Red Velvet Creme Brulee and an Important Announcement (yeah it is!!)

So world, I post w/ some exciting/unique news.

No, Nobody’s Pregnant, Engaged or Married.

I’m officially going back to skool/school. I’m goin to skool to officially become a “Baker”.

That’s right, after talkin a Big Game, yours truly is doing work and now going to skool to learn baking…for reals.

I’ve already enrolled in 3 courses and I start in August….so far I got quite the reaction on Facebook…which I wasnt expectin.

Ranging from “Im So Proud” to “About Damn Time”… But I hadnt let y’all know. So now whenever y’all have a wedding coming up, which apparently is pretty common, theses days.

Now I know whats it like when people announce their pregnant. Or engagement..

But lets be real peoples: Pregnancy Announcement> Engagement Announcement.

So with that I offer a celebratory Creme Brulee…Red Velvet Creme Brulee.

I may/may not have an obsession w/ Red Velvet… kinda a Southern thing I guess.

Thats Pre-Brulee fyi…

So the next few months shall be filled w/Exciting, Terror, Anxious and the occasional “Oh yeah I forgot, Im in skool now”

But I’m glad I FINALLY did this..after much delay and Speeding Tickets.

I would say let this be a lesson to y’all out there: Dont Talk About It, BE About It!

Also in order to get the Garden of Your Dreams, You gotta dig thru a lot of Crap first….

You know Fertalizer is technically “Crap”…anyways, more Creme Brulee…

That’s all I got for today…

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Now excuse me, I must find some Mothers Day Cards..

I refuse to be that guy who sends Mothers Day Cards LATE!!!…..AGAIN!!!

Story of My Life.

Red Velvet Ice Cream…The Groundhog Lied To Us All!!!

Well world, we almost toward the month of May and for most of y’all, y’all dont have sunshine.

Y’all got Snow. And I’m just gonna put it out there: That Groundhog lied to us all.

Heck even here in Texas, it’s in the low 60′s…normally we hit 80 by March. It’s CRAY CRAY!!

With that said, who wants Ice Cream???

Red Velvet Ice Cream that is….

What conspired this concoction? Well…. just random thought in my head to try it.

A lot of the time, it’s just random… hey I wonder how’d this taste in “Red Velvet” or…

You get the point.

So How’d I do it? Well it was kinda easy if you can make Ice Cream…

Which is TOTES easy!!! Yeah I just said that…anywho

To make this

You need the following

Red Velvet Ice Cream

• 1 1/4 C Heavy Cream
• 3/4 C Buttermilk
• 3 Eggs
• 2/3 C Sugar
• 2 Tbspoons Brown Sugar
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 1 1/2 Tbspoons Cocoa Powder
• Red Food Coloring

Sidenotes:

• Heat the Heavy Cream with 2/3C of Sugar in a Saucepan
• Whilst that heats up, add the Eggs, Buttermilk, Brown Sugar and whisk together til it comes together.
• Temper the Cream aka “Add the Hot Cream little by little while Whisking The Egg Mixture” til there’s no more cream in the  pan, then add it back in the Saucepan back on the stove.
• Add the Cocoa Powder and Red Food Coloring and Vanilla.
• Pour in a bowl over Ice and stir til it cools.
• If you got an Ice Cream Maker, use it.
• If you don’t have an Ice Cream Maker, put custard in a blender and place in the freezer for an 90 minutes and take out and pulse to break up the ice crystals. Repeat every 45 minutes for about 3-4 times.

And you’ll get somethin like This:

Fancy huh???

Welp, that’s all I got for now y’all.

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Til then, Stay warm… Something I prolly wouldnt be saying at this time of the year.

What’s next snow in June?

#kiddingnotkidding

Apple Pies & a “My Bad” post…

Hey world,

Long time no? Yeah, I’ve been a busy boy lately… too busy to be in the kitchen bakng stuff…

For those who follow along w/this, I say… My Bad. Its tough keepin this thing a float, mostly cuz I’ve been preoccupied with work /interviewing for work/running outta of ideas sometimes…

Yeah I said it!! I sometimes run outta ideas! #dontjudgeme!!!

So what else has been goin on in my world? Ironically, losing weight by running.

I say Irony cuz I make dessert and I run…weird huh?

Actually, you can have your cake and work out as I find out as long as you dont over do it.

