Traditional Goan Kulkuls (a fried cookie)
Traditional Goan Batica ( a semolina and coconut cake)
Cranberry & Walnut cookies
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Another Birthday Cake
Reading Tracy’s post on the cake her daughter made gave me the idea for this birthday cake for the five year old. Being boy’s, rockets, airplanes, cars and such are big hits with them and instead of trying to make a car cake, I thought this would be easier. Seeing this is my first attempt ever at this, it’s not very good but kids are easy to please and seldom see the faults we do… so, the cake was a hit.
My five year old is not a big fan of chocolate except as candy so the cake was a confetti cake with cream cheese icing in the middle and under the marshmallow fondant icing on top.
The car was made from marshmallow fondant and painted using food color.
Creative Boot Camp # 3
365-8 Plate of Food
Fries, Broccoli, Cucumber and Spiced Pork with Red Peppers & Onions. I marinated the pork in cumin pdr, coriander pdr (seeds of the cilantro plant), lemon juice, salt, pepper, paprika. Then shallow fried the pork and deglazed the pan with the onions and red peppers.
Christmas Cookies
This was my first attempt at Christmas Cookies. I got the recipe for the Cut out Cookies and the Icing from Allrecipes. Be sure to read the tips; I found them invaluable. For instance, I creamed the shortening and sugar first. Added the vanilla essence and eggs; then added the dry ingredients slowly… if you need more moisture and the mix is too crumbly… add a little milk. I also used butter flavored shortening. The cookies had a very yummy butter flavor! For the icing too, I ended up using more milk… more like 5 tsps rather than the 2 called for in the recipe.
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