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| My aunt, Maria do Carmo, is a great chocolatier in my hometown, Brazil... She makes chocolates to die for! Family celebration must have her chocolates and chocolate cake; and believe me, for the size of my family, we are very lucky to have celebrations all year around! yuuummmmyyyyyy! Last year, visiting my family, I had the pleasure to eat a chocolate cake almost every 2 days! I'm not kidding, she made me try all sort of fillings - coconut, pineapple, passion fruit, chocolate mousse, chocolate-caramel... Well, if you know me, you know that she didn't have to try to hard... I was a happy "lab mouse", I was in paradise! Nobody can resist the temptation of my aunt's chocolates! She has a very busy agenda, teaching the art of the chocolate and working on her wedding orders every week! Just few months ago, she decided to step into the cake decoration field; and guess what? She won the first place on her first cake decoration competition! Her entry was a chocolate cake (of course!) with coconut cream filling. Her design was a cute gazebo surrounding by nature and birds. I'm very proud of you Tia! Keep on going... |
| First place winner... |
Did you know...
* Pie has been around since the ancient Egyptians.
*The first pie recipe was published by the Romans and was for a rye-crusted goat cheese and
honey pie.
*Pie came to America with the first English settlers. The early colonists cooked their pies in long
narrow pans calling them "coffins" like the crust in England. As in the Roman times, the early
American pie crusts often were not eaten, but simply designed to hold the filling during baking. It
was during the American Revolution that the term crust was used instead of coffyn.
•Over the years, pie has evolved to become what it is today "the most traditional American
dessert".
(information from the American Pie Council)
* Pie has been around since the ancient Egyptians.
*The first pie recipe was published by the Romans and was for a rye-crusted goat cheese and
honey pie.
*Pie came to America with the first English settlers. The early colonists cooked their pies in long
narrow pans calling them "coffins" like the crust in England. As in the Roman times, the early
American pie crusts often were not eaten, but simply designed to hold the filling during baking. It
was during the American Revolution that the term crust was used instead of coffyn.
•Over the years, pie has evolved to become what it is today "the most traditional American
dessert".
(information from the American Pie Council)
| National Pie Day January, 23rd Celebrate an American Tradition! |
| To celebrate this special day, Kitchen Kreations would like to share with you a great recipe from Gale Gland, famous American pastry chef. It's a very unusual pie crust. I have been using this recipes for small pies and I just love it! It's delicious, easy and you can make in minutes with no need to rest or roll out the dough. Enjoy it! |
Ingredients: 3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup of egg whites
3/4 pound sweetened flaked coconut
Need: 24 nonstick mini-muffin cups.
1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix the sugar, egg whites, and coconut together. Put a spoonful
into each mini-muffin cup. Press the dough into the molds, covering
all area.
3. Bake until golden, about 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely in
the pans, then gently remove.
4. Fill it up with a per-cooked filling.
Filling options: The crust contains coconut, so your best options for
filling are chocolate and vanilla cream.
1/2 cup of egg whites
3/4 pound sweetened flaked coconut
Need: 24 nonstick mini-muffin cups.
1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix the sugar, egg whites, and coconut together. Put a spoonful
into each mini-muffin cup. Press the dough into the molds, covering
all area.
3. Bake until golden, about 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely in
the pans, then gently remove.
4. Fill it up with a per-cooked filling.
Filling options: The crust contains coconut, so your best options for
filling are chocolate and vanilla cream.
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