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Homemade Vanilla Wafers
By Texaschef11
Position 1 oven rack in the top third of the oven and another in the bottom third
- 7 ounces all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon aluminum free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 1/2 ounces vanilla sugar
- 1 large egg
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon whole milk
Chocolate Truffle Egg Ganache Tortes
By Texaschef11
To make the truffle eggs, place the bittersweet chocolate in a heatproof bowl
- For the truffle eggs:
- 4 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 3 tbsp. heavy cream
- 1 tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
- Chopped white chocolate or white candy melts, for coating (about 8 oz.)
- Candy colors and pearl dust (optional)
- For the cake:
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder, plus more for dusting
- 8 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 tsp. espresso powder
- 6 tbsp. water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- For the ganache:
- 6 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 tbsp. light corn syrup
- For the nests:
- Chocolate shavings
Carrot Cake Cookie Sandwiches
By Texaschef11
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- 1 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 1/2 cups finely grated carrots, (about 3 large carrots)
- Cream Cheese Frosting
Lime Blueberry Tiramisu
By Texaschef11
In a large bowl, beat cream with an electric mixer at medium speed until thickened
- 1 * 1 pint heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 * 1 pound mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
- 3 * 3 (3-ounce) packages unfilled ladyfingers
- 1 * 1 (6-ounce) can frozen limeade concentrate, thawed
- 1 * 1 (21-ounce) can blueberry pie filling
- * Fresh mint leaves, optional
Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bread
By Texaschef11
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease 2 bread pans
- 3 * 3 eggs
- 1 * 1 cup oil
- 1 3/4 * 1 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 * 2 cups flour
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 * 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 * 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 * 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 * 3 ripe banana
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup chocolate chip
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup peanut butter chip
Coffee and Kahlua Flan
By Texaschef11
In a small, heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the sugar, water and corn syrup and bring to a boil, stir...
- 2 ⁄3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 Tbs. corn syrup
- 1 can (14 fl. oz.) sweetened condensed milk
- 3 ⁄4 cup half-and-half
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 -inch piece true cinnamon bark or 1-inch piece cassia cinnamon bark
- 1 Tbs. Kahlúa or other coffee-flavored liqueur
- 2 tsp. instant coffee granules dissolved in 1 tsp. boiling water
- 5 eggs
- 3 ⁄4 tsp. vanilla extract
Basic Yellow Cake
By Texaschef11
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom of two 8-inch round cake pans and line with waxed paper or parchment paper
- 3 cups sifted cake flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup butter or margarine
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups milk
Snickerdoodle Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream
By Texaschef11
For both cake mix and scratch versions of the cake: Mix all the cake ingredients in a large bowl in order listed a...
- VERSION #1 CAKE (with cake mix):
- 1 pkg yellow cake mix
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- VERSION #2 CAKE (from scratch):
- 2-1/3 cups flour
- 1-1/3 cups sugar
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- 1-1/3 cups milk
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 3 eggs
- 3 tsp. vanilla
- 1 Tbs. cinnamon
- CINNAMON BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 3-1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 3 Tbs. milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/4 tsp. butter extract (in the cake supply section of the craft store)
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
Pumpkin Fantasy Fudge
By Texaschef11
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- 1 cup chopped walnuts, divided
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 2/3 cup evaporated milk
- 2/3 cup pureed pumpkin
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon allspice
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
- 1 jar (7 oz.) marshmallow crème
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
New Orleans Beignet (LCB)
By Texaschef11
Scald & cool milk Add yeast Straight Dough- 5 minutes- low-med speed Ferment till doubled Punch & Roll ¼” *C
- .75 oz fresh yeast
- 1.5 oz sugar
- 22 oz cake flour
- 8 oz milk
- 5 oz eggs
- 1.25 oz melted butter
- .5 oz salt