Tuesday, March 24, 2009
THE BEST CAKE IN THE WORLD
I love love love this cake! I swear it will be your favorite if you try it. And if you bring it to someones house you will become famous for it!! If you don't like coconut than stop reading now...its in the filling. Personally anything that has chocolate and coconut in it is a winner for me. Make sure its really cold before you serve it..oh its so goooood!
Cream Cheese Chocolate Bit Ring Cake
2 Cups sugar
1 Cup oil
2 Eggs
3 Cups flour
3/4 Cup unsweetened cocoa
2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 cup hot coffee
1 cup sour milk (just squeeze some lemon juice in and let sit a few minutes you'll see it start to look funny)
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
FILLING
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 pkg 8oz softened cream cheese
1 egg 1 pkg 6oz semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup flaked coconut
In a small bowl, beat sugar, vanilla and cream cheese and egg until smooth. Stir in coconut and chocolate chips
Set aside
In another bowl, mix together sugar, oil and eggs, beat 1 minute at hight speed. Add remaining ingredients except filling and nuts, beat 3 minutes at medium speed, scraping the bowl occasionally. Stir in nuts. Pour half of the batter into a greased 10 inch tube pan or bundt pan. Carefully soon prepared filling over batter, then top with remaining batter. Bake in 350 degree oven for 70-75 min. or until done. Cool upright in pan for 15 minutes. and then remove from pan. Cool completely and drizzle with glaze:
Glaze
1 cup confectionery sugar
2 TBS unsweetened cocoa
2 TBS butter melted
2 tsp vanilla
1-3 TBS hot water
Monday, March 23, 2009
Making gnocchi!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Aunt Teresa
This is my 80 year old Aunt Teresa talking about zeppole and easter bread! She is just too darn cute!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
St. Joseph Day and Zeppole!
Every year Aunt Teresa makes zeppole and invites the family over to celebrate St. Joseph's day. Aunt Teresa is 80 years old, but she can run circles around most people half her age..and the woman is on no medications at all, shes in perfect health!! So heres a small peek into a family gathering with some pictures!! I have a video but had some problems loading it..maybe I'll have better luck tomorrow!
ZEPPOLE
UNCLE GENNARO
MY BROTHERS DANNY & VINNY
THE ZEPPOLE WITH HONEY AND POWDERED SUGAR
ST. JOSEPH
ZEPPOLE
UNCLE GENNARO
MY BROTHERS DANNY & VINNY
THE ZEPPOLE WITH HONEY AND POWDERED SUGAR
ST. JOSEPH
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- Dawn (Meatball Mama)
- Italian American Mom, Wife, Daughter, living life to it's fullest, and trying to preserve traditions and family values of our culture.