Strawberry Banana Crumb Cake Recipe

This morning I woke up with the desire to bake. My first creation in our new kitchen! I whipped up this Strawberry Banana Crumb Cake. I baked it a few hours ago and the house still smells so delicious.

Homemade Cheese Ravioli Recipe

 

Ravioli is a tradition in my family. It has always been a Christmas time staple made by my Grandmother. Since my Grandmothers passing, it continues to be a tradition made by my Aunt and cousins, and whomever is around to help that year. This year I had the honor of helping make it. Although I don't have my Grandma's recipe, I came up with my own for the purpose of this post. It turned out pretty great! I'm not sure how close this is to my Grandma's recipe, but it tastes similar to me. Although I don't get to have the real stuff as often as I'd like!

This may seem like a complicated recipe but it's actually quite easy.

Valentine's Day Brownies Recipe

This is a recipe for a really fudgy delicious brownie! It's very chocolatey. After you make this recipe you will never buy boxed brownies again. They're so simple and tasty!

 

Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

For icing:
2 cups confectioner's powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
food coloring
Optional: other decorations - I used sprinkles and confectioner's sugar

Special Equipment (for decoration):
A heart cookie cutter (or use a knife)
A piping set and small tip

Instructions

 

1. Preheat over to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour a 9x13 glass pan.

2. In medium sized pot, melt butter. Once butter is melted, stir in chocolate chips. Stir until completely melted. Remove pot from heat. 

3. Stir in white sugar, eggs and vanilla extract. Mix until combined.

4. Add cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and salt one at a time and mix until combined. 

5. Spread batter into 9x13 pan. 

6. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. 

7. Remove brownies from oven and allow to cool completely. 

8. Either using cookie cutter or knife, carefully cut brownies into heart shapes. 

9. Mix together icing ingredients. Add more milk teaspoon by teaspoon until it reaches desired consistency. It's ideal when it resembles pancake batter.  Then add how ever much food coloring necessary to make your desired color. 

10. Put icing into piping bag and decorate!

Tip: If adding sprinkles, first ice brownie using brush and then coat with sprinkles. Also, if you would like to dust with confectioner's sugar, cut heart of desired size out of paper or wax paper and then lightly dust with confectioner's sugar.