The eating that is… like I usually say, “Dont eat til you get a food baby”.

Anyways, I should think of more desserts ideas, but this is also where Y’ALL come in!!!

If you follow this sucker, and/or just want something random made, say so…

As a way of saying “My Bad” here’s some Apple “Pie”

Why I quote “Pie”, cuz it aint the traditional way at all… It’s a Free Form Tart.

I find this style is a lot more fun, than the traditional pie format.

When it comes to Apples, I use either Granny Smith’s or Golden Delicious…

Porque?

They hold their shape when you cook ‘em and they’re tart so you can make them how sweet you want to.

You use Apples with a lot of water in ‘em, they turn to Apple Sauce and it aint as pretty.

Pretty as this:

#BOOM That just happened.

So to do that above, you need the following

• 2 Apples (Granny Smith or whatevs), sliced
• 1/4 C Brown Sugar
• 1/2 tsp grated Nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla
• 1 Lemon (juiced)
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• Whatever Pie Dough Recipe you got

Bake for 25 min @ 400 degrees

Sidenotes:

• Slice up the Apples and place in a bowl, coat apple slices w/ Brown Sugar, Cinnamon, Lemon Juice, Vanilla, and Nutmeg. Let ‘em sit for about 5 minutes.
• Roll out pie dough crust and place on a cookie sheet or cake pan.
• Add the apples and cover up the sides in whatever fancy way you want.
• Brush sides w/ milk.
• Throw in the oven for about 25 minutes

And thats it!

You get this:

So, I realized this weekend, I dont have to work, go outta town or nothing.

This shall be my time to think of new ideas esp for the summertime.

Also I shall be continuing my quest for working out.

Swimsuit is almost upon us y’all!!! We gotta get that Bikini Bod together…

TMI??

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Til then, Be sure to do y’all taxes…. I did, I felt all growed up too!!!

Peanut Butter Bread Pudding…I may have a PB problem.

Oh hey there world,

I’ve realized I kinda suck at when I say,  ”Stay Tuned Next Week I got something EPIC”.

Last week, I DID make somethin Epic, but I forgot due to my work schezule (that “schedule” in hipster)… I beg you FORGIVE ME !!! ATTICA!!!!!

Anyways, I had a craving to make Bread Pudding…dont really know “WHY?” but I just did…

And as you maybe aware of, I’m a bit of Peanut Butter Junkie and I figure I’d combine the two and get this gem h’yah!! (thats “here” in…whatever it is)

Fancy no? Well it is to me and thats all that matters okay!??!

Sorry it’s Monday, and its cold out…which is odd cuz its “Spring”

But good news, my March Madness Bracket has survived the weekend!! #Huzzah!

Usually the Sweet 16 round is where I get the matches ready to burn my bracket.

But currently I am sitting at “THA THRONE” (thats #1) and I intend to stay there!

But I know what y’all thinkin, enough of the bracket talk, show us how you made this:

Well to that I say, “Sheesh!” and then I say its simply this:

Peanut Butter Bread Pudding

• 1 loaf of day old bread from Jimmy Johns (shameless plug, I know)
• 4 eggs
• 1/3 cup Peanut Butter
• 1 1/2 C Whole Milk
• 1/2 C Heavy Cream
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 1/4 Cup Sugar
• 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar

Bake @ 325 degrees for 45 minutes.

Sidenotes:

• Slice up the Bread into cubes and place in a Giant Ramekin.
• Place Cream, Milk and Peanut Butter in a Saucepan for about 5 minutes, til the Peanut Butter has melted into the milk/cream and thens its Peanut Butter Milk.
• After that take off the heat, let it cool for a few minutes.
• Whilst that cools, Whisk the remaing ingredients together.
• Then pour the PB-Milk over the eggs mixture, then pour THAT over the bread and push down the bread so it absorbs it.
• Place ramekin in a “Water Bath” or a giant skillet with an 1 inch of water and set in the over for about 45 minutes.

And then this happens

Chocolate Syrup not included, but you can add that if you must…actually I’ll allow it.

So there y’all have it folks….hopefully y’all are the “Forgiving” type…

If I’ve learned anything over the last few weeks, its this

“Think First, React Later”…that’s easier said than done. But if y’all give it a shot, then SOOOOO many disastrous situations can be avoided!!

