Category: Desserts
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No-Knead Cinnamon English Muffin Bread
From Holiday Traditions Cooking Class at Jungle Jim’s with Aunt Terry, now neighbors on Airy View Dr. expect it every year at Christmas. Weigh flour into a large bowl; add salt, sugar and yeast and whisk to combine well. Add water and stir with a wooden spoon until almost combined; add chips and stir until…
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Laura Berger’s Amazing Lemon Cookies
Lemon cookies are Jen’s favorite. Laura, one of Jen’s dear friends introduced via Mark (co-worker at Quotient) made these for Jen in the heart of COVID, when all friends were delivering pick-me-ups. Ingredients: 1 box lemon cake mix 8 oz. Cool Whip thawed 1 egg Powdered Sugar Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease…
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Classic Buttercream Icing
Famous Wilton Buttercream Icing recipe. Best used as arm and face decoration during a cake decorating class you should be paying attention to. Stiff Consistency 1 cup solid white vegetable shortening 1 teaspoon Wilton flavor (imitation vanilla, almond, or butter) 7-8 teaspoons milk or water 1 lb. pure cane confectioners’ sugar 1 tablespoon Wilton Meringue…
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Mini Cheesecakes
Ingredients: 2 8-ounce packages of low-fat cream cheese, softened 3/4 cup sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1 tbsp lemon juice dash of lemon zest Mini Nilla Wafers (make sure these are the regular kind, not the reduced fat kind otherwise the wafers will actually float up to the top!) 1 can cherry pie filling…
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Irish Tea Cake
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup white sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup milk 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar for dusting Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch round pan. In…
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Best Ever Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients: 2 cups bananas, mashed 2 teaspoons lemon juice 3 cups all-purpose flour 1.5 teaspoons baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 2 1/8 cups sugar 3 large eggs, room temperature 2 teaspoons vanilla 1.5 cups buttermilk, room temperature Directions: Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Grease and flour…