Hot Dessert Recipes How-Tos
How To: Make a chocolate mud pie surprise
Start off with a pre-made chocolate pie shell. Next soften some vanilla ice cream. Make sure the ice cream is not super runny but not frozen either. You will want to be able to stir it. Next add one cup of sifted dirt. Making sure you have taken out all the rocks and twigs. Mix it thoroughly with the ice cream. Put half of the mixture into your pie shell. We then want to add the surprise layer. Add those twigs, leaves, and small stones that got sifted out earlier. Top it off with the rest of ...
How To: Make a candy bouquet for Easter
Tired of boring, run of the mill Easter baskets? Well, then its time to get crafty! Make an Easter basket bouquet out of candy. Your little ones will be delighted to receive this edible bouquet and adults will be impressed with how beautiful it is! So, this year skip the drug store's Easter aisle and get your crafting supplies ready as this video teaches you exactly how to make your own edible bouquet! Happy Easter!
How To: Make cupcakes with simple ingredients
In this video tutorial, viewers will learn how to make cupcakes. The ingredients required to make these cupcakes are 60 grams of butter, 1/4 cup of sugar, 1 egg, vanilla essences, 3 tbsp of milk, 1 cup of self-raising flour and cupcake liners. Begin by putting the cupcake liners in a tray and spray it with cooking spray. Preheat the oven at 200 degrees. Mix the butter and sugar. Then add the egg and vanilla essences. Add the flour and milk alternatively. Put them in the oven for 12-15 minutes...
How To: Make simple chocolate frosting
This video shows how to make simple chocolate frosting. The ingredients are: 3 cups of powdered sugar, 1/3 of a cup of butter, 1 teaspoon of vanilla,
How To: Make delicious cupcakes
In this video from lotsadeals we learn how to make delicious cupcakes. Preheat oven to 190 Celsius. Line two 12 hole muffin trays with paper cake cases. Next using a mixer cream 175 g of butter 175 g sugar until fluffy. Next add a teaspoon of vanilla essence. Now gradually beat in 3 eggs. Now sit 175 g flour and half teaspoon of baking soda and gently fold in. If the mixture doesn't drop off the spoon easily, add a tablespoon of milk. Next divide the mixture into the cake cases so they are 3/...
How To: Make delicious fried Oreos
In a mixing bowl put 1 cup of pancake mix, 3/4 cup of milk, 1 egg, and 2 teaspoons of oil. Use a wooden spoon to mix the ingredients together in the bowl. Then use a whisk to mix the ingredients some more. Next heat a sauce pan with some oil on the stove. If you have a vent over your stove it would probably be good to turn that vent on. Take the Oreos and dip them in the mixture bowl. Flip them over several times to make sure they are coated. Then put them in the pan of oil and begin frying t...
How To: Make strawberries and cream croissants
This video tells us the procedure of making strawberries and cream croissants. Take two refrigerated crescent rolls and separate them into triangles. Put the triangles at the edge of your pan with the longer end inside the pan and the tip outside the pan. Overlap the adjacent triangles and flatten them with your hand. Lift the longer ends a little bit above the pan. Spread 8 oz of strawberry cream cheese above the triangles. Spread 16 oz of frozen strawberries over the cheese. Fold the triang...
How To: Make a simple apple crisp
In this video from MrSimpleChef we learn how to make a simple apple crisp. First preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease up a casserole dish. Peel, core, and slice apples to half fill the bowl. He's using 4 or 5 medium-sized apples. Add all the apples into the bowl. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of sugar. Add 2 teaspoons of cinnamon. Take a fork and stir it all in so the apples are coated with this mixture. With the apple base put aside, blend together 1/2 cup margarine, 1/2 cup brown sugar, mixed u...
How To: Make chocolate cupcakes
First, the lady in the video says just how great this recipe is and just how easy it is to make. She then begins to show us. In one large sauce pan add 125 grams of butter. She says that it's important to preheat the oven before you start your baking. She preheats the oven to gas mark four. Slowly heat the butter and when it is nearly melted, add in one hundred grams of dark chocolate. Turn the heat off and let it melt. Next, you just add the rest of the ingredients, starting with three hundr...
