The Year of the Rooster begins on January 28, 2017.
Celebrations will begin on January 27, New Year’s Eve, and typically last around two weeks, making this the longest holiday in the Chinese calendar.
Happy Chinese New Year – Lady in Red
Famous Roosters:
Michael Caine
Goldie Hawn
Donald Trum
Jennifer Aniston
Cate Blanchett
Matthew McConaughey
Justin Timberlake
Britney Spears
Ariana Grande
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It is my favorite recipe for this months of the January 2017. The name is The Best Pumpkin Pie Cake.
Rich, yummy and so easy to make. How easy? Just dump and bake!
If you don’t believe me just check the pictures below and you will be Martha Stewart in ….Sorry, fake news! I apologize!
But still you will feel like “almost Martha”!
So, let’s make this easy and delicious cake – RIGHT NOW!
You will need the following ingredients:
1 Can Pure Pumpkin (398 ml)
1 Can Evaporated Milk (300 ml)
1 1/2 Cups Sugar
3 Eggs
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1 Cup Melted Butter
1 Yellow Cake Mix
1 Cup Chopped Walnuts
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease 9×13 baking pan and set aside.
Mix the pumpkin, evaporated milk, sugar, eggs, salt, cinnamon.
Pour into prepared pan.
Sprinkle yellow cake mix evenly over the entire pumpkin mixture.
Melt the butter and pour evenly over the top of the cake mix.
Top with chopped walnuts.
Bake for 55 min at 350 F or until done (until top begins to brown and set).
Enjoy!
Add Some Whip Cream….or not. It is your choice.
Don’t worry about calories or food styling … Just be ready to enjoy!
Now, you need to print this recipe. Please check the box below, press print and make it happen. Easy Recipe. Dump and Bake...
The best pie cake you will ever try - Pumpkin Pie Cake
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
55 minutes
Total Time:
1 hour 5 minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
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What yellow cake mix did I use? I used my favorite Duncan Hines Golden Yellow Mix.
If you like cookies try the following recipe – Nutella Skor Cookies
How about Chocolate Cookies with Sour Cherries – Chocolate Cookies With ….
Or do you want something to drink like…Slimming Smoothie – Fat Blocker…
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If you are a Baby Ruth fan you will love my homemade peanut buttery bars.
They are made with peanuts, cornflakes cereal…and chocolate chips.
Now, let’s list ingredients.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
6 cups cornflakes cereal
2/3 cup peanuts
3/4 cup chocolate chips
1/3 cup the decadent swirled milk and white chocolate
Instructions:
In a large saucepan, combine 1 cup corn syrup,1 cup peanut butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar,1/2 cup white sugar and stir until combined. (see the picture below)
In a separate bowl, mix together 6 cups of cornflakes, 3/4 chocolate chips and 1/3 cup the decadent swirled milk and white chocolate, 2/3 peanuts.
Pour hot corn syrup mixture over the cornflakes mix. Stir unit cornflakes are completely coated.
Grease 9×13 inch baking pan
Press the mixture into 9×13 inch baking pan and cool.
When bars are set, you can cut into any size you want to.
and start eating…before that you can hold it in your hand…just for fun
or share with your special tree…
Look your Baby Ruth Bar from different angle
And start enjoying the bars
To print the recipe and make for your family and friends please check the end of this post.
Say “YES” to life and Baby Ruth Bars. Print recipe from the above and surprise the people you love.
Now, if you want to bake more and you have no idea what to make, please check the link below!
Let’s start dreaming and let’s make our favorite Dream Bars – Don’t stop dreaming – Dream Bars
Or if you want something erotic … just a little nasty but still dreamy you can make Sandwich Threesome – Oreo and friends
How about love story with music and sad ending…Rigo Jancsi – Hungarian Chocolate Cake
So, dear my friends what is trending right now?
Answer: “Alternative facts!”
So, what does “alternative facts” means?
“In physical sciences, an alternate fact is a true statement that, while appearing to contradict another fact, actually illuminates the subject to greater depth.
For example, is light a particle or a wave?
In political debate, an alternative fact is a statement that, although demonstrably false, is treated as a tribal talisman and acted on as though it were true…”
But what if you have to debate the journalist lying through his teeth and you have no power over the media…what is “alternative facts” then?