That is all…

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Til then, When the heck will “Spring” show its face???

Part 2 of the Parfait Saga: Key Lime….y’all forgot about this “saga” too huh?

Oh hey world, It’s March…not only that.

It’s PIE DAY, PIE DAY….gotta get down on PIE DAY!!

SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE!!!

Yes, that just happened….

So I’ve took a bit of a “Break” and by “Break I mean, I completely forgot about writing or cooking somethin new last week…. #whoops.

Sometimes I work cray cray hours or get pre-occupied w/stuff and I completely forget…

Please FORGIVE ME..I BEG YOU….ATTACA!!!! (HUH?)

So as you may not be aware of…I’m making dessert for a rehearsal dinner…for 100 peoples….yeah

And I gotta make 4 diff parfaits: Black Forest, Red Velvet, Tiramisu and (what this post is about) Key Lime.

Key Lime is technically a pie so…this ties in well!!! YAAAY!!!

So world, I would like to give some advice: Go with your Gut…

Pardon the pun/ fact this a “Food” site, but whenever you find yourself uncertain about stuff: Go with your Gut.

If you know you prolly shouldnt eat that last slice of pizza, go w/your gut.

If you not sure about a potential job opportunity, go w/your gut.

If you know you should try somethin different, go with your gut.

I say that cuz I figure somebody out there may need it…Idk…maybe.

I just realized theses 3 Sundays in a row are 3 monumental things…

Daylight Savings, St. Patty’s Day AND Easter?? Whaa???

Who decides when Easter is?? I always am confused by that…

So hopefully y’all have a good St. Patty’s Day…I got some tricks up my sleeves y’all!

And this time I’ll tell y’all what I did..

That’s all I got this week, but hopefully this was an entertaining post.

I cant really guarantee your money back, since…well y’all know.

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Til then, remember go w/your gut…

That thing knows what it wants… usually.

Carrot (Cake) Muffins…I’m seriously on Muffin Tear rightaboutnow….

What up world, its tha last day of February…dang.

Do anythin memorable in theses 28 days???

You do a “Harlem Shake” parody? Watch Beyonce’s Half-Time Show a dozen times?

Well 28 days later, we are slowly but surely headin towards spring…and that means here in the south, straight to summer.

#TexanProblems.

Anyways, I ran in a 10k race… and did not get trampled!! HOORAY!!!

It’s scary than y’all think esp w/over 6,500 peoples in it.

Esp. that first mile and a half, had to do a bit of matrix/parkouring on the sidewalks cuz it was SOOOO crowded.

But it was all good in the end, cuz it thinned out, but I also got a bunch of free food.

And free products….my inner klepto was quite thrilled.

Ole-Bill’s no thief, but you offer a bunch of free stuff, I’m 9/10 times gonna take it!

Anyways, I present y’all this weeks post: Carrot Cake Muffins.

Pretty no?

Well this came about a few years ago at a restaurant my pops and I went to for brunch.

They had a bunch of muffins and one of them was a Carrot Cake Muffin

Also a friend of mine apparently havin eye-issues and what better way to eat carrots than in muffins right?

Its things like that where I get inspiration from, no not from somebody’s pain…but just random things like that.

Although a lot of artist do use “Pain” a lot as their “inspiration”.

#artistproblems.

So how exactly you pull this off?

Simple, all you need is the following:

•  1 1/2 C Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• 3/4 C Brown Sugar
• 1/4 C Reg Sugar
• 2 Eggs ( I FORGOT THE EGGS!!!)
• 2/3 C Veg. Oil (or Canola, whichevs)
• 1 Carrot, sliced n diced.
• 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice

Bake at 350 for about 35 minutes or until a fork comes out cleanly.

Sidenotes:

• Add everything but save the carrots til the end.
• It’s gonna look like it’s in desperate need of some more liquid, thats where the carrots come in. Carrots got liquid like Zuccini and will be enough liquid by the end.

Et VOILA!!

There goes my french for the week.

Hopefully y’all give this a try, i.e. make ‘em on the weekend and have for the week.

But make sure you put ‘em in a closed container,otherwise they dry out and turn into a weapon when thrown.

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With that said, I leave you with another muffin

Note I didnt make ANY “Muffin Man” references, as bad as I wanted to…

Hold up I did mention it though…Crap.

