another suggestion is to add melted baker's chocolate or unsweetened cocoa for a delicious chocolate frosting, though additional sugar or milk may be necessary if the consistency changes due to the addition.
Another popular frosting recipe is Cream Cheese Frosting, well-liked on Carrot Cake, Chocolate and Red Velvet cupcakes and cakes. Chocolate can be added to this recipe as well, to alter the flavor a bit and folding in some walnut crumbles will make this delicious frosting seem almost German in flavor.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients:
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions:
Blend the cream cheese, butter and vanilla with a mixer until well combined and smooth. Slowly and a little at a time, add the powdered sugar, sifted after measuring, on a low speed until all sugar is added and there is no danger of flying out of the bowl when the mixer is on a high setting. Additional powdered sugar might be needed to achieve the desired consistency and sweetness level.
With these two basic recipes, the sky's the limit when it comes to icing cupcakes. A small amount of imagination and a desire to create are the only skills you need to make some tasty and attractive cupcakes, whether it's for a party or the family.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Starbucks Frozen Frappuccino Recipe
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
Caramel Macchiato Recipe
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Peanut Butter Cupcake Recipe : How to Mix Peanut Butter Cupcake Frosting
Learn from our expert how to mix the frosting to make peanut butter cupcakes in this free dessert recipe video on making peanut butter cupcakes. Expert: Lauren Taylor Bio: Lauren Taylor is currently working part-time and freelance in both the entertainment and culinary worlds. She began cooking and baking for private parties and catered events. Filmmaker: Nili Nathan
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Betty's Rice Krispies Easter Eggs with Grandson Carter
In this video, Betty and her grandson, Carter, make Rice Krispies Easter Eggs. This is a fun project for children, but adults will enjoy it, too! Ingredients: ½ stick butter (1/4 cup) 8 oz. marshmallows cooking oil spray for bowl 5 cups Rice Krispies cereal 2 cups confectioner's (icing) sugar ½ stick butter, at room temperature ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 2 ½ tablespoons milk 2 cups flaked, sweetened coconut 1 tablespoon water green food coloring for grass, other food colorings as desired Melt ½ stick butter and 8-oz. marshmallows in the top of a double boiler. Place 5 cups Rice Krispies cereal in a large bowl that has been sprayed with cooking oil spray. Pour hot marshmallow mixture over Rice Krispies. Stir until well-blended. Let cool, until there is just a little warmth left in the Rice Krispies-marshmallow mixture. Form into egg shapes and place on a plate to let them set up. Now, make your buttercream frosting as follows: Use an electric mixer to beat 2 cups confectioner's sugar, ½ stick butter, ½ teaspoon vanilla, and 2 ½ tablespoons of milk, until the frosting is of spreading consistency. When the shaped eggs have cooled and set up, spread buttercream frosting on each of them (or, perhaps half of them, as desired). You may divide the frosting into separate portions and put a different food coloring in each one, in order to get a variety of colored Easter eggs. Set the frosted Easter eggs on a plate to let them set up. You can speed this up by placing them in the ...
Saturday, November 5, 2011
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