How To: Make a cupcake bouquet
This video shows how easy it is to make a great looking cupcake bouquet. You will need half a Styrofoam ball, a flower pot, some toothpicks, a piping bag with a flower tip, some colored icing and, of course, the cupcakes. Place the piece of Styrofoam in the flower pot and arrange the toothpicks to mark where you will place the cupcakes.
How To: Easily make a sponge cake
In this video from Gourmet Magazine we learn how to make a Génoise Cake which is a fancy French term for a Sponge cake. Soak eggs for 5 minutes in warm water. Add 6 eggs, vanilla extract and sugar to a bowl. Whisk this. Then beat for 10 minutes with an electronic mixer. Sift the flour onto a piece of parchment paper and spoon into 1 cup. Level it off. Now the mixture should be ok. Lift it and fold it on itself. Now add 1/2 teaspoon salt onto the flour. Now sift flour over mixture in thirds. I...
How To: Make a Mother's Day hat cake
You have your gift and a card and now all you need that special cake for mom on Mother’s Day. You’ve tried other cakes now try a hat cake. This festive and spring inspired hat cake is sure to make this year’s Mother’s Day a memorable one.
How To: Make a delicious carrot cake
Don’t be fooled by the use of a vegetable, carrot cake is a delicious dessert that seems to go hand-in-hand with Easter and spring bakes sales. If you’ve made them before or this is your fist time start out the season with this classic cake.
How To: Make coconut cream pie
Add a perfect theme dessert to your next Hawaiian luau with this decadent coconut cream pie. After a long week at work there’s nothing better than a little back yard barbecue fun with friends topped off with the perfect treat.
How To: Line a round cake tin
This film from Woman's Weekly shows you how to line a round cake tin. First you take non stick baking parchment. Fold the paper to double thickness, then rest the tin on top and draw around it with a pencil. After that, then cut just inside the pencil line to compensate for the thickness of the tin. For the sides, you roll the tin on its edge, allowing some extra for overlap and a little extra height above the tin. Make a fold a couple of centimeters from the top and then make some cuts from ...
How To: Make an ice cream casserole
1. This video describes how to make an ice cream casserole. For this first, you need the following ingredients "Ice cream Sandwich, Cool whip, Caramel Sauce, Chocolate Sauce and Butter rings. Now take a big pan and arrange the "Ice cream Sandwich" in the bottom of the pan and in the next layer apply the "Whipped cream" to cover on fully on the Ice cream sandwich layer.
How To: Make banana pudding
Change things up and for your next dessert or for an after school snack, try serving banana pudding. Banana pudding is easy and combines the creamy fun of pudding with the fruity flavor of bananas. It’s a clever way to sneak in an extra serving of fruit.
How To: Make delicious homemade donuts
Lexi and her chef father are going to show you how to make your very own homemade donuts. All you are going to need to create your donuts are a frying fan, thongs, frosting, vegetable oil, and any kind of packaged biscuits. First, you are going to take the biscuits poke a hole in the middle and then round them off so it's even. Once that's done you'll be ready to fry the dough but make sure the oil in the pan is between 365-375 degrees. After you drop the dough in the hot pan, you'll only nee...
How To: Make a fruit tart for any occasion
Impress everyone by bringing a beautiful homemade tart to the next celebration. You can use seasonal berries or even other fruits to create a colorful and flavorful dessert that will make any occasion seem extra special. With its rich pastry cream and tangy fruit wrapped in a flaky, buttery shell, the fruit tart is a classic dessert. Make this version with one or more of your favorites berries.
How To: Line a square cake tin
This video shows the detailed procedure to line a cake tin. Firstly, the demonstrator cuts off a square paper just smaller than the base of the tin. Then she measures off a length of paper for covering the sides. She folds it in half lengthwise twice. After careful folding and cutting off small triangular portions at the folds, she then skillfully places it to cover the sides completely. The last step in the procedure is to place the square paper for the base. She thus lines the cake tin full...
