Praliné Cake Delight

This is what I call "Praline Cake Delight." I prepared in the form of mini cakes last Sunday for Father’s Day and was divine. I've always made it for customer orders, but this time it was for the house. Today I share with you.

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Ingredients:
 

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1-1/2 cups Granulated sugar
1 cup Light brown sugar, firmly packed
4 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup milk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
Praliné Icing for filling and decorating
 


Preparation:
1. Grease and flour three nine-inch round cake pans and preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Cream the butter or margarine with both Granulated sugar and light brown sugar until very light and fluffy, then add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

3. Sift the flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt and add to the batter alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry mixture. Stir in the vanilla extract.

4. Divide batter evenly among the prepared pans and bake in the center of the preheated oven for twenty-five to thirty minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the layers comes out clean. Cool layers in their pans over a rack for ten minutes, then loosen and turn out layers directly onto racks for cooling.

5. Cool layers thoroughly before icing. Recipe yields a nine-inch, three-layer cake. Use Praliné Icing for filling and decorating.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God” -Matthew 5:9

Dulce de Leche Cortada (English) Sweet Curdled Milk

 

En Español

A scrumptious mouthwatering way to end your lunch or dinner would be a great tasting Latin dessert. This recipe is a delight, Dulce de Leche Cortada, a  traditional dessert in Dominican Republic and in other Latin American countries. It’s called leche cortada (Curdled milk) because when the fresh lemon juice is added to the boiling milk it begins to curdle, although, the milk used in this dessert is fresh. This is one of the first traditional recipes I learned to make as a newly wed because it is my husband’s favorite dessert.

I am sure when you taste it, you’ll fall in love with it. Try it very cold, is the best that way! Enjoy!

Dulce de Leche Cortada

Ingredients:

9 cups of fresh whole milk

3½  cups sugar

¼ teaspoon salt

5 eggs

1 cinnamon stick 

3 tablespoons lemon juice

2 teaspoons Vanilla

1/3 cup of raisins optional.

 

Preparation:

1. Mix the milk with the salt and sugar. Add the beaten eggs and strain.

2. Pour into a large pot, preferably with a thick base, add the cinnamon stick, and bring to high heat stirring constantly with a wooden spoon.

3. Bring to the boil, add the lemon juice and stop the stirring.

4. When milk is curdled, lower the heat, leave to boil 30 minutes and then add vanilla and raisins.

5. Allow the syrup to cook until thickened, turn off heat, leave to cool and store in the fridge. Serve cold.

“Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” -Efesios 6:4

Hamburger for a King!

My favorite food is hamburger, and I could eat it every day. I saw the following recipe in a television program called, Cocina Gourmet, led by my favorite chef, Eugenia Rojo. Since then, this has been our favorite homemade burger recipe. The meat is juicy and tasty, I recommend it 100% because it’s truly delicious. 

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In D.R. Father’s Day is celebrated in July, therefore, being this my first Father’s Day recipe as a blogger, I would like to dedicate this recipe to the memory of my father, Marino Núñez, who was the first to teach me how to make homemade New York Hilton style hamburgers, for being the best father in the world to me and because he was such a  good hearted person. May God have him in his glory. 

Ingredients:

The preparation of the beef patties: 2 lbs. ground beef meat, 1 medium onion cut into small cubes, 2 red peppers, roasted and chopped, 2 half spoons BBQ sauce, 2 tbsp Worchestire, 2 tablespoons of ketchup, 1 teaspoon black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of oregano, 1/2 teaspoon salt , 2 cups of oatmeal, 2 eggs.

 

To assemble the Burger: Buns, cheese (Danish) bacon, lettuce , tomatoes, 1 onion cut in rings. Ketchup and mayonaise. You could use the MayoKetchup sauce, it goes well with this burger.

Preparation: mix all ingredients for the preparation of the beef patties, and shape into burger patties. In a skillet with a little oil, Cook to taste. 

 

I prefer the following order from the bottom – up between breads: ketchup, pickles, onion, meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. Lol, I begin to sound like sponge Bob! However way you please to assemble your burger is OK…. Enjoy!!!!

“….and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it” - Ecclesiastes 12:7-9