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Reality TVClubHouse Discussions: General Discussions ARCHIVES: August 2009 ~ December 2009: Cooking Corner: Cakes, confections, cookies, etc.: Archive through November 11, 2009 users admin

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Christy358
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07-10-2007

Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 9:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
totally making this for a treat this holiday season. (Yes, I am talking about Christmas, but only because I set up 4 trees today)

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Monday, September 28, 2009 - 5:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
My mom used to make this, but rather than bars, she just broke up the graham crackers with her hands (sort of chunky rather than finely ground) and then combined all the ingredients and dumped it into a baking pan and baked it. super easy and just as good.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
4th birthday princess cake


The frosting doesn't look smooth because it is covered in cake crystals (which didn't photograph)

(shifted a bit in transit)

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    


Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
that's wonderful!!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
What a pretty cake!! And for a little princess too, I'll bet she loves it!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 2:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I am making cupcakes for work. how does this trio sound?
Tiramisu Cupcakes
http://www.recipezaar.com/Tiramisu-Cupcakes-Uses-Cake-Mix-304982

Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes
http://www.recipezaar.com/Chocolate-Ganache-Cupcakes-Ina-Garten-318994

Spice cupcakes with this frosting
http://www.recipezaar.com/Mocha-Brownies-With-Cinnamon-Cream-Cheese-Frosting-179216

or should i just do the Tiramisu ones, a chocolate with chocolate buttercream icing and a yellow with white buttercream frosting (or marshmellow cream frosting http://www.recipezaar.com/Marshmallow-Creme-Frosting-42154 or vice versa ( am planning on putting halloween sprinkles on them (not the Tiramisu ones).

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 3:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Dang, Annie, you lost me on all of them because I hate the taste of coffee and they all have coffee in them. Sorry, I can't help.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 3:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Gotta do one set without coffee, Tex, I'm with Twinkie on the coffee dislike it's kind of like the coconut - either you're all in or you're all out on the subject. They all look like terrific recipes, though. I saw the coolest cupcakes on a food network show the other day, they were frosted with buttercream frosting and then dipped in chocolate. Looked dreamy.

When are you taking them to work?

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
oops..i didn't realize they all had coffee. just the tiramisu ones will have the coffee (i gotta have coffee in one, i work for Starbucks! LOL)

the chocolate ganache will just be a plain ganache on either a chocolate or yellow cupcake. and then the last one, i would just be using the spice frosting (if i used that one)

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
how do these sound? i have a ton of cookie dough (school fund raiser..choc chip and snickerdoodle)
http://www.cakemixdoctor.com/recipes/what_kind/cupcakes/cookie_dough_cupcakes_as_seen.php

it would be this friday (for halloween)

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 7:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Those sound really good, Annie. I have a question. What happens if a recipe calls for unsalted butter and you use regular butter? Will the whole thing flop or just be salty?

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 8:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
Twinkie, It will not flop. Most recipes I know call for salt to be added. They want you to use unsalted butter but then add salt after. Read your recipe carefully. If it calls for added salt, just don't add any or add less. The salt in the butter would "just be salty" but probably not that noticably salty.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 9:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Cool! Thanks, Y2!

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 10:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
You're welcome, Twinkie.
Remember the first rule of baking/cooking....no one has ever died of embarrassment yet! LOL
Try new things and new ingredients...make substitutions. You may discover something really great.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Oh, I've done that for years and I've thrown a lot of stuff in the garbage. LOL But every now and then something different that I try turns out really good. I love to experiment.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 3:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    


This cake was great. Lacing and piping coming along nicely.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, October 30, 2009 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Escapee, that cake looks lovely! I'm still waiting on my samples, though! :-)

Twinkie... hint... buy only unsalted butter. That way, you can control the amount of salt that goes into anything. I haven't bought salted butter in years!

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Friday, October 30, 2009 - 1:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Beautiful cakes, Escapee.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, October 30, 2009 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Great cake, Escapee!

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 12:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
I had planned on posting some pictures of the cake I made for my niece's 3rd birthday. It was pink (inside and out) had purple writing and white, orange (couldn't find my yellow food coloring) and purple flowers with M & M centers on it.

She said it was "beautiful and pink".
She said "Can I see it?"
I put it by her to take a picture and the index fingers from both her little hands reached out and took a generous dose of homemade buttercream frosting. Then her 4 yr old brother decided to take a frosting swipe as well.
Cake looked like it was given to a wolverine.

Anyway it was tasty and she loved it as did my sister.


Sugar
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08-15-2000

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 2:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
Spoke to my sister earlier. She said the kids keep eyeing the remaining cake and want to "look" at it again.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 3:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
LOL!! Hey, it sounds like a great endorsement to me.

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 11:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
I make the worlds best sugar cookies. Yes, I do say so myself but others have agreed. When I used to take them to work, they didn't last long and people would "steal" the large container of cookies from my desk to put on theirs. Some people would take cookies home for their kids who would ask if that lady brought cookies yet. I enjoy doing the cut out cookies for different holidays and this year youngest niece is probably old enough to participate. She did for the Halloween cookies anyway.

What I am wondering is if anyone has used The 12 Days of Christmas Cookie Cutter Set? I am curious if the cutters make enough of an imprint in cookie dough so the design remains. I see some for sale online, apparently they are from several years ago. I have had other cutters that look similar in the past but wasn't overly happy with the design imprint left on the cookie after baking. Maybe rolling out thinner cookies would help so it doesn't puff up so much.


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 2:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
No clue about the cookie cutters, all my sugar cookies come out looking like flat blobs, but that sounds like a lot of fun with your niece. No matter how young she is, she's gonna have a blast even if its smearing frosting on them and licking it off her fingers. I love doing stuff like that with the kidlets.