How to accomplish a Portal Cake

I made a the cake from portal for a friends birthday. Here is how you can make one too! It should be pretty accurate, most of the other ones leave out the coconut. Enjoy!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP1gErRs7Yo&hl=en

Hawaiian Coconut Haupia

Haupia is a Hawaiian jello-like dessert made of coconut. Real easy to make and real good to eat. Enjoy! Ingredients: 6 tbsp granulated sugar 6 tsps corn starch 1 1/2 cups milk 1 1/2 cups coconut milk Mix all ingredients together. (In the video I blend them in a blender but later found it was not necessary to do so. Simply mixing all the ingredients with a wisk is sufficient.) Pour mixture into a medium size pot. Place on high until it starts to bubble or till steams then reduce to medium or medium high. Continue to stir until mixture thickens. Place in cake pan or whatever dish you desire. Cool in refrigerator for at least an hour or until you get hungry. haha



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w49oKNgAnsk&hl=en

Authors@Google: Alan Rosen

Alan Rosen, the grandson of Junior's founder, Harry Rosen, is the third generation co-owner (with his father and brother) of Junior's restaurants in Brooklyn, Times Square, and Grand Central Station. Baking quite possibly the best cheesecakes in the universe, Junior's Restaurant is a legend in its own right. Located in downtown Brooklyn, Times Square and Grand Central Station in New York, this home away from home has been wooing New Yorkers since it first opened its doors on Election Day, 1950. And now, finally, they are willing to offer up the recipes that have had Brooklynites double-parking on Flatbush Avenue for generations. Included are 50 recipes for Junior's New York-style cheesecakes (all cream cheese, no sour cream, thank you, on a sponge cake crust), from the cheesecake that started it all (Junior's Original New York Cheesecake), to flavor twists like Banana Fudge, Rocky Road, and Pumpkin Mousse, to little cheesecakes meant just for one (called Little Fellas), to Junior's newest creation, Skyscraper Cheesecakes (think alternating layers of cheesecake and layer cake) in flavors like Boston Cream Pie, Lemon Coconut, and Carrot Cake. It's a cheesecake lover's delight! This event took place on October, 11 2007 at the Google NYC office.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LNLA-RIp8w&hl=en

Cherry Cracker Dessert: Cooking With Jolene Solo Foods

Did you know Saltine Crackers could make a fantastic dessert? Join Jolene Sugarbaker, in her Official Entry To The Solo Foods Star: Video Contest, as she shows you how to use Solo Foods Cake And Pastry Filling and today's secret ingredient: Saltines to make a fantastic dessert. Your view is a vote for me, so please favorite it too! I know you all like longer shows, but this had to be two minutes! Maybe If I win, you'll see the full length one! Jolene's Cherry Cracker Dessert This dazzling dessert uses products from www.SoloFoods.com which has been making canned cake and pastry filling since 1895! I've been using them at LEAST since 1901! It's great when your favorite fruit is out of season, because with Solo it's always in season Solo makes over 13 different varieties to please every tastebud. So next time, surprise your guests with this light airy dessert, which will have them guessing how you made the blondie style crust! Only You Know The Secret Rate, Comment, Favorite, Forward! Love You! Jolene Sugarbaker The Trailer Park Queen www.JoleneSugarbaker.com http www.CafePress.com www.Twitter.com Facebook: I'm there Keys: Cherry Dessert with blondie style crust, super sweet, cherry pie filling from Solo Foods, Recipe Contest, Kitchen and Food Products On Display with Whipped Topping and Cream Cheese Add dash of Coconut recipes for pie filling other than pies



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Health Benefits of Coconut Cream

Isn't coconut cream the culprit that causes weight gain and triggers heart disease? In fact, the health benefits of coconut cream are more than what you've heard and learned for the past decades. So how does this wrongly-accused cream promote health?

