As easy as pie...crust ;-)

I've always wanted to make my own pie crust but I never came accross a recipe that's easy to make....So again I searched the interweb :-) and came accross a recipe that's not only easy to make but also extremely flaky. The tip is to keep all your ingredients as cold as you can and try to work as fast as you possibly can.
I can be selfish and keep the site to myself, but I'm not and I like to share my tips, ideas and cool websites with you. So check it out this video by Laura Vitale and let me know what you think, you never know maybe you find something else on the site that you might like.

oh by the way, Vegetable Shortening is any fat that is solid at room temperature and used to make crumbly pastry, if you don't have this you can substitute it with butter but the experts say having this will make you pastry perfect....

Or Visit her website at http://laurainthekitchen.com/

So happy baking people ;-))

Interesting Site with Delicious Recipes.....

So this time around I've decided to expand my horizons, experimenting with different types of desserts and puddings. Whilst browsing the net I came across a great site, which not only have delicious dessert recipes but actually show you step by step on how to make it on video. This I love for one reason only, sometimes when you read a recipe it sounds difficult but when you watch the video you find out that it's really easy to make. There I found some great tips as well, like to cover your strawberries with flour when you making strawberry muffins, this is to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the muffin. So I've learned alot and I simply love the site!!

I've had  number of requests for products that I didn't advertise so I simply added them onto my list and now I'm stuck with a hole bunch of products that I never in the first place intended on making. Chocolate Mousse, Creme Brulee, Cupcakes and Chocolate Cups with Caramel filling to name just a few.
I tell you browsing the inter web(as i like to call it) teaches you so many different techniques and ways to present your food, its  my new BFF :-)

So I've decided to add the one recipe that I absolutely love and this is Raspberry butter cream, this on top of a vanilla cupcake is sooooo devine and its quite easy to make.

You will need the following ingredients:

Unsalted Butter, softened
Raspberry Preserves
Vanilla Extract/Essence
Icing Sugar
Fresh Raspberries, for garnishing

To make the frosting combine together all the frosting ingredients except the fresh raspberries and mix together to combine. Add the frosting in a piping bag fitted with a large star tip and pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes. Top with a few fresh raspberries and dive in!

These little beauties are so delicious and beautiful that I promise you everybody is going to think that you went to a fancy shmancy bakery and bought them. I make these very often because they always get a wow reaction from everybody and of course they are delicious!