Move Over!

I made Oreo Truffles to take to a New Year's Eve party and when it came time to coat them in chocolate, Steven thought he was Bakerella!


He took over.


He developed his own technique.


He claimed his looked much better than mine.

Click HERE for the recipe!

Blueberry Buckle

Who bakes with no running water? A broken water main a couple of streets over had me confined to the house today...I didn't make it into the shower before it was turned off and I just can't leave the house greasy! So I ventured into the kitchen, spotted the fresh blueberries, and decided to bake. Everything was moving along fine until I came to the step of cutting the butter into the crumb topping. There's only so much you can do with a fork; I always use my hands and this time was no different. Never once did I think about water or lack there of...until I tried to wash my hands. Urgh!



Blueberry Buckle ~adapted from All Recipes

Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
2 cups fresh blueberries

Topping:
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup cold butter

Directions:
Cream butter and sugar, then beat in the egg. In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients and add to the wet mixture alternatively with milk. Fold in the berries and pour into greased springform pan.
For topping, combine dry ingredients and cut in the butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over blueberry mixture.
Bake in a 375 degree oven for 45 minutes, or until the toothpick test is passed. Cool on a wire rack.

*This was a quick and easy treat, and tastes very yummy!

Cake Balls

I'm no Bakerella, but who can compete with her?! Click HERE to see her Red Velvet Cake Balls. She is amazingly talented!

Using the white almond bark with red velvet will definately test your patience...keeping the little red particles out of the white icing is a challenge, but that's what a practice round is for! I ended up putting the cake ball on a fork and holding it with my left hand, while spooning the melted bark over it with my right hand - that seemed to work best. We also loved the spice cake dipped in the milk chocolate bark.

Juh-loppies

Stuffed jalepenos are our newest summer addiction. Steven would grill every single summer night if he could! Our neighbors have to wonder because we do grill several nights a week, and it smells amazing outside! We make a dozen of these just for the two of us. You should try 'em, I promise you'll be addicted too! You can stuff them with just about anything, but we brown regular breakfast sausage and add plain cream cheese to it, and that's it. They have a great flavor...not hot at all, because you remove the seeds and the veins. So yummy!!
*Putting the bacon end over end keeps the filling inside. We have bought and used a couple of different thingies to sit them upright on the grill, but the skewers really do work better.