Raspberry and Almond Shortbread Thumbprints

Ingredients

Makes servings USMetricAdjust Recipe (Help)

                       

1 cup butter, softened                               

                       

2/3 cup white sugar                                                  

                       

1/2 teaspoon almond extract                                                    

                       

2 cups all-purpose flour                                                    

                       

1/2 cup seedless raspberry jam                                                    

                       

1/2 cup confectioners' sugar                                                    

                       

3/4 teaspoon almond extract                                                  

                        

1 teaspoon milk

Creamy Rice Pudding

Ingredients       

Makes servings USMetricAdjust Recipe (Help)

3/4 cup uncooked white rice

                       

2 cups milk, divided                    

1/3 cup white sugar                          

1/4 teaspoon salt                                                    

1 egg, beaten

                       

2/3 cup golden raisins                               

1 tablespoon butter                                                    

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Carrot cake

Ingredients

2 cups granulated sugar

1 1/2 cups vegetable oil

4 fresh whole eggs

2 cups pastry flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

3 cups raw finely ground carrots

4 ounces finely chopped walnuts

1 1/2 pounds powdered sugar

12 ounces room temperature cream cheese

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

2 ounces room temperature margarine

Almost at the end

Well, I'm almost at the end of my journey and ill have to say that I still don't regret choosing what I chose to be my senior project. I feel like I had a great experience and I had fun along the way. I learned a lot of new skills in how to bake. I know how to make a lot of different desserts, I learned way more ways on how I can decorate all my desserts, how to make a dessert to look professional and just the right way to make them taste absolutely delicious. From all these skills and from all the people I met along the way I'm going to take with me when I go to college and use that to help me fulfill my dreams. This project taught me how to communicate with others, how to be organized, how to have patience and how to make things fun out of what you do.

Chocolate custard icecream

Ingredients

2 cups heavy cream

1 cup milk

3/4 cup cocoa powder ( I used Hershey's)

1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

4 large egg yolks

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

White chocolate covered pretzels

Ingredients 6 (1 ounce) squares white chocolate                                                    

 

1 (15 ounce) package mini twist pretzels

 

Directions

1. Melt white chocolate in the top of a double boiler, stirring constantly.
2. Dip pretzel halfway into the white chocolate, completely covering half of the pretzel. Roll in topping if desired, and lay on wax paper.
3. Continue the process until all of the white chocolate is finished. Place in refrigerator for 15 minutes to harden. Store in airtight container.

Louisa Ho

Louisa Ho is a famous pastry chef in China.
Some of her awards were in

• 1987 – Creation of the Hong Kong Bakery and Confectionery Association
• 2006 – Book – Louisa’s Bakery.

Decorations from joanns fabric

These are some of the things we learn how to do at joanns fabric. We have several different tips where they all have different tips that helps you make different designs and help decorate the things you bake.

Gluten-Free Chocolate Marshmallow Pillows

Ingredients            

1/2

cup butter, softened

1

egg

1

box Betty Crocker® Gluten Free chocolate chip cookie mix

2/3

cup chopped pecans

15

large marshmallows, cut in half

Frosting

1

cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)

1/3

cup whipping cream

1

teaspoon butter

1

teaspoon vanilla

1/2

cup powdered sugar

Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

Ingredients
1 box (19 oz) Betty Crocker® Gluten Free chocolate chip cookie mix                        

1 egg                        

1/2 cup butter, softened                        

1 teaspoon vanilla                        

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter                        

60 miniature chocolate-covered peanut butter cup candies, unwrapped

Gluten-Free Snickerdoodles

Ingredients                     

1 1/4 cups sugar                         

1/4 cup butter, softened                        

1/4 cup shortening                         

2 cups Bisquick® Gluten Free mix                         

2   teaspoons ground cinnamon

2 eggs

Gluten free cupcakes

 

 Gluten Free Strawberries & Cream Cupcakes

Ingredients

2 cups strawberries, hulled – use divided
1 cup superfine white rice flour
1/3 cup potato starch (not potato flour)
3 tablespoons tapioca starch
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon kosher or fine sea salt
¼ cup sour cream or Greek yogurt – at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
7 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 tablespoon shy of a stick) – at room temperature
1 cup plus 4 teaspoons granulated sugar – use divided
1 large egg – at room temperature
2 large egg whites – at room temperature
1 cup cold heavy whipping cream

chocolate coconut balls

Ingredients

• 1 cup toasted chopped  macadamia nuts
• 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• 8 ounces sweetened shredded coconut
• One 12-ounce bag semisweet chocolate morsels, melted
• 1 tablespoon shortening

Deep fried snickers

Deep fried oreos

Sprinkly donuts

Its always good o add a little sprinkles to the things you bake & decorate. it makes things cuter and more fun to eat.

Donut holes

Donuts could be a good dessert but also it could be a great breakfast. I love to eat donuts in the morning with some hot chocolate. That really gets my day going great.

