Tasty Loaf Cake Recipe

If you are having a birthday party coming for you little girl, you may be looking for easy recipes to bake the birthday cake with. Well here is an easy "loaf cake" that is obviously in the form of a bread loaf. It may seem a funny shape, but with a little imagination it can become a very pretty birthday cake.

Disney Princess Parties are very popular and as you will be able to get all the Disney Princess Party Supplies online, you only have to bake this loaf, a few other snacks and drinks and you are all set to go.

To bake this cake an electric beater, such as the Cuisinart SM-55 5-1/2-Quart Stand Mixers, is vital.

Here is the recipe for the tasty loaf cake:

Ingredients:

• 4oz butter
• 4oz sugar (1cup)
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 11/2 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Method:

1. Add all the ingredients to the bowl of your mixer.
2. Mix at a high speed until creamy
3. Pour into a lined and greased tin of 8"x 5"x4"
4. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 55 minutes to 1 hour.

What can be easier? So not you can wholly concentrate on the rest of the Disney Princess Party and the cake is taken care of. Remember, with all the other snacks the kids never eat that much of the birthday cake so you do not have to bake a very big cake.

Cake Decorating 101

If you have seen television shows like “Ace of Cakes” or “Cake Boss,” you know how time-consuming decorating a cake can be. Chances are you’re not interested in creating elaborate cakes like those on television but you would like to learn something more than merely frosting a cake. Cake decorating is an art, but luckily it is one you can learn with some practice.

The main items required for cake decorating include:

• Pastry bag with plastic couplers
• Decorating tips in assorted shapes
• Offset and straight icing spatulas
• Lazy Susan or rotating cake stand
• Food coloring to tint icing

If you’ve never really decorated cakes before, you may not know what some of these items are. Here are the explanations to help you.

The pastry bag is the container used for icing. Attached to the bag is a plastic coupler which enables you to change decorating tips and use the same icing. Scoop icing into the pastry bag with a spatula but don’t overfill it. In fact, if you fill it much more than half full you could have problems.

Decorating tips come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Normally you can purchase a decorating tips kit with three to four plastic tips. However, if you’re serious about learning cake decorating you’ll want to invest in the metal tips. They can be found in different shapes including round for piping and detail outlining, leaf, drop flower, ruffle, basket weave, rose and various specialty tips.

The offset and straight spatulas are a cake decorator’s best friends. You’ll use the spatulas for preparing the icing base for the rest of the decorations to adhere to. If the base isn’t done correctly, you may find the decorations slipping off. Of course, it also helps that you have the right butter cream recipe for the icing; it has to be the correct consistency for decorating.

A lazy Susan or rotating cake stand can make or break your decorations. These items will allow you to rotate the cake without much effort, which means you can keep the correct pressure on the pastry bag. When you have the correct pressure on the pastry bag you can feel sure the decorations will look uniform.

Food coloring is an optional tool but one that many cake decorators use. When you’re making a good butter cream icing it will be a pale yellow or off-white in color. You may decide your cake needs some punch. Adding food coloring sparingly until you reach the desired shade while you’re making the icing will give you the colors of the rainbow to choose from.

Some other items you may want to purchase and have on hand include edible decorating pens. These are pens filled with food coloring and have a paintbrush type of tip. This type of tool is great if you don’t feel comfortable piping words on a cake yet. Since the pen is made from food coloring, the “ink” is completely edible.

Marzipan is a confection made of ground almonds, egg whites and sugar. It can be rolled out like to cover a cake completely or molded into various shapes. Fondant is another way to achieve a perfectly iced cake. Depending upon where you live you may be able find pre-made marzipan items and tubs of fondant in bakeries or cake decorating shops.

Maybe you’ve never thought about cake decorating. It is something you can learn either by trial and error or by taking lessons. Once you know how, you’ll be able to make beautiful cakes.

Tasty Orange Pudding

I love orange pudding and I am convinced you family and guests will love it as well. Making this pudding with a Hamilton Beach Stand Mixer 63220 is as easy as can come as you can mix the dough in the Hamilton Beach Stand Mixer 63220 all the way.

Orange Pudding:

Dough Ingredients:

• ¾ cup flour
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup milk
• 2 ozs. Butter
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon apricot jam or syrup
• ½ bicarbonate of soda
• ½ teaspoon grated Lemon rind
• 1 Egg

Method:

1. Cream the eggs and sugar
2. Add the melted butter
3. Add the rest of the ingredients except the bicarbonate of soda and milk
4. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the milk
5. Add the milk mixture

Syrup Ingredients:

• 1 cup water
• ½ cup sugar
• Pinch of salt
• ½ cup orange juice
• 1 heaped teaspoon of butter

Method:

1. Boil the ingredients and pour into a deep oven dish
2. Pour the dough into the syrup
3. Bake at once in an oven of 350-375 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20-25 minutes until done (ovens differ, you will have to experiment a little here)
4. Serve with custard and cream

So, grab your Hamilton Beach Stand Mixer 63220 and start experimenting with this recipe.

Tasty Spiced Coffee

If you have a Hamilton Beach Brew Station you will love this spiced coffee. It is easy to make and it is a really great treat on a cold winter's night.

Before you can make the spiced coffee you have to make a coffee extract to use in making the spiced coffee. This is where the comes in for the easiest way to make the coffee extract.

