Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake 

It's a Saturday after I'm done work everyone's out of the house want to bake something fancy and simple to impress them when they all come back what better than an Pineapple Upside Down Cake like come on...

Made this recipe before it was amazing and simple so I thought why not share it so everyone could enjoy

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 can pineapple slices  (mine said 540 ml on the side if that helps)

Directions:

- Place the butter and brown sugar in a pan to melt them together, stir it good so it won't burn to the bottom. Let it bubble and boil for a little and then  take it off the heat and let it cool down more...not all the way

- You can open your can of pineapple hopefully you have better can opening skills them me..we didn't get along... 

- Pour the juice out of the can into a glass or something (don't waste it that's flavor people) 

- Take your square dish mine was probably 8x8 or something... and place the pineapple rings on the bottom and any left over you can cut in half and put on the side of the dish. 

- Now take your brown sugar and butter melted mixture and pour it on top of your pineapple cause it should be a little stiffer and spread it as evenly as possible over them.

Scratch Cake: (cause cake mix doesn't cut it)

1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

2/3 cups sugar 

1/4 cup milk

 - I just mixed everything together in a bowl...pretty easy...

All the ingredients in my bowl

One minute later 

 - Then I poured it over the pineapple mixture in the pan and spread it out even... u can add pineapple sauce to your cake batter if you like lots of pineapple flavor. 

 - Stick it in the oven for about 30 mins at 350 degrees...and wait

 - Poke it with something so u know its done all the way through and then pull it out or leave it in to cool whatever your heart desires.

 - To get it out you probably will need to use a knife to cut along the edges and then put a plate on top of your pan so u can flip it spatulas work for this too.

So I added half cherries on top to add color you can do whatever you would like to change it up

Looks pretty neat with all the pineapple 

So Yeah...

 - And now just try not to eat all of it cause the smell will get to you it smells fantastic so maybe you should drink the rest of your pineapple juice or you could be like my mother and add it to orange juice ... she likes that.

yupp so that was my baking for today hope you enjoyed that... you should +1 this or comment or something cause it's easy and I spend ages looking for a great recipe like this... so yea saving you some work here 

Tarts

Not sure what to call these exactly if you have a name suggestion could use one  but for now they will be simply known as tarts ... 

I usually make them mini version as you will see in my pictures and I get a lot out of it...so not sure the exact amount of tarts it makes guess it kinda depends on what size u make them....just keep that in mind 

Ingredients 

Crust:

• ·         2 cups all-purpose flour
• ·         2/3 cup butter
• ·         ½ cup icing sugar
• ·         1 egg

      Knead all the ingredients until you have a firm dough. Chill for 20 minutes.

If it's too dry add just a bit of water to help it all stick

Foila! my awesome ball of dough ....

I rolled it out and used a cookie cutter to get round shapes 

I did all this before making my filling so I would be prepared and I used single small  tart shells (left) I like them 

      Now for the filling I kinda threw some things in together that I thought would be good and jotted it down so here is my version

      

           Filling    

•            1 1/2 cup Sugar
•             2 cups Coconut (unsweetened and smaller flakes are the best)
•             1 Tbsp Flour 
•             1 Tbsp Lemon juice
•             1 Tbsp Butter (melted)
•              3 Eggs 
•              Preferably Raspberry Jam (about 1/4 teaspoon for the bottoms)

I just mixed that all together in a big bowl except for the Jam

So this is what mine looked like Yum..

I got everything set up to go 

So I had everything set up so I could make them efficiently.... because I had a lot to make 

You put a 1/4 teaspoon-ish amount on the bottom of each of the pastry circle things that you have put into the tart molds and then you put the coconut mixture on top of that not too full it will rise a little

I believe I had mine in for 10 mins each batch or so at 350'C but every oven is different and find what works for you cause my memory isn't always that good .... 

Anyways I'll show you the other pictures 

This is with the jam in the bottom and then adding the coconut mixture on top 

VOILA!

They look so cute..... 

They all looked good

And of course didn't last long that's why this pictures so blurry...so  not my camera skills 

Anyways hope you guys enjoy it ... I'll have to bake again soon and yeahhhhhhh eat good food always !

Itty Bitty Peppernuts

Soo..It's a Friday and a PD day so I have some spare time on my hand and this is an all time favorite treat in this house so I decided why not make them. They are called Itty Bitty Peppernuts and originally found this recipe in a baking book I borrowed....
Anyways here's how you could make them...same way I make them....

Ingredients:

• 3 Eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon crushed anise seed 

Directions: 

First you whip the 3 eggs and the 2 cups sugar together until fluffy and then start adding half of the flour... I usually like crushing the anise seed in a little zip-lock bag and roll a rolling pin over it but you could have a better way as long as they become crushed into smaller bits and you should start to smell the sweet scent. Anyways I add this and then add the other half of the flour and knead it into a ball 

Anyways then you take little pieces of that ball and grab some flour and you start rolling them into ropes about 1/2 inch in diameter. I usually lay them on a baking sheet with plastic wrap on it....

then you put them in the refrigerator and wait for an hour........ 

An hour later you can pull it out, it will be stiffer

Then you cut the ropes into smaller pieces and put them onto a backing tray to stick in the oven that's 350 degrees for 10 ish minutes depending on the oven... You don't want the bottoms to become too brown they are better when just slightly toasted...also the longer you let them stand the better they become .... not that they are going to last that long cause  they are very addicting 

Enjoy

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Cute As A Button Cupcakes

Soo....I had spare time and was in a baking mood so decided well I don't want to tackle a cake and was just Googling designs when I saw this picture 

Buttons made out of fondant

I decided hey why not make cupcakes with buttons on them I thought that would look pretty cool. So I made vanilla cupcakes with just a basic recipe and made 24 of them so I could make lots cause I had alot of left over fondant still in the fridge...which I had made before.

1. I cut out circles to put on top the cupcakes with a cookie press 

2. Used a knife to put dots in lines in a stitching pattern to make it look like fabric 

3. Used my regular tip to cut out circles to look like buttons and then used the other side of it to press out the smaller holes..I liked the ones with the 4 holes...found they looked better personally 

Not my picture...but u get the idea 

4. Now I Put those buttons on top where I wanted them ...I decided I liked them best in the middle

5. Easiest way to get fondant to stick well and attach itself I find is by adding a little warm water..just brush a little on an stick it on...voila magic sortaaa. Anyways the finished product....

I was satisfied... you should try making them they aren't that hard

I also went one step further and made a koala holding a button...cause I could...yup

Pink buttons on the outside and a thicker button he's  holding onto ... and the koala is being held up with some spaghetti 

You can switch it up make it unique 

Be Original 

My little buddy...he's as cute as a button : ) get it....

Anyways that was what I accomplished on June 2nd 2013 I believe... I took them into work and hope they enjoyed it...anyways if you want the recipe or have questions just comment or somehow contact me I would be more than happy to answer them... Have a fantastic time till I get back sorry for the long post peoples