Cake Pops

Cake Pops

Halloween Inspired

There are multiple steps to making cake pops and these steps can be used to make cake pops for any occasion the only difference would be the colours you decide to use or the theme. For our Halloween Inspired cake pops I decided to make mummies.

Step 1: Making the cake

You can use any cake recipe you like, my favourite is Vanilla Cake.

Ingredients: 

• Flour                           2 cups
• Baking Powder           2 tsp
• Salt                             1/2 tsp
• Shortening                  1/2 cup
• Eggs                            2
• Sugar                          1 1/2 cups
• Vanilla                         1 tsp
• Milk                             1 1/4 cups

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Mix shortening, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and milk. Then mix flour, baking powder and salt in another bowl. Then add dry ingredients to other mixture. Pour into a well-greased pan.

Bake at 350°F for 40 minutes.

Step 2:

When the cake comes out of the oven let it cool then break it into pieces with your hands until the whole cake is crumbled. 

Once you have crumbled the whole cake stick it in the fridge to cool. I find that it holds better if you let the cake stay in the fridge over night.

Step 3:

Once the cake is cooled put 2 large spoon full's of icing into the crumbled cake mix and mix together with your hands.

Add more icing if needed until the cake will hold well in a ball.

Roll the cake mix into balls.

Step 4:

Melt a large bowl of chocolate in the microwave.

I find it works best if i melt the chocolate for 30 seconds and then take it out at mix it until chocolate has a liquid consistency. 

Step 5:

Take each stick and dip them into the melted chocolate and stick one into each ball.

I find doing this makes the cake hold to the stick better when you dip them in chocolate.

Step 6:

Take the cake on a stick and dip them into the melted chocolate until completely covered and decorate as necessary. 

Let them cool and enjoy :)

Happy Halloween!

Mummy Inspired Cake Pops for Halloween

Fool Proof Apple Pie

Apple Pie

Ingredients:

• Apples (Golden Delicious works best) pealed & sliced       5-6 Medium Apples
• White Sugar                                                                                    3/4 cups 
• Cinnamon                                                                                        1/2 tsp.
• Nutmeg                                                                                             1/2 tsp.

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and set aside.

Pie Crust Ingredients:

• All-purpose Flour                                                                          2 1/2 cups
• White Sugar                                                                                    1 tsp.
• Shortening                                                                                      1/2 cup
• Salted butter *butter has to be cold* (cut up into pieces)    8 tbsp. or 1 stick

Directions:

Put 1/3 cup plus 1 tbsp. of water into freezer to get cold while you combine other ingredients. Put flour and sugar in food processor add cut up shortening, pulse on and off, then add cut up butter and pulse on and off until in small pieces. While food processor is running add cold water from freezer, pulsing until all comes together in a ball. Take out dough and cut in half

Side note: Ingredients can also be mixed by hand

Roll out one half for the bottom crust, put in pie plate with edges hanging over, put into fridge while assembling the pie filling. Mix white sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg into a bowl, add in apple slices and mix until apple slices are coated evenly. Put filling into piecrust piling high in the middle. Roll out other half of dough, put on top of apples, press edges together. Trim excess off. Flute edges (wavy) slit four holes in middle of pie.

Bake at 425°F (220°C) for 50-60 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

Serves 8-10
Best served heated for 45 second in microwave with vanilla ice cream! :)

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Ingredients: 

• Butter or Margarine, Softened                                1 cup      250 mL
• Brown Sugar, Packed                                                   1 cup      250 mL
• Granulated Sugar                                                          1 cup      250 mL
• Eggs                                                                                     2             2
• Smooth Peanut Butter (Kraft works best)          1 cup      250 mL
• All-purpose Flour                                                         3 cups    750 mL
• Baking Soda                                                                    2 tsp.      10 mL
• Salt                                                                                     1/4 tsp.   1 m
• Mini Peanut Butter Cups                                           60            60

Directions:

Cream butter and both sugars together. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Mix in peanut butter.

Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Shape into small balls and place in greased mini-muffin tins. Bake in 350°F (175°C) oven for 8 minutes. As soon as the cookies are removed from the oven press unwrapped mini peanut butter cups into cookie. Let cool for approximately 5 minutes before you remove them from the mini muffin tray.

Makes 5 dozen