How To: Make a tasty cupcake
Throughout this video, The Cupcake Special, with Realizing Nuala, you listen to the song "Happy" as you watch a young woman demonstrate the correct and incorrect methods of baking and icing cupcakes. She begins the video by baking several dozen chocolate cupcakes in small paper cups. Then moves onto beating the icing, starting with orange, and then chocolate, and continues on making several other colors. Amidst the creation of the icing, you are shown other decorative features made for the cu...
How To: Make lemon meringue nests
For Lemon Meringue Nests you will need the following: Some ready made meringue nest,
How To: Make a giant rainbow drop candy
In a park on a park bench is a girl talking to a rainbow drop. She says that she loves the rainbow drop but wishes it was bigger. You hear a sound, and 'poof' a pimp appears. He tells the girl that he can make a bigger rainbow drop for her. In a instant we find ourselves in a kitchen with the pimp and he explains how he is going to make this large candy. First you have to melt a bowl full of white chocolate. Then on a plate fill the whole bottom with rainbow sprinkles. Pour the white chocolat...
How To: Make chocolate fudge cake
How to: Make chocolate fudge cake. You will need 4 large eggs, 8 ounces of softened butter, 6 ounces of soft brown sugar, 2 ounces of golden syrup, 2 ounces of melted dark chocolate, one teaspoon of vanilla, 7 oz. of self rising four, 1 oz. cocoa, 1/2 tsp baking powder, and one tablespoon of water. For the frosting, you will need 1/2 pint of sour cream, 14 ounces of melted dark chocolate, and two 8 inch round cake pans. In a mixing bowl, add the eggs and golden syrup and mix. Next, add in all...
How To: Fry a candy bar
This tasty treat might stop your heart but it'll seem worth it. There's nothing much better than your favorite candy bar, but trust me there is and favorite candy bar fried. No longer reserved for fairs and carnivals this artery buster can be made right at home.
How To: Make fried ice cream
You don't have to wait for the carnival to come around. You can make this special treat any time you like at home. It takes a little bit more time than at the fair but will be worth the look on party guests’ faces when they realize you've just made this counterintuitive dessert.
How To: Make mud cake
Mud cake might not sound very good but it sure tastes great. Try out this fun cake for a birthday, a party or just because. This mix of rich chocolate, nuts and a fluffy marshmallow top is sure to brighten any day.
How To: Make candy sushi
Kids will get a kick out of this fun and sweet treat. Make these candy sushi ahead of time as a surprise or better yet get the kids to help to create their own colorful snacks. These bite size treats will add a twist to any afternoon snack.
How To: Make crab apple crisp
Kyle teaches you how to make his own Crab Apple Crisps. 1 Wash the crab apples and cut the crab apples into squares. 2 Add sugar to the crab apples and place on a pie tin. 3 Mix brown sugar, oatmeal, flour and butter together and place on top of the apples. 4 Bake in the oven until the topping is browned.
How To: Make apple & sweet potato crisp
Liz Barbour shows you how to make apple and sweet potato crisp. Follow these steps to make a delicious apple and sweet potato crisp: Chop up some apples and sweet potatoes and add place them in a baking dish. You can also top with fresh cranberries if you want to. For the topping you will need old fashioned oats, ground flax seed, brown and white sugar and butter. Mix it all together and cover the apples and sweet potato with the mixture. Bake at 375 degrees for about 45 minutes, until the to...
How To: Make an icing tube from freezer paper
This video shows the method to make a disposable icing tube from freezer paper. The video explains the things needed for doing the task. The basic thing needed for the task is a freezer paper. The freezer paper is cut into three pieces across its length. This gives us a freezer paper which is six by twelve inches long. The freezer paper is then folded into a triangle across one of its sides. The paper is rolled along the triangle so that a tube is formed. The paper is stapled for an adhesive ...
How To: Make homemade chocolate frosting
Angie shows how to make chocolate frosting for cakes or cupcakes in this video tutorial. The first step is melting one stick of butter. Add 2/3 of unsweetened cocoa to the butter and mix thoroughly. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla to bring out the flavor of the chocolate. Then, add 3 cups of powdered icing sugar and 1/3 cup of milk. Mix all of these ingredients together. If the consistency of the mix is too runny, add more sugar. If it is too stiff, add a little bit more milk. Once you get it to th...
