CONSERVATORIES, SUNROOMS, GARDEN ROOMS - PART ONE

ingrediants

1/2 cup butter

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

8 ounces light cream cheese or 8 ounces cream cheese

3/4 cup confectioners' sugar

3/4 cup mini chocolate chip

3/4 cup pecans, finely chopped (optional)

Directions:

Prep Time: 10 mins



Total Time: 10 mins

1 In a saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add brown sugar and stir until sugar melts. Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla. Let cool.

2 In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioner's sugar for 1 minute. Slowly beat in cooled butter mixture and beat again for 1 minute. Stir in chocolate chips.

3 Scoop into serving bowl and refrigerate for 1 hour; or place the mixture onto a piece of plastic wrap and form into a ball. Refrigerate for 1 hour and then roll balls in pecans and serve


these are great for special ocasions when i made thm everyone loved them

CHASE Cheesecake Competition

I've just made a gorgeous white chocolate cheesecake for a cheesecake competition for CHASE at The Half Moon in Warninglid.  It looks lovely. I wish I could eat it!  I have worked extra hard on it hopefully it wins.

Maybe I will have to buy a slice of it and see whether it deserves to win.

Recipes Wanted

My chocolate orange cupcakes were a success they went on sale at my dad's office for Charity, and there were none left for me!


If u have any nice cake recipes please post on my blog and i will tell u what i think of them.

Chocolate Orange Cupcakes

I've just made a fresh batch of chocolate orange cupcakes they look delicious!Hopefully they taste good too. Below is the recipe:-



Ingredients

115g dark chocolate
90g unsalted butter
175g caster sugar
zest and juice of 1 orange
2 large eggs
185g plain flour
half teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
half teaspoon of baking powder
half teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon semi-skimmed milk

preaheat the oven to 160c fan/180c/350f/gas mark 4 and line a 12 hole muffin tray with the right size cup cake cases.

Break the chocolate into pieces and place in a bowl. Melt in a microwave. Stir well or you could place the chocolate in a heat proof bowl or saucepan of just simmering water. Stir occasionally until comletely melted. Set bowl aside to cool.

In a large mixing bowl cream the butter,sugar and orange zest until the mixture is pale and smooth, which should take 3-5 mins using an electric hand mixer, add the eggs and beat again briefly.

Mix the flour,bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
Mix the milk and orange juice in jug.

Add the chocolate to the creamed mixture and beat on a low speed until the mixture is just combined. The batter will be streaky. Add one-third of the flour mix and beat until it all comes together. Add half of the juice/milk mix and beat again until the mixture comes together. Repeat these steps until all the ingredients have been incorporated.

Carefully spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases filling them about two thirds full. Bake in oven for aroound 25-30 mins.

Take out of oven and leave them to cool down before decorating.

If you give them a try let me know what you think of them

Victoria's Cup Cakes

My daughter has decided to start her own Blog all about her love for making cup cakes. In the future she will be posting about different cup cake recipes, how she has got on in competitions and what she likes and doesn't like.