Blackberry Muffins….THEY SO TINY!!

So world, I’m a tad cranky…

To whoever that it is thats doing that obnoxious tapping on the windows outside…

I will find you….and give you a STERN talking to!!! Maybe even a mean mug too…

Those are dangerous too.

SO…last week I did it!!

I pulled off cooking on V-Day!!! I cooked an entire pasta dinner for 50 some-odd people.

#victoryhuzzah!!!

I cooked Shrimp & Chicken Alfredo pasta and it came out quite lovely…or so I think.

Or what I’ve been told too…I don’t know. As for that Brownie Cheesecake as seen below?

That sucker was gone before I even got to look at it…guess that may be a good thing.

So to the post at hand… Blackberry Muffins.

Why did I make these?? I was too lazy to go buy Cereal so I thought I’d make muffins to eat instead…#bakerproblems

I like muffins, I don’t make’em too often. Not sure why thought???

Anyways, the recipe which I found on a certain “Pinning” site… I kinda took their recipe and twerked it a bit….

With Blackberries!! I find they get over shadow by the Blueberry waaay too much.

So with that I shall now share y’all the recipe, I know FINALLLY!!

Lemon-Blackberry Muffins

• 1 Cup Flour
• 1 Cup Sugar
• Juice of 2 Lemons
• Zest of 1 Lemon
• Pint of Blackberries
• 1/2 Cup Applesauce
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3 Egg whites
• 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla
• 1/2 tsp Salt

Bake @ 350 for 15-20 minutes.

Sidenotes(been a minute since I’ve done that):

• Gather all the dry ingredients in a separate bowl & set aside.
• With the Blackberries add the Sugar, Vanilla & Lemon Juice and stir’em around so they get coated.
• Whip the egg whites to stiff peaks and set aside. A lot of settin aside this time around.
• Combine the berries and stuff with the dry ingredients.
• Add the Egg Whites in thirds. First batch just mix in, next batch fold in nice n gently. Also fold in the Zest of the Lemon.
• Place batter  in muffin tins and toss that sucker in the oven.
• It should yield 10-12 muffins all together.

And you get this

I found this to be a fairly simple thing to whip up. Esp if you one of them “On The Go” folks.

Or in my case the last month n half, training for a 10k race.  I’ve been myself outta house and home

#runnerproblems?

Anyways, hopefully y’all get somethin from this recipe and hopefully on Saturday, I wont go out and get trampled…

That would suck.

So w/that I’ll leave you some muffins….

Anybody else realize February is almost over…dang.

Brownie Cheesecake for all my V-Day peoples…Single or Taken.

So world, it’s V-Day…

Or for those who dont care, it’s Thursday.

But for those like Moi who are Single since the beginning of time, I offer this:

You don’t need a “Lover” on Valentines Day, You just need “Love”.

Top THAT Hallmark!!!

Well today is a big day for yours truly.

No I dont have a date. Like I said, I’ve been single since the beginning of time.

I am cookin for a singles dinner tonight. I’m in charge of making Pasta.

Shrimp & Chicken Alfredo Pasta.

For 40-50 people.

Am I nervous? Nope

Am I scared? YEUP

Never cooked for THAT many people and I’m terrified…I’m just terrified on the inside.

BUT I’m also in charge of makin dessert and I’m makin Cheesecake

A BROWNIE CHEESECAKE

Yeah thats right, That’s what I’m serving tonight.

I had some left over Brownies from a couple weeks ago I kept fresh and I thought “What to do?”

And I thought why not incorporate into a cheesecake?? HOORAY!!!

So thus is why I made this….

 

 

For those wonder what the heck is that up top???

It’s Chocolate Ganache…

Ganache= Chocolate Chips+ Warm Cream.

I used Dark Chocolate w/a bit of Milk Chocolate to Sweeten it up a bit.

So it’s basically Chocolate on Chocolate on Chocolate.

Fun huh?

Well world I would stay in chat longer, but I gotta start prepping 4 tonight’s dinner..

Wish me luck!!

Also that I don’t go nuts by the end of the day too….

Oh and I dont cause food poisoning too…That would SUCK!

BYEEEE!!!

The Parfait Saga/Adventures/Whateverword for “series” Pt.1: Black Forest

So…its February and you know what that means?

Whatever health goal you had last month has prolly gone by wayside now.

