Nancy from Namibia

Hello Everyone

This is an email from one of my followers. Check it out!

Thanks Nancy! Look delicious!

Hiya!!

I finally made this cake and everybody loved it!! I was even surprised myself at how it turned out.

We were so excited to eat the cake, that I forgot to take a picture!! I only remembered after midnight when it was already half eaten! That's why the pic is so dark.

If there is anything left when I go home today I'll take another pic, but I'm sending you this one just incase.

I didn't use fresh strawberries because here in Namibia, you can't just go to a store and buy those things! We have have to wait for the season and for them to arrive from South Africa. (That's why I havent' made the cheesecake yet – there has been no cream cheese in the country!!!)

So there were no fresh fruits for me to use, so I had to buy the tinned cherries – not amazing, but the whole thing tasted good.

Anything to do with milk, I don't like, but this was really nice. I'll defo be making it again.

Thanks for the recipes and the clear explanations you give, they are really helpful.

Love Nancy, 

Namibia

Chocolatey Chocolatey Chocolate Cake

YUM!!!

This was good! Ask my husband and the Pastors who bought a slice from me. They loved it and are asking for more. (I made this cake and sold it for fundraising). See Below:

Mouth watering of the Month

 Below is the recipe, if you have any questions while baking please right in the comment bar below and I will get back to you almost immediately.

Ingredients for cake:

3 eggs (egg yolks separated from the egg whites)

1  1/2 cups sugar

1 1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup Hershey cocoa powder

1 cup milk

1 tbsp butter or margarine

1 tbsp baking powder


                                                Ingredients for topping:
                                           1 can sweetened condensed milk
                                          1 cup Hershey cocoa powder
                                          1/2 cup sugar (or more to taste)
                                         2 tbsp butter or margarine
                                        1/4 cup milk

Instructions for cake:
Preheat your oven to 350 *F. Beat with your hand mixer the egg yolks, sugar, and butter until it becomes a good creamy mixture. Add the milk, then mix it again. Add the flour little by little and mix until smooth. Add the Hershey cocoa powder and the baking powder, mix again until all blended in.
In a separate bowl, mix the egg whites until it foams and becomes stiff. Then add these egg whites to the cake mixture and blend it in with a spatula or a wooden spoon. DON'T mix it in with a blender, for it not to get watery! Again mix it in with a spoon or spatula. 
Don't forget to spray your pan with Pam spray. Pour the cake mix into a Bundt pan or any other baking pan and bake in the oven on 350*F for 35 - 40 minutes. Then cool off before you flip it.                                                  

Chocolatey chocolatey chocolate cake

Turn over your chocolate cake and place it on the plate that you want it to stay on. Then follow the instruction below for the topping.

Instructions for Topping:

In a small pan over medium heat, spray some Pam spray and pour in the can of sweetened condensed milk and around 1/4 cup of Hershey cocoa powder (or a little more depends on how dark you like it). Mix constantly for about 10 minutes. Don't pause for too long or else you will get cocoa bumps in the topping. Mix with a whisk or a wooden spoon. 
Mix until it becomes thicker in consistency and capable of being spread. Don't cook for too long or else it will become hard and you wont be able to spread it as well. If this happens; you can add a little milk to soften it up.
 Cool off a little and while still warm, spread all over the chocolate cake. 

Then in a frying pan over medium high heat, put the 2 tbsp of butter or margarine, about 1/2 cup of Hershey cocoa powder, and about 1/2 cup of sugar and mix until it is starts to melt and get all blended in like a cream. (These are approximate measurement due to some people like dark chocolate and others like milk chocolate. Follow my instructions and if you would like it a little sweeter or a little darker then all you need to do is add a little more to taste).  Add the milk and let simmer for about a minute or two and pour this fudge sauce over the covered cake.


Slice a piece and Enjoy!!!!!!!

Honey bunches of Chicken

This week I invented a new recipe 'Honey bunches of Chicken' and it was great.

Ask my husband, He loved it!

You will need:


2  Large chicken breasts

1/4 bag of Honey bunches of oats cereal

2 eggs

How to cook:

Slice the chicken into chicken strips. Beat the eggs and leave it in a bowl. Crush the Honey bunches of oats cereal with your hands until they are bits an pieces and put on a plate.

Dip the chicken strips in the eggs, then in the honey bunches of oats. In a frying pan either spray with a little Pam spray or put a little bit of olive oil in the pan. Fry/toast the Chicken on medium heat just until the cereal is golden (Do it delicately for all the cereal not to fall out).

Then, place into a Pyrex and Bake in the oven on 350*F for about 15 - 20 minutes until the chicken is cooked all the way through.

Enjoy! 

I hope you like it as much as I did

Your Goodies!

Hi everyone


First of all I would like to thank you for always visiting my blog. You are the reason I keep posting my fun recipes even when I'm extremely busy. Thank You!
Also, Please do me a favor. Whenever you see something on my blog that you like and that you bake, please send me you photos so I can post them on my blog (If you don't mind). If you don't want to be seen, thats fine just send pics. of the goodies. But I would love to post some pictures of You, My Fans, baking these delicious recipes. I want to know if they are as delicious to you as they are to me.
My email address is elsienleonardo@yahoo.com (I look forward to getting your pics.)
Thank You and God Bless 

Grandma Hiers' Carrot Cake (by Paula Deen)

Hi everyone

I just made this cake yesterday and my taste buds went WOW!

 Chantel from London BXT- this is for you, please ENJOY, because I sure did.

This carrot cake is delicious, the best I ever ate so far, and its very simple to do. I got the recipe of of Food Network and I made it myself. The picture below is the one I made.

Try it out

HERE IS THE SCRUMPTIOUS, EASY TO MAKE RECIPE:
Ingredients

• Butter, for pans
• 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 3 cups grated carrots
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans, optional

Directions

Frosting:

• 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 stick salted butter, room temperature
• 1 (16-ounce) box powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 3 (9-inch) round pans; Line bottom of the pans with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add eggs and vegetable oil. Using a hand mixer, blend until combined. Add carrots and pecans, if using.
Pour into pans. Bake for approximately 40 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes. Remove from pans, place on waxed paper and allow to cool completely before frosting.
For the frosting:
Add all ingredients, except nuts, into a medium bowl and beat until fluffy using a hand mixer. Stir in the nuts. Spread frosting on top of each cake layer. Stack the cakes on a serving plate cover with the rest of the frosting and serve.

If you would like, you could watch the video of Paula Deen baking it on this link below.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/grandma-hiers-carrot-cake/video/index.html