Creamy Butter Frosting Anne Of Green Gables Food

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES CHOCOLATE GOBLIN'S FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour 2 9-inch round cake pans.
• In a small saucepan boil a little water--about 1 cup.
• Set a samll mixing bowl over the boiling water and add the chocolate.
• Turn the heat to low and melt the chocolate.
• Remove the bowl and let it cool.
• Measure the sifted flour, soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar to a large mixing bowl.
• Mix dry ingredients together.
• Add chocolate, milk, and melted butter to the flour mixture.
• Mix together then beat for 1 minute with electric mixer.
• Add eggs and vanilla to the cake batter and mix another 3 minutes with the mixer constantly scraping down the sides with an rubber spatula.
• pour cake batter into prepared pans, dividing evenly.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Test cake with a toothpick.
• when the cake layers are done remove from the oven and let cool in the pans for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans onto a cooling rack and let cool completely before frosting.
• Frost with Chocolate Fudge frosting.

ANNE'S LINIMENT CAKE - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Steps:

• Equipment You Will Need:.
• 2 - 9 inch round cake pans.
• sifter.
• large mixing bowl.
• measuring cups.
• measuring spoons.
• wooden spoon.
• electric mixer.
• small bowl.
• rubber spatula.
• toothpicks.
• 2 cooling racks.
• oven mitts.
• metal spatula.
• Directions:.
• Grease and flour the cake pans. Pre-heat the oven to 350*F.
• Measure out the sifted four, baking powder, salt and sugar and mix together in the large bowl.
• Add the melted butter and the milk to the flour mixture and stir with the wooden spoon.
• Beat the mixture for 1 minute with the electric mixer.
• Break the eggs into the small bowl. add them with the vanilla to the cake batter, then beat with the mixer for another 3 minutes, constantly scraping down the sides of the bowl with the rubber spatula.
• Pour the cake batter evenly into the two cake pans. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes.
• Test the cakes with a toothpick. When they are done, use oven mitts to take them from the oven. Let them cool in the pans for 10 minutes.
• Slide the blade of the metal spatula around the edges of the cakes to loosen them from the pans.
• Place one of the cakes on a cooling rack. Place a second cooling rack on top. Hold the two racks together and flip the whole thing over. The cake is now upside-down on the rack.
• Gently lift off the pan and transfer your cake to a plate. Repeat with the other cake.
• Let the two layers cool completely before frosting.

CREAMY BUTTERSCOTCH PUDDING - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Steps:

• Equipment You Will Need:.
• 2 small mixing bowls.
• fork.
• heavy medium saucepan.
• measuring cups.
• measuring spoons.
• wooden spoon.
• serving bowl.
• plastic wrap.
• