Snickers Cake

How to Make a Snickers Cake

Snicker’s Cake

If you love a Snicker’s Bar® you will love this cake.  Chocolate sponge cake moistened with rum flavored simple syrup, filled with Swiss Meringue Buttercream and Snicker’s Bar pieces topped with more Swiss Meringue Buttercream, Chocolate ganache, chocolate curls and more Snicker’s Bar pieces.   This has to be the best cake out there.  read more

The cheesecake has been cooled completely before being placed on a serving plate.

The Best Cheesecake Recipe

 The Best Cheesecake Recipe

I have made a No-bake Jell-o Cheesecake Dessert.  You surely have heard of the classic Philadelphia Cheesecake (with or without the sour cream topping) and its sister the New York Cheesecake.  How can we forget an Italian Ricotta Cheesecake.  And then there is the light and airy Japanese Cotton Cheesecake.   Now that you have tried the rest, it’s time to try The Best Cheesecake from Joseph (here on Desserts-101.com).   This is similar to a Japanese Cotton Cheesecake style only better. read more

Cake Decorating For Kids (Beginners) Water Colored Sides and Multi-colored Stars

Cake Decorating for Kids (Beginners) using the Water Color Technique on the Sides and Multi-colored Star Flowers on the top.

My finished Easy Decorated Cake for beginners. I used a water color technique and a rainbow stars,

My finished Easy Decorated Cake for beginners. I used a water color technique and a rainbow stars.

Everyone asks me how to decorate a beautiful cake for a beginner.  Well, this cake is for you.  It looks fancy and people will think you spent a lot of time decorating when, with just a few tricks, you easily did it in a flash.  That’s right you can do it too.  Follow along and I will show you how it is done.

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Cake With Sprinkles and Roses

How to Decorate A Cake With Sprinkles And Buttercream Roses

How to Decorate A Cake With Sprinkles and Buttercream Roses

Decorating a cake is not super hard.  Break it down into small steps and you can create your master piece everyone will envy.  Here are some steps on how to do a simple cake.  Ice the cake, add sprinkles to the sides, add flowers to the top, a border around to top edge, finish it off with some leaves and an inscription.  Once you read through and give this a try you can see how it will be easy to apply the same technique to any cake produce.  Now get decorating! read more

Yankee Candle Review

Yankee Candles

For my first product review I have decided to review Yankee Candles.  Yankee candles are available world wide.  In the US, they are available through Amazon.com and Yankeecandle.com and in Europe at YankeeCandle.com.uk.

 

I have reviewed 7 Yankee candles.  Yankee Candles is a premium candle production company which produces a number of scented candles which are constantly changing with the season.  I want to share my opinions of them.  As with anything there are some I like better than others.

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How To Make French Baguettes

French Baguettes are traditionally made fresh daily.  I have developed what I believe is an easy version.  It used five basic ingredients.  Do not be alarmed if the dough is very sticky and wet.  This is a high hydration dough and it is supposed to be this way.

Baguettes make great toasted garlic bread to be served with pasta.  Another great idea is to them them into French bread pizzas by slicing the loaf in half, spreading sauce, cheese and topping and baking in an oven.  Use day old bread for French toast, bread puddings, croutons or bread crumbs.

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