OR
What to do when “alternative facts” becomes the truth from your TV because the Universe or “money power” is playing with you and your brain.
Do you get it people? What is “the truth” today and what is the “alternative facts”? And which one is which?
Ask George Soros …
No, I would rather talk to Denzel Washington who said:
“If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you do read it, you’re misinformed,” the 61-year-old actor recently expressed while promoting his new film Fences.
“What is the long-term effect of too much information? One of the effects is the need to be first, not even to be true anymore. So what responsibility do you all have?,” Denzel asked the reporter.
“To tell the truth. Not just to be first. But to tell the truth. We live in a society now where its just be first, who cares just get it out, we don’t care who it hurts, we don’t care who we destroy, we don’t care if it’s true. Just say it, sell it. Anything you practice, you will get good at, including B.S.”
So, what to do when B.S. is your truth…Can you explain the meaning of “alternative facts” then?
CAN YOU?
Yes, we can! – says Obama as he plays golf.
O, please I am screaming at Universe now. I am sick and tired of this B.S.
And I wish that people wake up and hug their neighbors, bake a cake, share and love this life and refuse to be part of B.S.
And see the truth…then to answer the question: What is the “alternative facts” would be a piece of cake!
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Share your baking with the people you love or with the people that might need to be loved…Don’t judge …just do it!
And JUST pray…pray ..pray every day AND every moment of your life!
Somebody is listening! God … Universe…
Peanut-buttery flavor mixed with chocolates and cornflakes is TOP NOTCH!
Enjoy and share this recipe with all your family and friends.
“There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world,
because you realize there is so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on.”
(Zayn Malik)
Happy Sunday!
It is January 20, 2017. and in the USA it is the most important day – Inauguration Day!
Congratulations USA! Donald Trump is officially the 45th U.S. president!
For this special day full of feelings let me make the best chocolate walnut torte with so many fillings that will let you forget
reality and enjoy my chocolate drama. After all isn’t a democracy all about “the chocolates”? If you disagree with me I will respectfully call you “deplorable”.
Just kidding…or not…I am not sure how I feel about people who don’t like chocolate.
Now, we have work to do. Let’s make it happen.
So fare we made two 8-inch round cakes.
Now, let’s connect them together by making two different fillings.
FIRST MAIN FILLING:
2 + 1/2 CUP MILK
10 EGG YOLKS
7 TBSP SUGAR
6 TBSP FLOUR (AP)
2/3 CUP BUTTER
3/4 CUP ICING SUGAR
DIRECTIONS:
Place milk in a large saucepan over medium heat. (until almost boiled)
Whisk egg yolks, sugar and flour until well combined.
Pour hot milk mixture over egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly.
Return mixture to saucepan over low heat.
Cook, stirring constantly, for 15 to 20 minutes or until custard thickens and coats the back of a metal spoon.
Cool the mixture and then add butter and sugar mixture.(see note)
Note: In a separate bowl mix 2/3 cup butter and 3/4 icing sugar.
Now divide the fillings into 2 parts.
First filling: Yellow filling + 3/4 cup melted chocolate
Keep mixing the chocolate until you get the following …SEE THE PICTURE BELOW. So, this was your chocolate filling.
Now, let’s make the walnuts yellow filling.
Second filling: Yellow filling + 1 cup walnuts
The last part is just whip 1 cup whip cream.
Now, let’s build the torte.
First walnut cake + 1 cup whipped cream + Yellow Walnut Cream + Chocolate Cream + 2nd walnut cake + yellow walnut cream + chocolate cream
Add yellow walnut filling
Add Chocolate Filling
Add second walnut cake
Cover whole cake with the yellow walnut filing, add chocolate filling on the top. Decorate more if you wanted…Find the fridge
and keep the best chocolate walnut torte in the fridge for at least 8 hours or longer. ( I usually just leave it overnight.)
As soon as you wake up, find a knife in your kitchen and reword yourself with the best chocolate walnut cake in this Universe.
See your piece of cake!
Enjoy!
Now back to this special day, January 20 of 2017. – Inauguration Day!
