October Almost On The Way

Some favorite fall hobbies and things I thought you might like!

These are pumpkin cupcakes from the blog micahandpatty.blogspot.com. I think they really welcome October, what with the "pumpkin" theme. These would go really well with cream cheese frosting! 







This is a fall wreath for a front door. I found it on yorkblog.com. 
As shown below, it looks really good on a reddish-brown
 or brown door.















Enjoy these photos and links!

Fall Crafts - Great Ideas!

Make a tissue paper collage scrapbook of your best fall moments!

Materials:

• Tissue paper
• Elmer's glue in a paint cup or disposable bowl
• Blank solid color journal (white or a light color)
• Other decorations like glitter or magazine cutouts (optional)
• small paintbrush

First, open the journal and lay it face down. Take the paintbrush and spread glue in a small area. Stick different overlapping colors of tissue paper on top of it. Then spread a thin, fine layer of glue over the tissue paper to give it a nice shine. Repeat. After everything is covered and dry, decorate with your favorite pictures, drawings, or colors!

Note: When you are decorating the spine, at different intervals open and close the book to make sure it doesn't stick anywhere.  

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival

Today is the last day of the Chinese Moon Festival. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar. During this festival, the Chinese people eat moon cakes. Below is a link for the recipe to Moon Cakes!

chinesefood.about.com 




Here is a Lunar Calendar!     

Thanks to Other Baking Blogs and Websites

Wow, I'm really getting the knack of this photoblogging stuff! It's actually really fun to post pictures of tasty desserts and then let you have a try at baking (and eating) them. Because there are other great cooking blogs and websites out there as well! If you have any suggestions, please comment so that we here at Bakers' Central can have the best blog possible.

Make Breakfast Taste AMAZING

These are some chocolate coconut scones that I found a picture of online. They look delicious, so why not try baking them yourself?

Here is the link:
mybakingaddiction.com/chocolate-coconut-scones/

Fall Recipe Share

Want to share a delicious recipe? Comment on this post with the ingredients, recipe, and maybe  a few cooking tips. You can comment as Anonymous, Name/URL, Google Account, or anything else you want. It can also be a variation of a recipe we posted here. At Bakers' Central, we look forward to receiving cool recipes, and trying them out as well! Hopefully, if we get enough comments, one of them will make it into it's own post! Please tell us if you don't want your comment to be featured, or if it can only be featured anonymously. Thanks!  

Crazy French Fry commercial

My friend Mimi and I composed a song using the tune and some of the words from the 50 states song!! :)

50 nifty fries:50 nifty united fries from 13 original potatoes.
50 nifty fries in the pan that sizzles so beautifully in the heat.
Each individual fry contributes a quality that is great.
Each individual fry deserves a try, we eat them now.
50 nifty United fries from 13 original potatoes
Fry them, try them, you really should buy them, one by one till you've given a try to every fry in the French Fry Company!

Halloween Costume Countdown!!!

10.) Cowgirl/cowboy

       shopping.com

9.) Cupcake

     coolest-homemade-costumes.com

8.) Soccer player

     spoonful.com

7.) Queen

     costumecraze.com

6.) Waitress

     partycity.com

5.) Doll

     allfancydress.com  

4.) Harry Potter character

     officialharrypottercostumes.com

3.) Ninja

     halloweenexpress.com

2.) Ballerina

     chasing-firefies.com

1.) Sun maid raisins    

     costumepop.com

Enjoy!!!!!!

Chocolate Pizza

Yesterday my friend came over and we made chocolate pizzas. It does sound strange but it is actually really good. 

The recipe is:

Dough for the pizza crust:

About...

2 cups whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon powdered sugar

1teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon oil

1 tablespoon active dry yeast

1 1/2 cups warm water

Directions:

Divide the dough into some balls and roll it into a circle or whatever shape you want and put it in the oven for about 15 minutes.

