Saturday, September 11, 2021

Pretty - is an accident of nature. - Elegance is a self-created work of art.

 











Fashion - Life is not perfect but your outfit can be.

 











Thursday, September 9, 2021

Beautiful celebration cakes







SALTED CARAMEL APPLE CAKE

 

Ingredients

Apple Cake

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup coconut cooking oil or vegetable oil
  • 3 1/2 cups diced apples peeled first
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 cups self-rising flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3 beaten eggs
  • optional: 3/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans I used pecans

Salted Caramel Sauce

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup cold water
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 3/4 teaspoon finely ground sea salt
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Instructions

Apple Cake

  • Grease and flour a tube pan.
  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • In a large mixing bowl, stir together sugar, self-rising flour and cinnamon until combined.
  • Stir in beaten eggs, cooking oil and vanilla.
  • Stir in diced apples (and optional nuts) until just combined.
  • (Batter will be very thick, maybe even crumbly.)
  • Spoon batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake for 50 - 60 minutes. (Check with cake tester at the 50 minute mark.)
  • Remove from oven and let cool on a rack 20-30 minutes until warm.
  • Loosen all edges including around the center tube with a sharp knife before turning out onto a cake platter.

Salted Caramel Sauce

  • In a medium-sized sauce pan stir together 1/4 cup cold water and granulated sugar until combined.
  • Set over medium-high heat on the stove top and cook 9 -11 minutes without stirring until mixture is a deep amber color.
  • Start checking closely at the 8 minute mark.
  • Meanwhile, warm heavy cream and butter together with sea salt in a small sauce pan over medium heat. (Absolutely do not boil.)
  • When sugar and water mixture is a deep amber color, slowly whisk in the warm cream and butter mixture.
  • Whisk over the heat until it's smooth a minute or two, then remove from the heat.
  • Salted caramel sauce will thicken up as it cools.
  • When sauce is still warm, spoon over apple cake and cascade down the sides.
  • (Re-heating the caramel sauce will thin it.)



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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Simple quick dessert


 

Ingredients
1 cup cake flour
1/2 cup fine or desiccated coconut
1/4 cup white sugar
1/3 cup melted salted butter
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup plain yoghurt
2 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence

SYRUP
1/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tsp vanilla
Add all the ingredients in a saucepan, simmer on the stove on medium heat until the sugar has completely dissolved.

Instructions
1. In a large bowl add flour, baking powder, sugar, coconut then whisk well .

2. In another bowl add melted butter, eggs , milk , yoghurt and vanilla. Mix well.

3. Pour the wet mixture to the dry ingredients. Mix until all ingredients are well combined. DO NOT OVER MIX.

4. Pour the batter ( mixture) in a greased casserole dish. Bake in a preheated oven at 170 Degrees Celsius for 30 minutes or until well baked .

5. Straight from the oven poke the cake with a fork then pour the hot syrup . (Pour the syrup while still hot).
Let the syrup soak in completely.

Sprinkle some coconut then serve with yoghurt or custard or ice cream . 

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THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR