DIY Pineapple & Coconut aroma candle

Hi!!! I hope everyone enjoys this video as much as I did making my candles!! The scent is strong that you can smell it even though the candle is not on, but the scent is subtle and so sweet that my son thought i had made cake! lol I LOVE IT!! Thanx for watchin, I will make more candles soon. Kisses Marleen



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How to Make Italian Crème Cake : Mixing Sugar & Butter for Italian Cream Cake

Are you baking a delicious Italian Cream Cake? Our expert shows you how to mix the sugar and butter for this tasty dessert in this freerecipe video. Expert: Gail Hoffman Bio: Graduating from the Cordon Bleu Cooking School in Chicago, Illinois with a degree in Culinary Arts, Gail Hoffman has spent the last thirteen years working as a chef. Filmmaker: Adolph Ramirez



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Recipe for a Perfect Mother's Day

Ingredient #1: Let mom sleep in. This means being quiet on Mother's Day morning. No loud TV or loud music before mom decides to get out of bed. No loud complaining of "Mom, I can't find my shirt, pants [or any other article of clothing which mom is somehow magically supposed to, and surprisingly often does, know where it is]." Surely you can find something semi-clean to wear. :-) Better yet, just give mom some earplugs the night before so she can simply sleep through anything.

Ingredient #2: Let mom have breakfast in bed. In order to make sure this can actually happen, make sure you know where all of the ingredients, bowls, utensils, and other items you'll need are in the kitchen. Make a list of everything you'll need and make sure you know where all of it is the night before. I have included an easy breakfast recipe at the end of these "ingredients." It has just 6 ingredients and all you need is an electric mixer, bowl, and two bread pans. Under no circumstances should you wake mom up in order to find out where something is. Improvise. If it doesn't turn out, a nicely arranged bowl of cereal that she didn't have to make is still a nice Mother's Day breakfast.

Ingredient #3: Let mom have the day off. This means no cooking, cleaning, laundry, or running errands. Chances are pretty good that she does one or more of these things the other 364 days of the year. Let her have Mother's Day off. If she starts doing one of those things, pleasantly surprise her and offer to do it yourself. And for you kids, I am going to invoke the right of all mothers, she endured X hours of labor in order to bring you into the world, certainly she deserves one day a year off.

Ingredient #4: Tell her "I love you" at least once on Mother's Day. You know she loves to hear that sappy kind of stuff so indulge her. Telling mom you love her does not make you less cool, less of a rebel, less of a man, or any of the other things you might be worried about. Yes, I realize I have just dated myself but I am hoping that you still get my point. Mom loves you. Admitting that you love her too is okay. You can still be yourself and love your mom.

Ingredient #5: Give mom the gift of your day. Give her your attention for the day. Perhaps even have a meaningful talk about something important going on in your life. Moms love that kind of stuff. Let her choose what the family will do on Mother's Day. In a world where we never seem to have enough time for each other anymore, let her have you all to herself that day. Who knows, you might even enjoy having that special time with her.

Here's the easy breakfast recipe I promised.

Poppy Seed Bread

1 package yellow cake mix
1 package instant coconut cream pudding
1 cup hot water
1/2 cup oil
4 eggs
1/4 cup poppy seed

Put all of the above ingredients in a large bowl. Mix all of the ingredients together with an electric mixer on low speed for 4 minutes. Pour the mixture evenly into two bread pans and bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes. (A toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean.) Allow the bread to cool for about 30 minutes (it should be just slightly warm to the touch) and then carefully take a table knife and run it around the edge of the pan. Using the table knife or your fingers, gently loosen the bread from the bottom of the pan. Turn the pan upside down over a plate. The bread should slide out. If it doesn't, gently tap the bottom of the pan to loosen it. Turn the bread right side up, slice it up and you are ready to serve it to mom.

Happy Baking and Happy Mother's Day!

Discover Easy Ways to Decorate Your Christmas Cake

For many people Christmas time is a hectic round of shopping, cooking, writing cards and wrapping presents. And very often decorating the Christmas cake is left to the last minute, so here are some tips to help you along the way.

One of the quickest designs is a pattern using any of the following: semi-dried fruits, glace fruits, angelica, cherries and different types of nuts. But keep to three or four varieties, otherwise the design becomes too cluttered. If the top of the cake is rounded, cut off, and upturn the cake so the base becomes the top surface. Boil half a jar of apricot jam and press through a sieve. Brush the top surface of the cake with the jam, and cover with a design of fruit and nuts - a circular design for a round cake and straight lines for a square cake. To give the decoration an attractive shine (and to hold the fruit and nuts in place) brush over with jam, and lastly, tie a wide, red or green ribbon around the cake. A similar decoration can be made with marzipan fruits.