First course
Maine lobster and Gulf shrimp with saffron sauce and peanut crumble, served with J. Lohr 2013 Arroyo Vista Chardonnay
Second course
Grilled Seven Hills Angus beef with dark chocolate and juniper jus and potato gratin, servied with Delicato Black Stallion 2012 Limited Release Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Third course
Chocolate soufflé and cherry vanilla ice cream, served with Korbel Natural Special Inaugural Cuvée California Champagne
Now, take a little time and enjoy the view of your cake…or Have a great day and take a little time to enjoy whatever view you happen to see!
If you can’t try Donald Trump’s menu you can always try my recipes. One of the best cakes that I love is Famous Jimmy Cake
Raspberry Truffle Cake – Imagine and make the best cake
Coconut Chocolate Square – Make this again
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Not once in a while… in my case it is every day, every moment. If you search any dictionary you will find me under the word “chocoholic”!
Yes, the Universe that is me! “The CHOCOHOLIC”!
So, for today, for this special confession of chocoholic I will be sharing with you the best Chocolate Walnuts Torte.
It is a dream torte build of layer upon layer of rich walnut cake filled with light and fluffy whipped cream, chocolate cream and walnut cream.
This “the best chocolate walnut torte” is a chocolate lover’s dream!
So, let’s dream together.
You will need the following ingredients:
Cake:
2 x 5 egg whites
2 x 10 TBSP icing sugar
2 x 5 TBSP chopped walnuts
2 x 2 TBSP AP flour
Make this twice. For some of you who don’t like math let me list amount of ingredients for whole recipe:
10 eggs
20 TBSP icing sugar, 10 TBSP chopped walnuts, 4 TBSP Flour
Directions:
Heat oven to 370 F.
Place cooking parchment paper or waxed paper in bottoms of two 8-inch round cake pans.
Mix 5 egg whites and 10 TBSP icing sugar together for about 5 min. or until the mixture is firm.
In a separate bowl mix 5 TBSP walnuts and 2 TBSP flour.
Add mixture of walnut and flour to mixed egg whites. Mix by hand. (Don’t use mixer at this point)
Fold it in gently but rapidly with a large rubber spatula until the flour and walnut mixture has disappeared.
Bake from 15 to 20 min at 370 F.
Use toothpick to poke the top of the cake slightly in the middle. If it is dry, then the cake is done
Immediately remove from pans to cooling rack; peel off paper.
Cool completely.
We will continue with part 2 tomorrow. After all it is all about filling … chocolate filling, walnuts filling and whip cream!
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Have the world in your hand by making Levain Cookies Recipe or the best chocolate cookies you can possible imagine.
Since, imagine is a fictional but an appealing word we need to move into the action mode in order to make it happen.
So, find your kitchen, get your ingredients and let’s start making the best chocolate cookies.
They are …
The list of ingredients are:
For you who don’t like pictures please check the list of ingredients below:
Ingredients:
1 cup chilled unsalted butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup dark brown sugar
2 large cold eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups AP flour
1 cup cake flour
1tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 TBSP corn starch
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips ( I used Ghirardelli)
1 cup toasted chopped walnuts
Now, if you have all ingredients from above recipe we can start making chocolate chip cookies
Cube 1 cup of chilled butter into 1″ pieces.
Put white and brown sugar in stand mixer bowl and mix until well combined.
Then add cold cubed butter and continue mixing for about 5 min.
Your next step is to add eggs, one at a time until well incorporated.
Add 1 tsp vanilla and mix.
In a bowl combing all purpose and cake flour,salt, baking powder, baking soda and corn starch.
Whisk until all dry ingredients are well mixed.
Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until fully incorporated.
Add 2 cups of chocolate chips and 1 cup of walnuts and mix by hand.
Refrigerate cookie dough from 2 hrs to overnight (12 hrs).
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Using ice cream scoop, form cookie dough balls. (4oz)
Bake for 15 min.
If you freeze cookie balls bake them for 16 or 17 min.
I got 13 cookies out of this recipe.
Remember 13 can be a very lucky number. Look your chocolate chip children below. Enjoy!!!
Have the world in your hand by making this Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Cookies
Levain Chocolate Chip Cookies-Have the world in your hand
Ingredients
Instructions
Now, if you can’t travel and visit Levain Bakery in New York you can always print recipe above and enjoy your life.