If you’ve stuck with it…more props to y’all.

So I kinda quit the whole “Healthy” Dessert thing, I may come back to it during the summer.

But I’ve got bigger fish to fry!! By fish I mean Parfait.

What the two got to do with each other???

No idea.

But anyways, I have to make Parfaits…Porque??

Well, yours truly has been hired on as not only a groomscake maker, BUT I gotta make desserts for The Rehearsal Dinner….thats right Desserts.

And I may or may not have to make Parfaits for at least 100 people.

The more I think about it, the more I think “Holy Crap, What did I sign up for??!!!”

So I gotta make Four different parfaits: Red Velvet, Key Lime, Tiramisu and (what this post is about) Black Forest. 

Fun Fact: Black Forest Cake is traditionally a dark Chocolate Cake with Cherry Filling. And the filling’s got booze in it. Booze= Liqueur or Schnapps. It also originated from Germany.

Currently mine is “Under Construction” as in I’m workin on getting a better Cherry Filling and Brownie.

I’ve decided to go Brownie route to make it interesting aka “Switchin it Up A Bit”

But needlessly to say I got about a lil over 3 months to prepare and it get it right…

I’m an artist and we artists are cray cray about being perfectionists.

#sadbuttrue

And hopefully I wont lose my sanity in the process of making not only a groomscake and Rehearsal Dinner Desserts.

A tall order, indeed. But I feel like this year is “Can Ole-Bill handle it???”

I’ve not only pulled off 3 dozen cupcakes (Holy Crap!) and V-day comin up, I’ve got to play “Chef” for a Singles event…

I thought Brinner (Breakfast for Dinner) would be a fun way to say “Screw you V-Day!” for all us Single Folks…but NOOO!!!!

It’s okay, hopefully, it’ll work.

Anyways, that’s all I got for now..cuz I’ll just babel like I normally do.

Not sure if thats a good thing or not…still figuring that out.

But stay tuned for next week’s Parfait look.

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Til then, remember this for V-Day:

You dont need a “Lover” for V-Day, You just need Love.

Hot right??

Raspberry-Orange (or Orange-Raspberry, whatevs) Cupcakes. Vegan Style y’all!!!

So I just realized, I’ve been failing miserably at updatin this sucker on a weekly basis…

It’s more like, “Ehh, I’ll update when I feel like it!! GAAAH!!!”

Never really saw the popularity of Napoleon Dynamite.

Well work kinda takes priority.

Fun fact: Long Hours working + Lack of Sleep = Massive Brain Farts.

#TMI??

Anyways in the last 10 days, yours truly won a radio contest!! Thats right, THIS GUY!!

It was this “Cash Clips” Contest of havin to guess what the 5 clips of songs were. And I did it..and won some money.

I honestly didnt even think about the money(for reals), I was all concerned about winning and getting the win. VICTORY IS MINE!!!!

So, I won some money, IM RICH BIAA….Not really. Not enough to retire on, but I’ve got gas money…that’s a plus.

SO what does that got to do w/ Cupcakes??

Nothing. But as usual, half my post dont got nothin to do w/ the food of the week.

So a while back I was asked to make Cupcakes for a B-Day Party…but they had to be Vegan.

I know right? Vegan…sounds all odd….and weird. No offense to y’all Vegan peoples.

BUT, I somehow managed to pull it off.

Vegan Orange-Raspberry Cupcakes

Fancy huh?

Well I do try to be when necessary…

I’m finding out that the whole “Vegan” thing doesnt mean eatin dirt or Tofu.

Do Vegans eat Tofu??? Somebody explain…

Anyways, I digress…can y’all believe January is about done??!

Sad aint it?

We dealt w/ a cheating cyclist and a football player being duped into what was a juicy storyline for a soap now is just flat out odd and weird and done with.

At least I am now… stupid catfishin.

So the Super Bowl is almost upon us. Don’t really care…

I only care about the commercials and the Beyonce halftime show.

Usually the halftime shows usually are not that great, not after that whole “Boob” thing.

Remember when EVERYBODY flipped out about it…silly now aint it???

Anyways enough about that…here’s another pic

Well that’s all I got for nows…

I’ll try n do better about updatin weekly.

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I always find it hard to find a way to end these posts…

Anybody got any good catchphrases????

I’ll give y’all a shout out.