If you wish to spend slightly more time, decorate the top of the cake with soft icing, and as before, use ribbon, a cake frill, or a strip of Christmas paper to place around the sides. Again use the base of the cake as the top surface. Roll out sugarpaste (rollout icing) or marzipan, until it is slightly larger than the top of the cake - make sure the paste moves freely. Brush the top of the cake with apricot jam then upturn the cake onto the sugarpaste, and cut away the surplus paste. Place the cake on a cake board. Roll out a length of paste, approximately half inch deep, and cut a strip the same size. Moisten the paste around the edge of the cake and carefully position the strip on the moist surface. Make a design on this edging with cake crimpers - if you have them. Failing that, press the decorated handle of a spoon into the paste. Make an unusual decoration for the centre of the cake by colouring some marzipan red and modelling it into a candle shape. Use a flaked almond for a flame, and then surprise everyone by lighting the almond on Christmas Day - as nuts contain oil the almond will flame for a few moments!

Make Christmas trees from a cone-shaped piece of green marzipan. Use sharp scissors and beginning at the top, make small snips all around the tree. Make snowballs from balls of sugarpaste, very slightly moistened and covered in castor, or granulated sugar. To make holly leaves, roll out the paste and cut into a diamond shape. The sharp points are made by cutting out sections from around the edge of the leaf, with either an icing nozzle or the tip/handle of a small spoon. Mark veins on the leaf with the back of a knife.

For those who wish to venture into the field of royal icing, a quick way to use this icing is by making a 'snow scene'. First, apply a layer of marzipan to the cake and leave to dry for two days. The traditional way of making royal icing is with egg white and icing sugar, but icing sugar is now available which already contains the correct quantity of dried egg white - however, the icing still needs a good beating!

Test the icing before applying to the cake. Using a palette, or table knife, apply the icing about half an inch deep to the cake. Then, using the flat surface of the knife makes a slow 'bouncing' movement on the icing. The icing will stand in peaks if it is the correct consistency. Leave until firm and sprinkle with edible glitter for a sparkling cake. HAPPY Christmas

Luscious Carrot Cake For Carrot Hater

Carrot is a nutritional vegetable. It contains huge amounts of beta carotene which is the essential precursor of vitamin A. Beta carotene is a potent anti oxidant agent, proven to fight cancer cells and help body defense system. Pectin, an anti cholesterol agent, is another essential substance found in carrot. Fewer amounts of potassium and vitamin C are also found in carrot.

Some peoples dislike carrot, as a result they do not include carrot in their daily menu. An alternative way to make carrot based food is necessary to help them to love carrot. Carrot cake seems to be a suitable meal for them.

To make carrot cake, the first thing you have to do is to prepare these:

Wheat flour, 120 grams
Maize flour, 20 grams
Baking powder, a half teaspoon
Egg white, 250 cc
Sugar, 200 grams
Cake emulsifier, a half tablespoon
Salt, a half teaspoon
Sweet condensed milk, 100 cc
Carrots, 200 grams, rasp first, squeeze and take its water.
Orange dye

Carrot cake is easy to be made, follow these steps to make it:

Stir the egg white with sugar, cake emulsifier, and salt until it is soft and expanding.
Add the sweet condensed milk. Keep it stirred while wheat flour, maize flour, and baking powder are added to the dough.
Separate the dough into 2 parts, Dough 1 and Dough 2. Add carrot and orange dye into Dough 1, stir well.
Lubricate a baking pan using margarine, and pour some amounts of Dough 1 into the pan. Steam it for 5 minutes.
Pour Dough 2 into the pan, and steam it for 5 minutes.
Pour Dough 1 again into the pan, and steam it for 5 minutes, continue with Dough 2, and then Dough 1 if there are still any remainders.
After completing this layer making process, steam the entire dough for 25 minutes until it is done.
The luscious carrot cake is ready to be served.

PINEAPPLE COCONUT CAKE

PINEAPPLE COCONUT CAKE



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Angel Food Cake Tropical Pineapple Strawberry Parfait Dessert with MagiesPlace

Get the Recipe - magiesplace.info View more Recipes on my Channel www.getcookingatmagiesplace.com The word Parfait in French means Perfect. In 1894 Parfait began being to referred to as a frozen dessert make of sugar, syrup, egg and cream. Parfait made in America is made with cream, ice cream or jello layered with ingredients like yogurt, fresh fruit nuts, or whipped topping served in a tall glass showing off the layers. Even the Sundae traditionally could be referred to a Parfait. This Angel Food Parfait is a take off of the Parfait and when done layering this dessert does look similar to the Sundae Visit http for hundreds of family favorite recipes. Get Free Ebay Item Advertising at www.magiesplace.info ****************************************



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