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How To: Make banana cake

Angie is going to show us how to make a banana cake. Start by creaming 2/3 cup of butter. To the butter that's nice and creamy, cream in 1-2/3 cup sugar until the sugar dissolves and mixture is fluffy. Scrape the sides of the bowl to make sure you get everything mixed. Now, you'll beat in three eggs one at a time. Now add 1-1/4 cups mashed banana. This is a good time to use those ripe bananas. In a separate bowl for each 2-1/2 cups sifted cake flour, add 1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda, 1-1/4 tea...

How To: Make a trifle like your granny use to

This is a video about to make trifle. First we need sponge cake, fruit, custard, jelly, food color, one lemon, and cream. First we have to make the jelly. So first take the lemon juice in a jug and add 400 ml of boiling water in it. Next add two teaspoons of gelatin in it and mix it well. Next add few drops of food color. Next take the sponge cake into one bowl and pour this jelly on that cake. Next add some fruit pieces to that mixture. Next pour jelly on that mixture again. Next put the rem...

How To: Make a lattice-top pie

How to Make a Lattice Top Pie Once the base of your pie is made, roll out a thin, circular piece of dough. This circle should be just a bit larger than the base of the pie. With a pizza cutter, cut 1-inch wide lines through the dough. Starting with the longest strips, place one strip horizontally on top of the center of the pie and one strip vertically on the pie. The strips should form a “plus sign” on the pie.

How To: Use squeeze bottles to decorate cookies

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to use squeeze bottles to decorate cookies. Using a squeeze bottle is more easier than using pastry bag. This video reveals 3 sizes of squeeze bottles. There is an 8 oz, 2 oz and 3 oz. To get icing into a squeeze bottle, put the icing into a bag and clip the corner with scissors. Then gently squeeze the bag to let the icing go into the bottle. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy baking and making cakes, and would like to learn how to use a...

How To: Make a homemade butter pie crust

Chef John from Food Wishes has created this video tutorial on how to make a butter pie dough from scratch. First, chop up two sticks of unsalted butter and put it in the freezer. Next, weigh out you flour. It should be exactly 12 ounces. Add a half teaspoon of salt. Put the flour and the frozen butter slices in your food processor. Pulse on an off until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs - not too fine, but no big chunks either. Add half of the mixture of ice water and apple cider vinegar. ...

How To: Decorate cookies using simple materials

You can make beautifully decorated cookies with just powdered sugar, water, and food coloring. Before you start decorating cookies, it is important to understand color theory. Primary colors are blue, red, and yellow. When you mix those colors you get secondary colors. Blue and red make violet. Red and yellow make orange, and blue and yellow make green. If you mix all three primary colors together, you get brown. To make black color, mix together green and red and a few drops of blue. Also, p...

How To: Make Kheer (Asian rice pudding)

In this video, Titli shows us how to make kheer (Asian rice pudding). The ingredients you need are: 1 liter milk, 400 sweetened condensed milk, 1/2 c plain rice, 5 tbsp raisins, 4 tbsp sliced almonds, 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder and 1/2 tsp of cardamom powder. First, put everything but your almonds and raisins into a pan and bring the mixture to a boil. Now, turn the heat down and let the mixture simmer for around 45 minutes. Once it's finished, add in your raisins and almonds then cook for anoth...

How To: Make chocolate quesadillas with Guy Fieri

Guy Fieri shows you how to make chocolate quesadillas. Start with chipotle and cyanne powder becuase heat goes well with chocolate. Now a little cinnimon, go heavy with some cocoa powder, and add a little salt. Now blend this mixture in a bowl. Butter both sides of a tortilla to help toast it, then put it in a frying pan. Break up white chocolate and put it on the tortilla, then add bitter chocolate and add a sprinkle of the chipotle blend and put another buttered tortilla ontop. Put this ove...

How To: Prepare homemade toffee

David L. Spies shows us how to make the best toffee in the world. It only takes four ingredients - butter, sugar, Macadamia nuts and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Chop or crush the nuts and have them ready for the final step.

How To: Make chocolate ganache cupcakes with Ina Garten

Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, shows how to make her chocolate ganache cupcakes. Put the butter and sugar into the mixer and mix until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each. Next comes the “secret ingredient”, a can of chocolate syrup, then some vanilla, and finally the flour. Mix it well but don’t overbeat or the cake will be tough. Fill the muffin pans using an ice cream scoop, and bake at 325 for 25 to 30 minutes.

How To: Make chocolate truffles with peanut butter ganache

In this video, Cedric Begiun shows us how to make peanute butter truffle ganache. First, put cream and powdered sugar into a sauce pan and simmer it. Once it comes to a simmer you will pour peanut butter chips into it. Next, mix this together with a whisk or spatula. A whisk will cool the mixture down faster because it creates air bubbles. After a few minutes let it harden for a few minutes and you can place it inside of your chocolate truffles. Let this set in the fridge for several hours an...

