Art Cookies

No, they don't have a degree in art, but they are great for your art ambition or, for your kids, or for waking up your creative side.
Why?
Because dough for this cookies is great for modelling so you can form this cookies in any shape you want!
And yes, they are delicious too :)

Don't laugh at my art :D Owls, Brooms and Witch hat 

Or if you don't have time for art, you can simply shape it in form of balls

Batter:
100 g margarine, softened
 100 g brown sugar 
 2 vanilla sugar 
1 egg
4 tablespoon powdered chocolate 
2 tablespoon cocoa 
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons sour cream 
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon rum 
300 g flour

Teddy bears

Mix softened margarine with sugar and vanilla, than add  egg and sour cream and whisk. Add flour, baking powder and knead the dough. Divide it in two parts. In one add chocolate cocoa, rum and cinnamon. Knead well.
Use your imagination. You can make balls for heads, eyes in different colour, arms, tail, broom...whatever you want. When you formed your cookies, carefully put it on baking sheet and put it in preheated oven.

 Black Cat

Bake it and leave it to cool down. Don't take them out too early, because they can crumble.

 Not so good Spider

Interesting vegetables

This is no recipe. Just in two days I have found this unusual vegetables, so here, I share with you :)


Eggplant

Carrot

Gone With The Wind

or Icy wind. That's the name of the cake. But I love Scarlet O'Hara and movie Gone with a wind, so we''ll call it Gone with a wind...well, partly it is true, the cake is gone, with just one blow :)

The cake is 3xF, but not in a bad way. It's fluffy, fruity, fantastic! If cake attended school for Cakes, she would be straight A's!

Batter:
9 egg whites
300 g sugar
1 tablespoon vinegar


Cream I:
9 egg yolks
4 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoon vanilla sugar
500 ml milk
150 g margarine (optional, I don't like margarine very much, so I don't put any)

Cream II:
whipping cream

AND..Strawberries, or any other berries or fruit. But i looove strawberries. 

For batter: Beat the egg whites with the vinegar or lemon juice until soft peaks form. Add sugar, little by little, while beating by hand or machine. Whip until stiff. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and pour the batter into the pan and bake in preheated oven (150 C) for about 1 hour. Cut the batter into 3 strips.

Cream I: Mix egg yolks with sugar and vanilla sugar until smooth. Add flour and 200 ml of milk. Place  rest of the milk (300 ml)  in saucepan over low heat. When the milk starts to boil, add egg mixture and stir well until it's cooked. When the cream is cool, add margarine and mix well until it's smooth. 


Cream II: Just 1 l of cream, whipped.


So here is the fun part: Use 1/3 of batter and place it on a pan. Then spread 1/3 of cream I over it, place chopped strawberries, and cream with whipping cream. Repeat procedure 2 more times. Than spread the remaining whipping cream cake all over the cake and decorate with strawberries. Place it in refrigerator for at least 3 hours.

Eat it.. 

Don't worry about calories..listen to Scarlet:

I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. 

I'll think about that tomorrow. 

:D :) 

Ledeni vjetar

Kore

9 bjelanjaka

30 dkg šećera

1 žl octa

Izmiksati sve, dok smjesa ne postane čvrsta i dok se šećer ne sjedini. Istresti u veliku tepsiju i sušiti u pećnici. Oko 1 sat na 150 C. Pečeno izrezat po dužini na tri djela.

Krema:

9 žumanjaka

4 žlice šećera

4 žlice brašna – izmiksati i dodati u proključalih pola litre mlijeka s 3 vanili šećera. Miješati dok se ne zgusne.

Krema 2:

2 slatka vrhnja

+ jagode ili neko drugo voće

Filovati: kora – fil – jagode – šlag – kora – fil – jagode – šlag – kora – krema – šlag naokolo svuda

 

Indian Cupcakes

Meringue?
Chocolate?
Cupcakes?
Yes, please.