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The best cookies you will every try. Full of chocolate, walnuts and more…
Yes, this is one of the best chocolate chip cookies recipe. Ever.
So, my advice would be eat them as soon as possible…
Like now…as long as you made them…or buy them.
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Lucky for you, you found my blog. Because today we have cure for all problems you have.
Actually not all of them …just some of them like cold, flu, cough.
This is very easy to make. It is called Ginger Cinnamon Syrup.
You will need the following:honey, ginger, water, cinnamon stick
For correct measurement check the picture below:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup fresh ginger
1 cup water
1/2 cup honey
1 cinnamon stick
Add Water, ginger and cinnamon stick to a smaller pot.
Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer for 1/2 hour or until liquid is reduced by half.
Strain to remove ginger. Cool to room temperature and add 1/2 cup honey.
Transfer ginger syrup to a jar and store in the fridge.
Enjoy!
Healthy Ginger Cinnamon Syrup
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
30 minutes
Total Time:
40 minutes
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Instructions
And remember there is cure for everything …you just have to search and believe in it.
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When your dish is full of cosily placed cabbage rolls,cover with the remaining cabbage leaves, pour water over all so that the cabbage rolls sinks.
At the beginning cook on a high temperature until water boils.
Then continue cooking at medium temperature for 3 hours, adding more hot water as necessary. (always have a lots of water above your cabbage rolls …just imagine underwater swimming
and your head is like cabbage roll)
After 3 hours add can of crushed tomatoes (28 oz) and 1 TBSP of salt. (you can add less or more salt, taste to your liking).
Continue cooking for another 15 min…and then it is ready for you and your family.
It can be lunch or dinner for a few days.
You can serve cabbage rolls with mashed potatoes, polenta, sour cream…
or you can just eat cabbage rolls
You really don’t need anything else…just plain and simple food that our grandparents use to eat…
Enjoy your meal!
Tips:
1. Before you make the rolls i suggest you soak the sour cabbage in water because it might be too salty and sour.
2. Don’t add too much salt into your food, always taste to your liking. This recipe is using just 1/2 tsp into meat filling and 1 TBSP to the crashed tomatoes and water.
3.Practice making the cabbage rolls
Hold one cabbage leaf in your left hand and place a meat filling near stem end.
Fold stem over the meat filling
Fold the two sides to the middle
Roll up.Use your finger to tuck the open side of the leaf inside.
Place in a large pot and say “thank you” to your cabbage rolls.
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How to make Cabbage Rolls Part 1
Why? Because the cabbage rolls are considered to be very lucky food and it will bring you luck in life.
And, please don’t tell me you don’t need luck. We all do.
So, let’s be a lucky soldiers in this life. Let’s make the Sour Cabbage Rolls.
We need the following ingredients:ground meat (beef or/and pork), rice, onions, salt and ground black pepper.
500 gr ground meat (beef or/and pork)
1/3 cup brown rice
1 chopped large onion
1/2 tsp salt
1tsp ground black pepper
Instructions:
You can find the sour cabbage heads at Safeway or Superstore.
Remove and separate cabbage leaves from head.Cut the thick root on the back of the each leaf because of the easier folding.
Then, wash them in cold water or follow the notice below. (Please do not skip this step.)
Very Important: Immerse all cabbage leaves in cold water for 1/2 hour or longer because you need to wash off the salt so cabbage rolls are not too salty.
Now, let’s make filling.
Mix thoroughly 500 gr ground meat, 1/3 cup brown rice, 1 chopped large onion, 1/2 tsp salt and 1 tsp ground black pepper.
Take one by one cabbage leaf and on each put the meat filling (about 1 TBSP) and roll cabbage rolls and place them in suitable cooking pot.
When your dish is full of cosily placed rolls pour water over all, so the cabbage rolls sinks.
At the beginning cook on a high temperature until water boils.
Then continue cooking at medium temperature for 3 hours.
….
Will continue PART 2…
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Cabbage Rolls-Your Lucky Food
Prep Time:
45 minutes
Cook Time:
3 hours 30 minutes
Total Time:
4 hours 15 minutes
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