Icing Hack

This "hack" is for those of you who hate the mess that comes with putting icing into icing bags.  

Start out with your regular plain-jane icing bag and tip...

This is an extra large tip, so it just fits in the bag without a coupler.

Next, get out your trusty ol' plastic wrap... pull off a piece about 40 cm long.

Go ahead and plop some icing on!

After you've done that, fold the plastic wrap in half, over the icing.

Roooooooll it up!

Then, tightly twist both ends, sealing the icing in a candy-like wrapping. *** I did this by holding onto both ends and swinging it around...

After that, put your icing in the icing bag.

Taking tweezers or scissors, gently pull out the end of the plastic wrap through the tip of the icing bag.

Finally, cut the plastic as close to the tip as possible. Now you're good to go!

To clean, all you have to do is pull the plastic wrap out of the top of the bag, and throw it away! NO MESS!!!!

I put my meringue mix in here, and they turned out awesome! Click here to see the recipe.

Meringue Drops

This a recipe for my FAVOURITE TREAT EVER....

MERINGUES!

You'll need:

• 4 egg whites
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 pinch of cream of tartar
• 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
• Pink food colouring (optional)

Preheat oven to 200°F. Combine egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar; mix well until frothy. Add in vanilla extract and food colouring. Next, beat until stiff peaks form (it should look like shaving cream). Bake in drops on a greased cookie sheet for 1 1/2 hours or until hard.

ENJOY!!!!

My Favorite Brownies Recipe

Hi guys... sorry I've been a little bit in-active for the past, uh......... 2 MONTHS!!!!  I really don't have any excuse at all for it. :(
But anyways...
Here is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE brownies recipe in the whole wide world!!!!!


This will make 16 brownies...


Ingredients:

Brownies:

1/2 cup of butter

1 cup of white sugar

1 teaspoon (tsp) of vanilla extract

2 eggs

1/3 cup of unsweetened coco powder

1/2 cup of all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon (tsp) of salt

1/2 teaspoon (tsp) of baking powder

Icing:

3 tablespoons (tbsp) of butter

3 tablespoons (tbsp) of unsweetened coco powder

1 tablespoon (tbsp) of honey

1 teaspoon (tsp) of vanilla extract

1 cup of confectioners/icing sugar

Directions:

Brownies:

1.     Preheat oven to 350º F (177º C)

         Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.

2.      Melt 1/2 cup of butter either in the microwave or in a large saucepan. (I usually just melt 

         mine in a saucepan.)

3.      Add in sugar, eggs, and vanilla.

4.  Combine coco powder, flour, salt, and baking powder. 

5.  Add the dry ingredients to wet mixture.

6.      Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes. DO NOT OVERCOOK!!!  It is better  

         to have slightly undercooked brownies and to add more time to the oven than to have burnt 

         brownies.

Icing:

1.     Combine butter, coco, honey, vanilla, confectioners/icing sugar. 

2.     Frost brownies while they are still warm.  *The icing will be thick but will melt on the warm brownies*

EAT BROWNIES!!!!!