Chocolate sauce:

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

(or semisweet chocolate that is cut into small pieces)

1/4 cup milk (start with a little less than that)

1 tablespoon powdered sugar

Directions:

Put all of the ingredients in a sauce pan and melt them. Do not put directly on the stove. But put it on top of boiling water and the chocolate will melt. Keep stirring.

Note:

If it gets too thin then you can add some flour and stir it 

OR if it gets too thick then you can add some more milk.

Toppings:

Anything you want i.e.

berries, other types of fruit, candy, ice cream, whipped cream.

Putting it all together...

1. Take the pizza crust and cool it a bit. 

2. Then spread the chocolate sauce.

3. Top it with whipped cream/ice cream, sprinkles, fruits and all kinds of goodies.

Ummmm. It is sooooooo yummy. 

Try it and Enjoy... 

Another variation: instead of baking the pizza crust, you could do the same thing with a tortilla.

Spread the sauce, top it, roll it and call it the chocolate burrito.

Another link

To add on to the links, There is one more called joyofbaking.com. It has video presentations!

Allergies

Some people have allergies to thing like nuts and dairy, which sometimes might make you think it's going to be harder to bake. That's absolutely not true!! Here are some substitutes, though!

Peanut butter- soynut butter (you can buy this at Whole Foods)

Chocolate- dairy free chocolate (you can buy this at Whole Foods)

Sugar- Splenda (you can buy this at Shaw's)

Milk- soymilk (you can buy this at Trader Joe's)

These are just a few pointers, but you can go broader than this, and even make some healthy choices!

Delicious (and healthy) homemade salad

Make your own tomato and cucumber salad!

Ingredients:

-1 roma tomato

-1 cucumber

-salt and pepper to taste

Directions (makes 1 serving)

1. Cut the tomato into cubes.

2. Peel and cut the cucumber into cubes.

3. Put both into a bowl.

4. Add desired amount of salt and pepper.

This salad has a rather tangy, rather spicy taste.

Happy Memorial Day! Party Ideas

Throw a Memorial Day party! This will be lots of fun to plan, prepare, and of course, PARTY!

Goody Bags
What you need:
-treat bags (you can find these at grocery stores and craft stores)
-hole puncher
-thick white or manilla paper
-markers, crayons, and/or colored pencils
-curling ribbon or string

Directions (Makes 1 goody bag):
Fill the treat bag with your goodies. Cut 1 sheet of manilla paper into a 2" x 4" rectangle. Fold it in half. Then, leaving the paper folded, punch a hole with the hole puncher in the top left hand corner. Decorate it with the writing tools and write a nice message inside. Using curling ribbon, tie the tag around the treat bag.

Have fun at your party!

Links!

Here are some links to baking sites we found!

1. bakerella.blogspot.com

2. dishesfrommykitchen.blogspot.com

3. bakeorbreak.com

4. allrecipes.com

Enjoy these awesome websites!

Chocolate Mousse Cake

We had friends over Saturday night and the dessert was delicious! It was a chocolate mousse cake with vanilla frosting as one layer. A white chocolate stick complimented the top. It was yummy! 

Here is a comment from someone who enjoyed the cake: "I think it was delicious! Just delicious."

I thought it was quite yummy as well!:)  

Cake Pop Cake

Looking for a way to have a decorative cake at a birthday party, or any event for that matter?  Well you can try this.

1. Make a cake and don't frost it.

2.  Then break it up and roll  it into small balls.

3. Add cake pop sticks.

4. For frosting the cake pops- Melt chocolate candy and dip the cake pops in it.

5. Decorate with your favorite sprinkles!

6. Make the second cake.

7. Frost it.

8. Insert cake pops on top. This makes for a very fancy cake.

9. Enjoy!

Creamy Hot Chocolate recipe

Most schools have the day off because of the snowstorm(my school included), so why not spend the whole day baking? I would, but you don't have to. Or you could go outside and have a snowball fight(or something). But who said you couldn't do both? I have a great way to make hot chocolate that will really come in handy after a cold day outside. A lot of stuff is optional in this recipe. It takes only three easy steps! 

