Saturday, April 8, 2017

Carrot Cake Roll

Carrot-Cake-Rollhttps://youtu.be/JF9DcRG4ukk         
Watch the how to  at this link

INGREDIENTS:

FOR THE CAKE:

  • 3 eggs
  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 2 cups shredded carrots (about 2 medium carrots)
  • Powdered sugar, to aid in rolling

FOR THE FILLING:

  • 6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 4 tablespoons butter, room temperature
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Powdered sugar, for dusting

DIRECTIONS:


  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a jelly roll (10×15”) pan with foil and spray with cooking spray (I like to use the spray with flour).
  2. Beat eggs at high speed for 5 minutes, until frothy and dark yellow. Beat in sugar and vanilla extract.
  3. Whisk together salt, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and flour. Stir into wet ingredients just until blended. Stir in carrots.
  4. Spread in prepared pan. Batter will be in a very thin layer and you will need to use a wooden spoon or spatula to spread it to all the corners of the pan. Bake for 9-11 minutes (mine took 10). **edited to add: ovens vary greatly. It can take up to 15 minutes to get this completely done.** Err on the side over over done vs. under done for best results in rolling.
  5. While the cake is baking, set a clean kitchen towel out on a large work surface. Sprinkle liberally with powdered sugar (about 1/4 cup). As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, turn it over on the kitchen towel sprinkled with powdered sugar. Remove foil carefully.
  6. Working at the short end, fold the edge of the towel over the cake. Roll tightly, rolling up the cake into the towel. Let cool completely while rolled, at least one hour.
  7. While the cake is cooling, make the frosting. Beat the butter and cream cheese together until smooth. Beat in powdered sugar and vanilla.
  8. When cake is cool, carefully unroll the towel. Spread the filling on the cake evenly, and re-roll tightly. Chill until it firms up a bit, at least thirty minutes to one hour. Dust with powdered sugar,then slice and serve. Cake can be wrapped in plastic and frozen for up to one month.
If your carrots are wet, you may want to pat them dry before adding to the batter so your batter is not too wet.
Add some walnuts to the filling for a nice texture!

Kitty, puppie and bunny OVERLOAD

             What better way to boost your mood to start off weekend than to indulge in cuteness overload!!!!









Still fooling around

             I have these two apps one for photo to watercolor and the other to oils. I also have a drawing app



which I have not tried yet... I'll mess with these to get ideas for my paintings. Should be fun.














Saturday, April 1, 2017

I would like to thank God

     I know that God was with me  today, looking out for my grand daughter and me. He also made sure that no one else got hurt when my shoe got stuck inbetween the gas and brake and my car took off. I am so glad that no one was in the way It was a freak accident and scary. I hope that never happens again.. I  advoided a gate and several cars and ended on sidewalk.  I then prayed to God to thank him for our safty and the others.

also thank him for our beautiful earth and creatures.










Best Bud

  He is my best friend,he stays right by my side . I wonder how he will react when hopefully I don't need the w/c anymore. ...