Showing posts with label Tea Time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tea Time. Show all posts

Monday, January 3, 2011

Buttermilk Pudding Cakes

Welcome 2011!! Like every year I have made my new year’s resolutions. One of them has been leisure traveling.

Since I will not travel for work anymore (I am sooooo happy!!!!), I will start to travel for fun!

I already have plans to go to many places and visit many friends. Among my trips there is one very special that I hope to make very soon. I would like to go back to Little Rock, AR.

I have not been in Little Rock in long time. Visiting old friends and enjoying the well known southern hospitality seams like a great plan. I cannot wait to taste some of the southern classic meals and good baking.

For these festive days I have prepared a southern dessert. I baked buttermilk pudding cakes. The cakes are very simple, tasty and versatile.

I garnished the cakes with lemon curd (of course) I made the night before. The result is great!

The recipe is from the book “Simple, Fresh, Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor” from The Lee Bros.

I hope you like it!

Ingredients

Serves 8

3/4 cup sifted all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

2 large eggs

3/4 cup whole or low-fat buttermilk

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

9 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon sugar

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled to room temperature

Nonstick cooking spray

2 cups (8 ounces) fresh raspberries

Whipped cream, for serving (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 220º (425 degrees) with a rack positioned in the top third of the oven.

Sift together flour and baking powder in a large bowl. In another large bowl beat eggs until creamy and yellow. Whisk in buttermilk, vanilla, 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon sugar, and butter (mixture will look curdled and broken). Slowly add flour and whisk until batter is smooth and combined.

Spray 8 standard-size (3-ounce) nonstick muffin pan cups with nonstick cooking spray. Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin pan cups, filling about two-thirds full. Transfer to oven and bake until sides of cakes are evenly browned (check by inserting a knife tip between the rim of cake and muffin cup, pulling gently to expose side of cake), about 9 minutes. If cakes are not evenly browned, they will not hold together when inverted. Continue baking, checking every minute, until evenly browned.

Meanwhile, place raspberries in a medium bowl; add remaining 4 tablespoons sugar and gently toss to coat. Invert cakes onto eight individual plates.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Scones para merendar - Teatime Scones


De las cosas que mas me gustan de pasar los veranos en Asturias es el simple ritual de las meriendas.

Como los días son largos y no excesivamente calurosos, a eso de las 6 o 6,30 nos suele apetecer un café o te con algún dulce. En casa siempre hay pastas , algún bizcocho, biscuits o scones.

Las meriendas son el momento en el que las “chicas” del pueblo se sientan a comentar las cosas importantes del día, como el tiempo, como han crecido las plantas de las patatas, las mareas, la ruta para el paseo del día siguiente. Pues eso, las cosas importantes de la vida.

Los scones son novedad para las meriendas de verano. Aunque la textura de los biscuits es mas suave y esponjosa, los scones son ideales para eso del “unte”.

Quien se resiste a untar unos scones calientes, con mantequilla y mermelada de arándanos? Yo no!

Espero que os guste la receta y si os animáis a hacerlos vigilar bien el horno.

One of the things that I like the most of spending the summer in Asturias is the simple ritual of “tea time”.

Since the days are longer and not excessively hot, around 6 to 6,30 we usually feel like having a coffee or tea with some treat. At home there are always cookies, some kind of sweet bread, biscuits or scones.

Teatime is that moment where the “local girls” sit down and share the important things of the day: the weather, the growth of the potato plants, the tides, and the route for next day walk. You know, the important things in life.

The scones are a novelty for the summer teatime. Although biscuits texture is softer and fluffier, the scones are perfect for dipping them in the coffee.

Who can resist dipping in coffee or tea a warm, butter and blueberry marmalade scone? I certainly don’t!

I hope you like the recipe and if you feel like baking them, watch out the oven.

Ingredients

Serves 6

2 cups flour

2 tablespoons of sugar, plus more for sprinkling

2 teaspoons of baking powder

4 tablespoons of non salted butter

1 egg

½ cup of whole milk

Directions

Preheat oven to 475 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder. Add butter. Using your fingers, work butter into flour mixture until a crumbly mixture is formed.

In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and milk. Add milk mixture to flour mixture and stir to combine.

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface; knead lightly and shape into a round. Roll dough out until it is 1 inch thick. Using a 3-inch biscuit cutter, cut out scones and transfer to prepared baking sheets.

Sprinkle each with granulated sugar. Transfer baking sheets to oven and bake until golden brown and cooked through, 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer scones to a wire rack and let cool slightly before serving.

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Ingredientes

6 Scones

2 tazas de harina

2 cucharadas de azúcar , mas extra para espolvorear

4 cucharitas de levadura

4 cucharadas de mantequilla

1 huevo

½ taza de leche entera

Direcciones

Precalentar el horno a 220º. En un bol grande, mezclar harina, sal, azúcar y levadura. Añadir mantequilla. Mezclar mantequilla con la mezcla de harina hasta que se forme una masa en forma de migas.

