Pecan Pie

Ingredients

•          1 unbaked pie crust
•          Pie weights
•          Aluminum foil
•          ¾ cup dark corn syrup
•          ½ cup brown sugar
•          4 tbsp melted butter
•          1 tsp vanilla extract
•          3 large eggs
•          1 cup pecans chopped
•          ¾ cup pecan halves
•          Maple syrup for serve

Directions

•          Line pie crust with aluminum foil and pie weights. Place pie crust in the preheat oven at 425ºF  and bake for 10 minutes. Remove pie crust from the oven and then remove the foil with the pie weights and bake again until it’s golden, about 10 minutes. Let it cool for few minutes.
•          Preheat the oven to 350ºF. To make pecan filling, whisk together dark corn syrup, brown sugar, melted butter, vanilla extract, eggs, chopped pecans, pecan halves in a large bowl. Pour the pecan filling into the cooled pie crust.
•          Place the pecan pie into the oven and bake for about 50 minutes. Remove pecan pie crust from oven and transfer it to wire rack, let it cool completely, at least 1 hour. Serve with marsh syrup and pecans.

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Ice cream pie

Ingredients

•          1 package waffle cones
•          5 tbsp butter, smelted
•          1 tbsp granulated sugar
•          2 containers premium vanilla ice cream, divided
•          1 container fresh strawberries
•          ¼ cup powdered sugar, divided
•          1 pint fresh blueberries
•          2 ripe banana, mashed

For Garnish:

•          Fresh whole strawberries
•          Fresh blueberries

Directions

•          Preheat the oven at 350ºF. Add waffle cones, smelted butter, granulated sugar in a food processor until finely crushed. Then firmly press mixture onto bottom of pan.
•          Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake for 10 minutes. Remove the pan from oven and cool completely in pan on the wire pack.
•          Add strawberries and powdered sugar in a food processor until pureed, stopping to scrape down sides and set aside.
•          Then add blueberries and powdered sugar in a food processor until pureed, stopping to scrape down sides and set aside.
•          Then mash banana with a folk in a large bowl, stir in remaining powdered sugar and set aside.
•          Fold a quart of vanilla ice cream into strawberry mixture until blended. Place strawberry mixture in freezer until slightly firm.
•          Divide remaining quart of vanilla ice cream in half, fold half vanilla ice cream into blueberry mixture and half into smash banana mixture. Put both in freezer
•          Assemble ice cream pie. Spread half of strawberry mixture evenly into prepared crust in pan. Put pan in freezer for 30 minutes or until strawberry layer slightly firm.
•          Remove the pan from freezer and spread banana mixture evenly over strawberry layer, return pan into freezer for 30 minutes or until banana layer slightly firm.
•          Repeat the procedure with blueberry mixture and spread the remaining the strawberry mixture over. Freeze for 3 hours or layers are firm. Remove ice cream pie and garnish with strawberries and blueberries.

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Lemon Cake

Ingredients

•         2 cups all-purpose flour
•          1 cup lemon curd
•          4 tbsp lemon juice
•          2 tbsp baking powder
•          Zest of 1 large lemon
•          4 large eggs
•          1 cup unsalted butter
•          1 cup Confectioner’s sugar
•          1 cup Granulated sugar
•          Lemon slices
•          ¼ tsp salt
•          1 tsp vanilla extract
•          Cake frosting pipe

Directions

•          Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Butter a cake pan with a non stick cooking spray. Sift or whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and lemon zest in a bowl.
•          In a large bowl, add butter, sugar and beat until light and fluffy and pale in color. Then add vanilla extract, eggs one at a time and mix well after each addition. Then add the flour mixture, alternately with the lemon juice and mix until you have a smooth batter.
•          Pour batter into the prepared cake pan, smoothing the top with a spoon. Place cake pan in the oven and bake for about 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
•          Remove the lemon cake from the oven and place on the wire rack to cool for about 15 minutes.  
•          Place confectioner’s sugar in a small bowl, then add lemon juice and stir until you have a thick and smooth glaze. Then gently remove the side of the pan. Pour glaze over the top of the cake, allowing it to drip down the side. Spread lemon curd over the top of cake.
•          Decorate lemon cake edges with frosting pipe and top with lemon slices.

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Pavlova

A Pavlova is a meringue cake with a light, delicate, crisp crust and a soft sweet marshmallow center.

Ingredients

•          Whites from 3 medium eggs
•          1 ½ cups caster sugar
•          1 tsp cornstarch
•          1 tsp white vinegar
•          ½ qt whipped cream
• Toppings
•          1 orange, segmented
•          1 kiwis, sliced
•          6-8 larges strawberries

Directions

•          Preheat the oven to 170ºF (75ºC). Beat the egg whites in a large bowl until soft peak form. Gradually add sugar and continue to beat well. Add the remaining sugar, the cornstarch, and the white vinegar, and continue to beat until meringue mixture is very stiff and shiny.
•          Grease the flat baking sheet with butter and cover with parchment paper. Make sure that the edge of pavlova is slightly higher than the centre so you have a very slight hollow in the middle.
•          Bake the pavlova for 40 minutes or until the outside is dry and a very pale cream color. Remove from the oven and let it cool completely. Gently remove from parchment paper and place on the serving plate. Spread the whipped cream over the pavlova and decorate with plenty of fruit, serve.

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Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

For cookies

•          1 cup butter, softened
•          1 package cream cheese, softened
•          1 cup sugar
•          1 egg yolk
•         ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
•          ¼ tsp almond extract
•          2 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
•          ½ tsp salt
•          ¼ tsp baking powder
•          Tinted frosting or colored sugar

For glaze

•          1 ½ cups confectioner’s sugar
•          1/8 tsp salt
•          2 ½ tbsp half-and-half cream
•          Cake decorating gel and sprinkles, optional.

Directions

•          In a bowl, mix butter, cream cheese and sugar. Beat in egg yolk, vanilla and almond extract. Combine the flout, salt, baking powder and gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours or until easy to handle.
•        On a lightly flour surface, roll out dough. Give desired cookies shape to dough. Place on baking sheet. Bake at 350ºF for 8-10 minutes or until edges begins brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pan to wire racks.
•        Combine glaze ingredients until smooth, spoon over cookies. Decorate as desired.

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