How To: Make a white chocolate mousse pie

In this Food video tutorial you will learn how to make a white chocolate mousse pie. Take 13 cream-filled sandwich cookies, crush them in the food processor, mix 3 tbsp unsalted, melted butter and press them down on the bottom of a 9” pie tray. Then take 17 oval sandwich cookies and place them along the side of the tray. Take 12 oz white chocolate chopped up, 4 oz cream cheese, ¼ cup heavy cream, 1 ¼ tsp unflavored gelatin, add them up together and heat over medium heat for about 6 minute...

How To: Make flourless coconut macaroons

In this video, Food Network's Ina Garten shows you how to make flourless coconut macaroons. First, you need one bag of shredded coconut emptied into a large bowl. Next, pour a 14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk over the shredded coconut. Then add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the bowl. Fold the ingredients together with a spoon until they are well mixed. The next thing you need is some whipped egg whites. To do this, you will need about 3 egg whites separated from the yolks. Pour the...

How To: Make a tres leches sponge cake

In this video from foodwishes we learn how to make a tres leches sponge cake. Grease a baking pan with shortening. Take a box of cake mix (yellow preferred), 3 eggs, cup of cold water, 1/4 cup vegetable oil, teaspoon vanilla. Beat in a bowl with electric mixer until very smooth. Halfway through turn off the mixture and scrape down the sides. Mix until completely smooth. When done beating, raise the beater so the mix falls off of it. This recipe works well in a 13x9 baking pan. Pour into the p...

How To: Make a rainbow birthday cake

Lactose Overdose demonstrates how to make a rainbow cake. Use either a store bought mix or use your own recipe. A white cake mix works the best. You will also need two canisters of white frosting and food coloring. Make the cake according to the directions or recipe instructions. Divide the batter equally into four mixing bowls. Add 10 drops of food coloring in your desired shades to each bowl and mix by hand. Place a large spoon into each bowl. Using half a spoonful, layer the colors on top ...

How To: Decorate butterfly cookies

This video is a demonstration of how to decorate cut-out cookies to make pretty butterflies and ice cream cones. Use any cut-out cookie recipe that holds its shape well. First spread a little buttercream frosting on the cookie. This will serve as a glue for rolled fondant. Use the same cookie cutter that you used to cut the cookie out, and cut out a piece of rolled fondant and place it on the cookie. For the ice cream cone cookies, she uses different colors for the cone and the ice cream, and...

How To: Make chocolate toffee crackers

In this Food video tutorial you will learn how to make chocolate toffee crackers. Ingredients are 1 stick of butter, 1 cup packed brown sugar, 1 package of saltines, 2 cups chocolate chips and 1 bag chopped pecans. Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees. Spread aluminum foil on the oven tray and layout the saltines on it. Melt the brown sugar and butter and spread it over the saltines. Bake for 5 minutes at 350 degrees. Take it out and spread the choco chips. They will melt. Spread the melted choco...

How To: Make wholesome blueberry muffins

In this video from Angie of OverTheKitchenCounter.com, we learn how to make wholesome blueberry muffins. Muffins are great because they're so quick and easy to make and almost everyone loves a nice warm muffin from the oven. S let's get started. The first thing you want to do is combine your dry ingredients in a large bowl. Those ingrediets are: 1 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon of baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Stir those together and make a well in the center. In anoth...

How To: Make mango pie

This video shows how to make a mango pie. The ingredients are canned mango pulp, whipped light cream, Ready Crust, unflavored gelatin, a pinch of citric acid is optional and a cup of water. Boil the water and add the gelatin and citric acid if you are using it. Mix well. Add the entire can of mango pulp and some whipped cream into the geliatin and mix well. Continue adding whipped cream and mixing until the entire can of whipped cream has been added and mixed into the mango mixture. Pour into...

How To: Make quickie coconut cupcakes with Rachael Ray

In this tutorial, Rachel Ray shows us how to make coconut cupcakes. First, grab pre-made cupcake mix and add in shredded coconut into the mixture. Place this batter into the fridge overnight. To make the frosting, add confectioners sugar, milk, vanilla and butter together until it makes a fluffy texture. You can place the frosting into small bowls and add food coloring in any colors that you like. Put these onto your baked cupcakes and add toppings and sprinkles as you wish! You can also use ...

How To: Make a Japanese-style banana cream pie

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to a banana cream pie. Begin by making the custard cream filling. To make the filling, users will need 1/3 cup of all purpose flour, 1/3 cup of granulated sugar and 1/3 tsp of salt. Mix the mixture well and then sift it. Now slowly stir in 1 1/3 cup of milk and heat the mixture until it thickens. Now turn down the heat and set the mixture aside. Peel and slice 2-3 bananas. Add 2 egg yolks into the mixture and stir well. Heat the mixture until it boils...