Coffee Extract Recipe:

• Make one cup of really strong coffee in your Hamilton Beach Brew Station.
• To the hot coffee you now add 1 cup of sugar and you stir until dissolved
• Allow this mixture to boil for 5 minutes and bottle.
• Keep this extract in the fridge

Spiced Coffee Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 6 cloves
• 2 drops of vanilla
• ½ teaspoon of lemon rind
• 2 pieces of cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon grated orange rind
• Brandy to taste
• Lightly whipped cream
• 4 Teaspoons coffee extract

Method:

1. Tie all the ingredients (except the brandy and cream, of course!)
2. Heat this in 4 cups of cold water to boiling point and remove
3. Pour 1 teaspoon of coffee extract into each cup
4. Fill the cups with the spicy water
5. Add a dash of brandy to each cup
6. Top each cup with whipped cream

Coffee Cake Recipe

I cannot think of a more fitting dessert than a tasty coffee cake served with fresh coffee. The coffee can be made with your Hamilton Beach Brew Station. Make a little more than you want to drink and use ½ cup of the coffee to bake this coffee cake.

Coffee Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon of syrup
• 21/4 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ cup strong black coffee
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup raisins
• ¼ currents
• Grated rind of one lemon
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 eggs

Method:

1. With a stand mixer (such as the Kitchenaid Artisan 5-Quart Stand Mixers) cream the butter, syrup and the sugar very well.
2. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well in between adding each egg
3. Fold in the dry ingredients and the coffee alternating the two, fold in lightly and do not beat. Only mix until the ingredients are combined well
4. Spoon into a lined greased baking tin and bake for about 35 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit
5. Decorate as preferred

Recipe Idea For A Busy Mom With A Pressure Cooker

Having a pressure cooker can make life very easier for a busy mom. You have a wide choice and the size of your family will influence you decision. If your family is not too large, a pressure cooker such as the Cuisinart CPC 600 Electric Pressure Cooker is a very good idea. Or you can have a look at the Presto 8 Qt Pressure Cooker.

To give you an idea of some of the really tasty and fun recipes you will be able to make with your pressure cooker, here is and example of a recipe, fit for the family or for entertaining.

Pepper and Mushroom Millet Recipe

What You Need:

• 10 button mushrooms, cut in half
• 2 T of mild chili pepper, chopped
• 2 T shallots, chopped
• 2 C of chicken broth
• 1 C of millet grain
• 3 Roma tomatoes, chopped
• 1 C cilantro, chopped
• 1/2 t of salt

How to Make It:

1. Spray the cooker well with a non stick cooking spray.
2. Place the mushrooms, chili pepper and shallots into the cooker.
3. On medium heat, brown the ingredients for 5 minutes.
4. Pour the chicken broth into the cooker.
5. Add the grain and bring the cooker to high pressure.
6. Cook for 10 minutes then allow the pressure to fall on it's own for 10 minutes.
7. Add the tomatoes and cilantro and stir to combine.
8. Sprinkle with the salt just before serving.

This colorful side dish and an almost creamy texture and goes great with any type of meat. Millet is a soft grain that can be found in most grocery stores.

Makes 4 servings

This colorful side dish and an almost creamy texture and goes great with any type of meat. Millet is a soft grain that can be found in most grocery stores.

So, grab you pressure cooker and try this delicious recipe. Using this recipe is a great time saver and it gives you more time to spend on the rest of your dishes, especially if you are entertaining.

Cuisinart 11 Cup Pro Custom 11 Food Processors Make Life Easier

If you are a busy mom, you will probably battle with providing your family with healthy home cooked meals every day. Part of the problem, of course, is the chopping and cutting involved. This is where a food processor, such as the Cuisinart 11 Cup Pro Custom 11 Food Processors, comes in very handy to save you time.

Another time saver for a busy mom is also a slow cooker such as the Cuisinart PSC 350 3 1 2 Quart Programmable Slow Cooker can once again come to the rescue. With a slow cooker you can come home tonight with a tasty cooked meal all ready and waiting for you.

To give you and idea of a tasty soup recipe you can make with your Cuisinart PSC 350 3 1 2 Quart Programmable Slow Cooker, here is an example. Of course, it will taste even better with bread made in your Cuisinart CBK 100 Programmable Breadmaker.

The Cuisinart CBK 100 Programmable Breadmaker is just what it says, programmable, this means you can set it to have the bread ready when you want it. So with all these handy appliances you will never have a problem serving your family tasty and healthy home cooked meals.

Italian Sausage Pizza Soup Recipe

What You Need:

• 1 lb Italian sausage
• 1/2 C onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (4 oz) pkg. pepperoni slices
• 1 (16 oz) can dark red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 (16 oz) can light red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 (14.5 oz) can died tomatoes
• 1 (4 oz) can green chilies, chopped
• 4 t chili powder
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/8 t pepper
• 1 (15 oz) can pizza sauce

How to Make It:

1. Place the sausage, onion and garlic into a skillet over medium heat.
2. Brown the sausage until not longer pink about 8 minutes.
3. Drain well in a colander and pat off excess grease with paper towel.
4. Place into the slow cooker.
5. Add the pepperoni into the mixture.
6. Place both cans of kidney beans into the crock pot.
7. Add in the tomatoes and the green chilies.
8. Sprinkle in the chili powder, salt and pepper.
9. Pour the pizza sauce over the top and stir to make sure all the ingredients are combined together.
10. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.

Serving Size: 8

This recipe is great for teenage parties. The kids go crazy over the pizza taste in the soup. Chop the pepperoni into small pieces if you prefer. Serve with an Italian blend shredded cheese sprinkled on top.