How To: Make caramel sauce or dip
In this video by Stupidly Simple Snacks you will learn how to make a simple caramel sauce. Follow these simple steps to make the caramel sauce which goes on top of the Coffee Caramel Bourbon Cupcake. You will need the following: Heave whipping cream, unsalted butter, one cup of sugar, a good quality whiskey and a measuring cup. Put the sugar into the saucepan and boil for 5-7 minutes, until it becomes the shade of maple syrup. Add 3 tablespoons of butter and a 3/4 cup of heavy cream. Now add ...
How To: Make homemade icing
In this video you will learn how to create a homemade vanilla icing from scratch. To begin with you want to put about a cup and a half of powdered sugar into a bowl and then add a good amount of vanilla flavoring and then mix it up. Now, you want to add a little bit of squeeze butter and continue to mix and mash it to get rid of bumps. Next, you want to add a tiny bit of milk to turn the paste into a thinner paste to make it more creamy. If it turns out to be to thin just add more powdered su...
How To: Make Aunt Eleanor's "never fail" pie crust
After viewing this video, making a perfect pie crust will be easier then ever. Watch this short episode and you will see the best ingredients to use and the quick steps that are needed to produce a great crust. Also included is the best way to roll the pie crust out, using wax paper on top of the dough, and also underneath. And don't forget presentation is everything! You will learn an easy way to place the dough in the pan and crimp the edges for a great looking crust!
How To: Make deep fried biscuit donuts
In this video recipe you will be shown how to make delicious biscuit donuts. To make biscuit donuts, do the following: Heat about 1 inch of oil in a skillet. Remove the biscuits from a 10-count can, and use a small cap to press in the center and make the hole. Fry them in hot oil until they are brown on one side, and then turn and fry the other side. Remove and place on paper towels to drain excess oil. They are great topped with powdered sugar, frosting, a glaze, or even cinnamon sugar. To m...
How To: Make crispy, old fashioned apple crisp
Divascancook (Monique) shows us how to make an excellent apple crisp using a simple to follow recipe. To make this apple crisp recipe, you will need: apples (green apples are best), cinnamon, sugar, flour, oats, butter Peel the apples, slice into small pieces and place them in a bowl. Add desired amount of sugar and cinnamon into the apples and mix, transfer the apples into a dish, set aside. On another dish, combine flour, sugar, oats and melted butter and mix to create the apple crisp toppi...
How To: Make whipped cream for hot chocolate and cake
This video will show you the easy steps on how to make homemade whipped cream. First you look for a medium-sized clean jar with a lid. Pour about a cup of heavy whipping cream in the jar. Add some sugar and a drop of vanilla extract for flavor. Cover the jar and shake it for a couple of minutes until it becomes foamy. It is done and ready when you no longer hear it when you shake it.
How To: Make Cascos de Guayaba (guava shells w/ cream cheese)
This video shows how to make Cascos de Guayaba con Queso Crema (guava shells with cream cheese). Ingredients: 1 15 oz. can of Guava Shells, and 1 15 oz. package of low-fat cream cheese. To make Cascos de Guayaba con Queso Crema (guava shells with cream cheese): Drain Guava Shells. Remove Guava Shells from syrup and put it into plate. Add 1 teaspoon cream cheese into each Guava Shell. Lightly drizzle syrup over top of Guava shell with cream cheese.
How To: Make an oven-baked apple crisp
this video shows us how to make a delicious apple crisp using an easy to follow recipe. To make some apple crisp, you will need: 4-5 apples, 1 cup of brown sugar, 2/3 cup oats, 2/3 flour, 1ml salt, 2 ml cinnamon, 1 ml nutmeg, 1/2 cup melted butter To make the apple crisp: pre-heat your oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit slice the apples and place into a greased 8x8 square pan. take 1/2 cup brown sugar and pour over the apples. on a bowl, combine the oats, flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and 1/2 cup...