How To: Make olive-oil chocolate chip cookies

This is a video from the host of Howtoeatacupcake.net on how to make olive oil chocolate chip cookies. The first thing you're going to want to do is preheat the oven to 350. Next put 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt into a large mixing bowel. Take two large eggs put them in a bowl on hot water to warm them up before you crack them open and mix them in. After setting the eggs to the side, next measure out 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/4 of a cup of extra vi...

How To: Make a pecan cinnamon angel food cake with Sandra Lee

Sandra Lee shows how to make pecan cinnamon angel food cake the easiest way. The ingredients used for this recipe are 8 ounces of whipped cream cheese, half a cup of chopped pecans, 2 teaspoons of cinnamon, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and an angel food cake. The cream cheese, pecans, cinnamon and brown sugar are mixed in a bowl to make the filling for the cake. A one inch top of the cake is cut and set aside. The core is removed from the cake to make place for the filling. The cored pieces o...

How To: Make a delicious a molten lava cake

This video demonstrates how to make a delicious molten lava cake. You need 4 oounces of semi sweet baking chocolate,4 oounces of unsalted butter, 2 eggs, 1/3 cup sugar, and ¼ cup all purpose flour. Let the baking chocolate melt in a double boiler. While it is melting into smooth liquid take a medium sized baking bowl and crack your eggs into it. Then add your sugar to the eggs and blend them. You can use a hand blender or a whisk but it may take longer to blend by hand. Next, take the melted...

How To: Prepare pie pastry dough from scratch

HolidayKitchen.tv shows us how to make a perfect pie crust. It's easy and costs just pennies. You will need a food processor and the following ingredients: 1 C flour, 2 tsp sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 C chilled butter, 1 Tbls chilled shortening, one egg yolk, and 2 Tbls water. Follow the directions in the video for exact blending. When the mixture pulls away from the sides of the bowl and clings together, you can remove it to a new bowl. Cover and chill for half an hour. Flour your work surface ...

How To: Blueberry crumb cake with the Barefoot Contessa

The Barefoot Contessa demonstrates how she makes Blueberry Crumb Cake. First, grease and flour the pan and set it aside. Put some soft butter into the mixer with some granulated sugar and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add eggs, some lemon zest and sour cream. Next, sift together the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients slowly to the wet ingredients, being careful not to overbeat. Then stir in the blueberries and pour the batter into the prepared pan.

How To: Make an Italian wedding cake with Sandra Lee

Sandra Lee shows us how to make an easy Italian wedding cake in this video. First, take a box of white cake mix and put it into a mixing bowl with 1 stick of softened butter, 1 1/4 c buttermilk, 1/2 c egg whites, 1 tbsp vanilla, 1/4 tsp almond extract and mix together for a minute or two until the ingredients are combined. Now, add 1 can of crushed pineapple, 1/2 c of sweetened coconut and 1 c of chopped pecans and fold it into the cake mixture. Now grab two 8 inch round cake pans and grease ...

How To: Make butter toffee

In this Food video tutorial you will learn how to make butter toffee. Take two cups of butter and two cups of sugar and heat them and stir them until light brown. Take it out and spread the mixture on a marble sheet. This is very hot, so be careful. Now take choco chips and spread them over the hot mixture and in a few minutes they will melt off. Take the spatula and pass it under the mixture one time to prevent it from sticking to the marble. Then you put chopped almonds over it. Now take a ...

How To: Make easy chocolate layer cake

Paula Deen shows how to make a quick chocolate cake. She butters a casserole dish and covers the bottom with graham crackers, overlapping them when necessary. She then pours instant french vanilla pudding mix into a separate bowl and mixes it with 3.5 cups of milk, beating it for about 2 minutes. She then tosses in some whipped cream topping and folds it into the french vanilla batter, creating the custard. In another bowl, Paula combines 1.5 cups of sugar with half a cup of cocoa and strains...

How To: Make sticky toffee bread pudding

This video illustrate us how to make sticky bread pudding. Here are the following steps: Step 1: The ingredients required for te pudding are boiling water, chopped dates,soda ,vanilla extract,margarine ,brown sugar,ripe banana, baking powder,plain flour.

How To: Make a easy lemon meringue pie

Titli Nihaan with Titli's Busy Kitchen demonstrates how to make an easy lemon meringue pie. Make the lemon curd for the pie by using three egg yolks, half a cup of caster sugar, 5 tablespoons of corn flour, the juice of three lemons, the grated rind of one lemon and 25 grams of butter. Whisk together the corn flour and the lemon juice. Add one cup of water to a pan of water and add the corn flour and lemon juice. Bring it to a boil. Then, turn off the heat and add the lemon rind, the egg yolk...