Essentially, coconut cream benefits you with its medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA) structure and its lauric acid content. Let's first look at how its MCFA structure provides health benefits for you.

On surface, its saturated fat seems like the same as those in animal sources, but actually they're totally different. Animal-based saturated fat composes of fat molecules connected in long-chain pattern. This makes it difficult for your body to metabolize it for energy use. Hence, it gets stored in your fat storage most of the time, which explains why those who eat lots of fatty meat (from fast food) tend to grow fat easily.

On the contrary, the cream's medium-chain saturated fat gets converted into energy the moment your body absorbs it. In other words, your body converts the fat just like it does for carbohydrate. That makes the health benefits of coconut cream more apparent as a wonderful energy provider and booster for your bodily needs.

Next, lauric acid in coconut cream benefits your health just as the lauric acid in human breast milk does for infants. It helps to improve your immune system and protects you against intrusive viruses and bacteria, including hepatitis C, herpes and even HIV!

On top of that, its anti-carcinogenic and anti-pathogenic properties helps to prevent cancer. So, by eating a reasonable amount of this creamy food, you become very well protected. By reasonable amount, I mean you take it in moderation. Eating too much of it may make you ingest too much calories for your body needs. And when excess calories not used for energy, they'll ultimately get stored into your fat cells.

So how do you reap the most health benefits out of eating coconut cream? That depends on what you want to achieve with your food palate. For example, when drinking coffee, instead of adding coffee creamer or condensed milk, you can choose to use coconut cream instead. When baking cake, the cream can give you a wonderful creamy texture. How about adding it in your curry to make the gravy thick and silky? You can even cook your rice with the cream to give a subtle yet irresistible scent of coconut fragrance that no other natural foods can match.

Let your creative juices flow, but do keep in mind that moderation is the key to gaining maximum health benefits with coconut cream.

Looking For an Italian Wedding Cake?

There are two things every Italian loves, family and good food.

The traditional Italian wedding cake is a coconut filled white cake with cream cheese frosting. But there are plenty of other cakes Italians are known for that would suffice as a wedding cake. Three Italian cakes that might suit your fancy are Torta Chantilly which is a sponge cake covered in white chocolate flakes and a sweetened whipped cream, St. Honore cake which is a complicated but indulgent cake of rich pastry filled with cream and saturated in rum, and finally a classic fruit tart, known as Crustata de fruta. If you are looking for tradition for your Italian wedding cake, these cakes can be found at Italian bakeries.

If you love Italian food, but are looking for modern than traditional, think tiramisu, a favorite with coffee liqueur and mascarpone cheese, strawberries zabaglione, which is a refreshing dessert of strawberries laced with a sweet cream marsala sauce, or simple vanilla ice cream with limoncello or amaretto sauce. Italians won't discriminate if it isn't cake at a wedding, as long as it is good!

Most weddings have a cocktail hour, Italian weddings have a "Vienna Hour" marked by a table of delicious assorted Italian pastries including the classic canoli and a variety of after dinner drinks such as Port, Sambuca, or Anise. These are traditional options that the "old school" Italian men will be sure to appreciate.

If you are having a simple and casual affair, biscotti dipped in chocolate and espresso is a great Italian dessert combination or a classic wedding treat of candy covered almonds, which are also a symbol of fertility (wink, wink).

Whichever dessert you chose, make your decision the way a real Italian would and taste it all and enjoy every minute!

HelloKitty.avi

This was an order for a little girls birthday. She's turning 7 and she love love loooooves Hello Kitty. I delivered the cake and cupcakes to her the night before the party (which is being held today - Saturday June 12th) and she was so surprised and love it! Her Mum even asked me to be in a photo with her little girl and the cake. Both the cake, and the cupcakes were vanilla cake. The figurine was made by hand out of fondant, not gum-paste, I made it the night before I delivered it and it dried nicely. The battery on my digital camera died right at the end! ha ha lucky!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tstZaL9yIg0&hl=en