Pumpkin pie

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups pumpkin puree
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup evaporated milk, undiluted
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 9-inch pie crust, unbaked

Jello

Jello is such a easy thing to make and it comes in very handy to have make for parties and get togethers. I don't really like jello because of the certain texture but if I do eat jello I prefer the strawberry kind. You can buy a box of jello from any grocery store and make it yourself right at home.

chocolate and vanilla pudding

I love chocolate and vanilla pudding! They have such a rich flavor and it just taste so delicious. My favorite is the vanilla pudding. I prefer vanilla over chocolate any day. Something I want to try with this pudding is to put it in a cake and see how it comes out or even try it in cupcakes.

Pecan pie

Pecan pie is something that I never made or even tasted before but it's something that I want to try. It looks very delicious and I love pecans. The recipe for this is

1 9-inch pie shell, frozen or chilled for an hour if freshly made. 

• 1 3/4 cups pecans, coarsely chopped
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp molasses
• 2 Tbsp melted butter
• 2 Tbsp flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Homeade vanilla icecream

Ingredients:
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 vanilla bean, scraped

STRAWBERRY PIE

                        

1 (9 inch) pie crust, baked

  1 quart fresh strawberries                                                    

1 cup white sugar                                              

 

 3 tablespoons cornstarch                                                    

 

 

3/4 cup water

 

 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

Milkshakes

Milkshakes are another refreshing beverage. My favorite milkshake is the strawberry kind. I loved it ever since I was a kid and drank them ever since. I make these a lot at home and all you have to do is have a bucket of ice cream and a regular gallon of milk and you can easily make a delicious milkshake on your own.

Certain things to do when icing a cake

When you ice a cake you cant ice it exactly when it comes out the oven. You have to wait until it cools off completely for you to ice it. You can even put it in the freezer before you ice it. When the cake is cooled off completely you take your icing of whatever you have, put the icing in the middle of the cake, take your spatula and spread it out from the middle to the sides. For your cake to come out nice you can't rush icing it, it takes time to come out the way you want. (: I just learned how to ice a cake properly without it having crumbs all over the top of it.

How to make buttercream icing

 

 

 

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine softened
• 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
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• 4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (approximately 1 lb.)
• 2 tablespoons milk

 

Smoothies

Yummy fruit smoothies are something that I love to drink on a nice summer day.  They are so delicious and are a low fat, low calorie drink. it's very refreshing and all you need is a bunch of fruits and a blender to make it just the way you want (:

Chocolate pie

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 cup water, divided
• 2/3 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• baked pie crust or purchased crumb crust, 9-inch

Apple pie

Ingredients

Crust

1

box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box

Filling*

6

cups thinly sliced, peeled apples (6 medium)

3/4

cup sugar

2

tablespoons all-purpose flour

3/4

teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4

teaspoon salt

1/8

teaspoon ground nutmeg

Banana pudding

I love banana pudding. The main ingredient that I love the most is the vanilla wafers that you put inside of the pudding. My grandma makes the best banana pudding but I want to learn how to make it on my own.

famous pastry chef in rochester

Robert Fasce is a Executive Chef at The Genesee Valley Club

 

                                                                                                   

James Dean is a Executive Chef at City Grill

 Debra Stirone pastry chef/owner at gourmet goodies              

 

Famous desserts in England

Battenberg cake

Eccles cakes

 (Plum pudding) It is a mixture of meat, vegetables, dried fruits and sugar.

Cookie cake

COOKIE CAKE! I love cookie cake... it makes me taste buds very happy and its so easy to make. All you have to do is get regular cookie mix, put it in a cake pan whatever shape you want it to be and bake it for a certain amount of time. After you take it out the oven and its freshly done, wait until it cools off and you can decorate it however you want.

Oreo cake

This is something I want to learn how to make from scratch. My stepdad loves Oreo cake and I was thinking of making him something like this for his birthday. It looks so breath taking and I bet it taste the way it looks. I'm going to look up the recipe and make this on my own.

Smores (:

I love smores especially in the summertime! they are so easy to make and are fun to make also. In the summertime you can have a bon fire. Put the marsh mellow on a stick, put it in the fire and it will make a perfect smore. This dessert is so delicious and I definitely love making them, they only take up to 2 minutes to make and be freshly done.

Cheesecake

Upset.

I am upset because I am starting to get really overwhelmed by all of this work. I have a lot of things I have to do for my senior project and I am starting to fall behind In my classes. I am having a really hard time in math. I don't understand It very well and I tend to lose interest very quickly when I don't understand something. I am going to start staying after school with negussie and get everything that I have to get done, done. There is no more playing around for me. I have to start taking this very serious and turn this around. I am willing to do whatever it takes so I can pass al of my classes and not slack off. I will change this around.

chocolate covered fruit

Chocolate covered fruit is so delicious. I really want my future restaurant to have a chocolate fountain and a bunch of different fruits that my customers will love.

Cinammon rolls

I love making cinnamon rolls. The icing that you have to put on top makes it even better. This dessert is so delicious.

 

Chocolate balls

Yummmmy (:

Florida schools

There is a bunch of culinary schools that are located in Florida that I can choose from. I'm starting to look more into colleges that are in a warm climate because I want to have fun also while I'm in school. Maybe when I think about opening my own restaurant I could have like a grill type of restaurant and have a nice tables that are outside where people can sit and enjoy their food while enjoying the nice beautiful weather. I just hope when I finally chose a college that I'm going to transfer to from MCC, it's a college that is perfect for me and something that I wont regret doing. Only time will tell...