Showing posts with label Friday Food Fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friday Food Fun. Show all posts

Friday, May 29, 2015

Friday Food Fun.....

I get e-mails from The Country Cook and if you haven't already checked out that site, and you've got a sweet tooth like me.....
(although, I think every tooth in my head is a sweet tooth).....
you've gotta pay Ms. Brandie a visit.
Click on the link above for a listing of all her recipes, because there's a variety, not just sweet treats!

I forwarded this recipe to my brother who loves blueberries as much as I do.
He made this cake and it was sooooo good.....
because, yes, he shared with his sister!
Now, don't get me wrong.
I can cook.
And, I can bake.
And, I can follow a recipe.
I just don't bake a lot of sweets because in this house.....
I think every tooth in my head is a sweet tooth!!!
Enough said, right?

I'm sharing it for my bestie, Ms. Dawn.
She has a fondness for blueberries and lemon, too!!!





Lemon and Blueberry Yogurt Cake

Cake Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
dash salt
1 1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1/3 cup canola oil
2 tsp grated lemon zest
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 cup fresh blueberries + 2 tsp flour

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a bread loaf pan. In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.  In a separate large bowl, whisk together the yogurt, sugar, eggs, canola oil, lemon zest, and vanilla extract. Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and whisk until batter is smooth.  Sprinkle 2 tsp flour over blueberries and toss to coat.  This will prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the cake.  Carefully fold blueberries into the cake batter.  Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 45-50 minutes, or until toothpick tester comes out clean.

Lemon Simple Sugar:
1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/3 cup sugar

In a small sauce pan over medium heat, stir together the lemon juice and sugar. Cook until the sugar dissolves completely. Turn off  heat and set aside.

When the cake is done, remove it to a wire rack and run a knife along the edges of the pan to loosen.  Allow it to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Carefully transfer cake to wire baking rack on top of a sheet pan. Pour the lemon simple sugar mixture over the cake and allow it to soak in. Let cake cool.

Vanilla Glaze:
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
milk, as needed

In a small bowl, stir together the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and enough milk to make a thin pourable consistency.  Pour over the cooled cake and let it run down the sides. Transfer to a serving platter, slice and enjoy!

Recipe courtesy of Rhondi from Big Mama’s Home Kitchen

HOPE y'all have an awesome weekend!

Have fun.....
stay safe.....
enjoy life!!!

Breathing in Grace,





Friday, October 1, 2010

Friday Owlie Fun

Okay....so I wasted some time looking up owlie foods....and you'll never believe some of the cute things out there.....so.....here we go, as our baby GRAND-son likes to say....

Aren't these the cutest little things....of course I'm not sure I'd have a lot of candy corn left to use as beaks....I love that stuff!!!   Go to Oopsey Daisy and check out the recipe!!

One of my favorite web-sites is Living Locurto.  You'll find some of the neatest, most  creative ideas there....plus a lot of free printables!!!

Would you believe....moon pies?!?
Check out the how-to at Southern Living.

 If you want to get really creative....and fancy....check out this recipe book I found on Amazon.

If you've never heard of Bakerella....you've got to check out her site....cake balls and cake pops and cake bites....and all sorts of other goodies.  I've seen her on the Today show....she's amazing!!!

Create your own owl pattern....mine would have to be more whimsical, though!
This one can be found at My Recipes.

 How about an owl-themed baby shower?
Makes me want to have another baby....okay GRAND-baby!!!  These cute creations can be found at Grin and Bake It!


Here's a super simple idea for decorating cupcakes to look like an owl....found at....where else....

....Real Simple!!!


And....just in case any of you out there are really super creative....and want to do something really super nice for me for my birthday :)....check out these amazing owl birthday cakes....
Parenting

 Coolest Birthday Cakes

 Kaboose


  Art Eats Bakery

 Peace of Cake

Sometime....when I have even more time on my hands....I'll try to find the picture of an owl cake that my sister-in-law had made for my birthday one year!!!
Yes....owls are an addiction!!!
:)

Hope y'all have a great weekend!!!

In His Most Precious Love....and mine!!!

Friday, August 20, 2010

Friday Food Fun

Pappy loves monkey bread....and I usually buy this at Wally World....


....but....
....I found a recipe that is easy peasy!!

Monkey Bread

 1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cans (16.3 oz each) Pillsbury® Grands!® Homestyle refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, if desired
(I would use pecans instead)

1/2 cup raisins, if desired
(Pappy wouldn't want the raisins)
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 12-cup fluted tube pan with shortening or cooking spray. In large -storage plastic food bag, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.

2. Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Shake in bag to coat. Arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces.

3. In small bowl, mix brown sugar and butter; pour over biscuit pieces.

4. Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.

(Recipe courtesy of Pillsbury)

Hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!!!

In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!

Friday, August 13, 2010

Friday Food Fun


I found this recipe in the September issue of Woman's Day....and I plan on picking up the ingredients to make it this weekend!!  
Have any of you switched from "white flower" products to "whole-grain"?  We have....and I'll have to say, that I really like the pasta much better...it has a better taste and texture!!

Anyway....if any of you try this, let me know!!!

(this isn't the pic that was in the magazine, but was the closest I could find on Google!!)
image credit

Whole-Grain Apple Cake 

1 box (20.5 oz) whole-grain apple-cinnamon muffin mix
2 large eggs
3 medium Granny Smith, or Gala apples, peeled, cored and cut in 1/4-inch thick slices


Heat oven to 375.  Coat a 9-inch spring form pan with nonstick cooking spray.  Prepare muffin mix as on the package directions, using 2 eggs, 1/2 cup water and 1/4 cup oil. Gently stir in 1 sliced apple with the provided apple-cinnamon pouch.  Spread into pan.

Arrange the remaining apple slices in circles on top.  Sprinkle with 3 Tablespoon of sugar, then the granola topping on top.

Bake for 55 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

If you want.....sprinkle 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, or pecans, on the top along with the granola.

Serves 12.
244 calories per serving...in case you're curious....of course adding nuts would make it a bit more!!!

Happy Friday, Everybody!!!

In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!