En un bol mediano, mezclar el huevo y leche. Añadir la mezcla de leche a la mezcla de harina y remover hasta que los ingredientes estén mezclados.

En una superficie con harina, amasar la masa ligeramente. Con un rodillo dejar un grosor de 2,5 cm y cortar los scones. Pasar los scones a la bandeja del horno, espolvorear azúcar. Hornear durante de 12 a 14 min. Dejar enfriar antes de servir.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Cupcakes de Vainilla - Vanilla Cupcakes


Los Cupcakes son, sin lugar a duda, el postre mas “terapéutico” que cocino; sin mencionar que es el mas popular entre los niños de mis amigos.

Los cupcakes tienen algo que les hace especial …. Algo inocente, dulce, tierno y mágico. Los cupcakes liberan el “lado rosa” de uno y nunca te equivocas si te dejas llevar por tu lado mas femenino. Son simplemente una monada!! Y nadie pensara que eres cursi por que te gusten!

El aspecto mas divertido de los cupcakes es la decoración. “Menos es mas” no funciona aqui! Se puede ser cursi y candido decorando cupcakes y nunca equivocarte.

Mi consejo: libera tu lado rosa, celebra el echo de que son “monos”, y si sientes que por un momento que vuelves a tu infancia … disfrútalo … es la magia de los cupcakes.

Cupcakes are without a doubt the most “therapeutical” desserts I bake; not to mention the most popular among my friends kids.

There is something about cupcakes that makes them special. … Something innocent, sweet, tender and magic. Cupcakes free my “pink side”. You are never wrong going girly with them. They are just cute!! And nobody will think that you are corny for loving them!!

The funniest aspect of the cupcakes is the decoration. “ Less is more” does not work in here! You can go corny all the way and it will never be wrong.

My advise: free your pink side, embrace their cuteness and if you feel like going back to your childhood …. Enjoy … that is the magic of cupcakes.

Vanilla Cupcakes

Ingredients

Makes 24

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature (1 1/2 sticks)
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups milk

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In another mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, mixing until incorporated and scraping down sides of bowl, beat in vanilla.

Add flour mixture and milk alternately, beginning and ending with flour. Scrape the sides and bottom of bowl to assure the batter is thoroughly mixed. Divide batter evenly among liners, filling papers about 2/3 full. Bake about 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

12 ounces cream cheese, room temperature

1 pound (4 cups) confectioners' sugar, sifted

3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions

Beat butter and cream cheese with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Add sugar, 1 cup at a time, and then vanilla; mix until smooth. Frosting can be refrigerated for up to 3 days; before using, bring to room temperature, and beat until smooth.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Pascua - Easter

Pascua es, después de Navidad, mi fiesta favorita. Me gusta el espiritu de renovación, los narcisos y los tulipanes, los primeros rayos de sol caliente, el arco iris, los huevos y conejos de Pascua!
El día de Pascua lo pase en Asturias donde la tradición manda. Para comer: borona preñada.

Para postre algo no tan típico pero con sabor de la tierra. Pasteles de suero de leche con nata y manzanas a la canela. El postre es sencillo, sin pretensiones pero muy sabroso. La textura del pastel es increíble!

Este postre es sencillo y rápido de preparar. Si no encontráis suero de leche podéis sustituirlo por yogur liquido.
Sobre la fruta que acompaña el pastel, podéis probar la que mas os guste.

Aquí teneis la receta:

Ingredients

Serves 8

  • 3/4 cup sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup whole or low-fat buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 9 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
  • Nonstick cooking spray
  • 2 cups (8 ounces) fresh raspberries
  • Whipped cream, for serving (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees with a rack positioned in the top third of the oven.
  2. Sift together flour and baking powder in a large bowl. In another large bowl beat eggs until creamy and yellow. Whisk in buttermilk, vanilla, 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon sugar, and butter (mixture will look curdled and broken). Slowly add flour and whisk until batter is smooth and combined.
  3. Spray 8 standard-size (3-ounce) nonstick muffin pan cups with nonstick cooking spray. Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin pan cups, filling about two-thirds full. Transfer to oven and bake until sides of cakes are evenly browned (check by inserting a knife tip between the rim of cake and muffin cup, pulling gently to expose side of cake), about 9 minutes. If cakes are not evenly browned, they will not hold together when inverted. Continue baking, checking every minute, until evenly browned.
  4. Meanwhile, place raspberries in a medium bowl; add remaining 4 tablespoons sugar and gently toss to coat.
  5. Invert cakes onto eight individual plates. Place berries on top and alongside cakes; serve with whipped cream, if desired.