Creamy Hot Chocolate recipe
What you need:
Milk, about half of your mug
Chocolate chips, melted into a hot sauce
Marshmallows(optional)
Whipped cream(optional)

1. Warm up the milk for about a minute.
2. Stir in the chocolate sauce made from your chocolate chips.
3. Add in the marshmallows and whipped cream (optional), and enjoy!

Cookie Decorating!

Again, some Valentine's Day writing. This time, though, it's gonna be about baking, actually baking ideas. I think it's sweet to give someone cookies on Valentines Day (or any holiday), so here are some ideas to give your cookies a unique pop!

First, you can make your cookies in a special shape, such as a heart, or even an "I Love You". Remember: The more creative you get, the more pleased the person will be to receive the cookies.

There are also cool ways to decorate the cookies. I like to frost the cookies a certain color. Then sprinkle some sprinkles on them (maybe a different shade of the frosting color).

But don't be afraid to experiment with your own ideas! The receiver of your cookies will be sure to love the gift!

Betty Crocker Brownies

 Today we baked brownies, but out of a mix this time. the mix was Betty Crocker, and the type of brownie was chocolate chunk, with real Hershey's chocolate pieces mixed in. Deee-licious!! When I first saw them, fresh out of the oven, my mouth immediately started watering. All the credit goes to my wonderful mom. I bet my sister and I can finish the whole container of brownies in another day!!!! 

Valentine's Day Party Ideas

Since it's almost Valentine's Day, I thought I'd post some party ideas. For starters, there's always decorating, which I love.

Place Cards:
What you need-

• index cards or pieces of paper, cut to whatever size you want
• markers and other coloring items
• bottle caps
• wooden craft sticks
• hot glue gun

1. First, decorate the index cards or paper with whatever design you want. It can be fun to personalize each one.
2. Then, hot glue the cards or paper to the craft sticks. 
3. Finally, hot glue the sticks those to the bottle caps to weigh them down. Now, everyone will know where to sit!

Here is a table decorating technique that can come in handy. What you can do is put a tablecloth on the table. Then, sprinkle confetti on the tablecloth to give it some pizzaz. It'll look even awesomer when all the sweet treats are laid out, of course!  

Happy Valentine's Day!

Recipe for cupcakes

Last weekend I baked eggless, butterless cupcakes for my little sister who really loves  sugary things.
Click here for the recipe -  Yummy Eggless Chocolate Cupcake recipe 
They were delicious!
I think that it's a great recipe for parties and for someone who has a sweet tooth!


Recipe for EgglessVanillaCake - Tried and tested!

How It All Started

Last summer,I was in India. My grandma in Madurai loves sweet things so I made an eggless cake with a pressure cooker for her. I had a lot of fun, so I started watching videos of how to make cakes.Then,in October I went to someones birthday party and the person who made the cake was someone who is 12 years old. She told us that she ran a business. That gave me an idea of starting my own baking company.
When I went to Renuka and Anjana's house that evening, I told them about the idea. We were all very excited to start a business. Renuka came up with the idea of making a blog and here it is.

Ohlin's Bakery

Ohlin's Bakery is located in Cushing Square, Belmont, MA.They have lots of gourmet treats, as well as breakfast items, such as Green Mountain coffee, muffins, and donuts. Whenever I walk through Cushing Square, I can't help but stick my head into Ohlin's and take a big sniff. It smells delicious. Some of their sweet treats are cookies and cupcakes. They also have custom cakes. Ever since I was little, I have ordered my birthday cake from Ohlin's. The cake is always delicious. And, you can have them write something on the cake with icing, like "Happy Birthday!". 

If you live in Belmont MA, and walking distance from Ohlin's, then you should take advantage of it, and walk over and buy something every day. Yum! 

Snowman Cupcake

An Adorable Dessert!

I think this cupcake is so cute! There's a picture of it on the website, and the cupcake kind of looks like a snowman. Sooo adorable!

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