Old cake with a twist. Not in a form of cake, but in a form of a Cupcake.
What I've got? Some hybrid between Dickmann's, muncmallow and my original cake.
No one complained, au contraire...:)

Batter
6 egg yolks
6 tablespoons of sugar
3 tablespoons of chocolate powder
2 tablespoons of cocoa
3 teaspoons of baking powder
1 tablespoon of oil
200 ml milk
7 tablespoons of flour

Meringue
400 g of sugar
2 vanilla sugar
half lemon (juice)
6 egg whites

Chocolate Glaze
100 g of milk chocolate
150-200 g of dark chocolate
4 ml of milk
4 tablespoons of oil

For a batter: mix with electric mixer  egg yolks and sugar until smooth. Than add oil and milk. Mix. Add chocolate, cocoa, baking powder and flour. Mix well.  Divide the mixture between the cake cases, filling each on about ¾ full, and bake for 15-20 min.

For meringue: Fill medium saucepan one quarter full with water. Set the saucepan over medium heat, and bring water to a simmer. Combine egg whites, sugar, vanilla sugar and lemon juice in the heatproof bowl of electric mixer, and place over saucepan. Whisk constantly until sugar is dissolved and whites are warm to the touch, for about 10 minutes. Test by rubbing between your fingers.

Transfer bowl to electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, and whip, starting on low speed, gradually increasing to high until stiff, glossy peaks form, about 10 minutes.

Fill a pastry bag with the meringue and starting in the centre of cool cupcake, pipe a spiral of meringue into a 2-inch-high cone shape

For chocolate glaze: In a stainless steel bowl, placed over a saucepan of simmering water, melt the chocolate, oil and milk. Stir until chocolate is smooth and completely melted. Remove from heat.Transfer to a small bowl, and let cool about 15 minutes. Holding each cupcake by its bottom, dip cupcake in the chocolate to coat frosting, allowing excess to drip off. Transfer to a baking sheet fitted with a wire rack. Spoon more coating around edge of cupcake and any exposed frosting.

Put it in refrigerator for about 1 hour. Eat it. Enjoy it. :D :)

Indijaneri

Tijesto

6 žumanjaka

6 žlica šećera

3 žl čokolade u prahu

2 žlice kakaoa

1 prašak za pecivo

1 žlica ulja

2 dcl mlijeka

7 žlica brašna

Šaum

400 g šećera

2 vanilin šećera

mrvu soka od limuna

6 bjelanjaka

Glazura

100 g mliječne čokolade

150 - 200 g čokolade za kuhanje

malo (4 ml) mlijeka

4 žlice ulja

Dakle, za tijesto klasika: žumanjci i šećer, pa dodamo ostale sastojke, dok se sve fino ne sjedini. Ulijemo  tijesto u košarice (napunimo oko ¾) koje smo prethodno stavili u kalup za muffine . I stavimo peći.  Za šaum priredimo veću i manju posudu (ne plastičnu dakako, jel ide to sve na vatru :D). U jednu nalijemo vode i stavimo na štednjak. U drugu stavimo bjelanjke, šećer, vanilin šećer i malo soka od limuna, malo umutimo i stavimo u veću posudu na vatru. Miksamo mikserom oko 10 minuta, dok se šećer ne otopi. Ne smije biti predugo, ali opet ni prekratko, to onak, po procijeni :D Izvadimo manju posudu iz vode, tj. veće posude, i nastavimo miksat još 10 minuta.  Šaum  se počne odvajat od posude, divno nešto, toliko čvrst bude! 

Vrećicom za ukrašavanje (ili ja uvijek pogubim neki dio tih tubica za ukrašavanje, pa je dobra i obična vrećica za zamrzavanje s malo zarezanim rubom :D :)) šaum stavljamo na ohlađene  muffine.

Za glazuru sve stavimo i kuhamo na pari, dok se ne sjedini. Glazuru istresemo u neku užu i dužu posudicu (al da stane maffin i po dužini i širini, fkors) i  tarararara umačemo