Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Cinnamon Strussel Muffin With Cream Cheese Filling
Breakfast for my coworkers tomorrow is this super delicious cinnamon strussel muffin filled with cream cheese. I wish the photos could capture the cream cheese filling better. It is so great warm. My friends are so spoiled!!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Four Layer Red Velvet Cake
If there is one thing I love, it's elaborate recipes. For a friends birthday I took the opportunity between caramel corn batches (honestly it's all people want) to make this scrumptious cake.
The batter calls for real unsalted butter and buttermilk. What people don't know about the red velvet cake is that it is a rich devil's food cake with red food coloring. People say this cake originated in the South. A lot of people serve it for Valentine's Day. For me, it's just a more beautiful cake. It was also fun slicing up the cake layers.
The frosting was the most elaborate part of this recipe. It was half and half cream cheese and marscarpone cheese. Marscarpone itself isn't that great, but it works in this recipe. The other fun part was the whipping cream. I've never made home made whipped cream before so it was fun to watch as this liquid heavy cream fluffed up in my mixer. I finally saw the "stiff peaks" I always read about. As you can tell I have yet to make a meringue. The cheeses were creamed, powdered sugar and vanilla was added, and then the cream was folded in. It's very thin at first, but once chilled it's just right for spreading. I then garnished the cake with sweetened coconut and a few butter cream roses.
Needless to say the birthday girl LOVED it. She sent me a quick pic from her phone so I could post what the cake looked on the inside.
The batter calls for real unsalted butter and buttermilk. What people don't know about the red velvet cake is that it is a rich devil's food cake with red food coloring. People say this cake originated in the South. A lot of people serve it for Valentine's Day. For me, it's just a more beautiful cake. It was also fun slicing up the cake layers.
The frosting was the most elaborate part of this recipe. It was half and half cream cheese and marscarpone cheese. Marscarpone itself isn't that great, but it works in this recipe. The other fun part was the whipping cream. I've never made home made whipped cream before so it was fun to watch as this liquid heavy cream fluffed up in my mixer. I finally saw the "stiff peaks" I always read about. As you can tell I have yet to make a meringue. The cheeses were creamed, powdered sugar and vanilla was added, and then the cream was folded in. It's very thin at first, but once chilled it's just right for spreading. I then garnished the cake with sweetened coconut and a few butter cream roses.
Needless to say the birthday girl LOVED it. She sent me a quick pic from her phone so I could post what the cake looked on the inside.
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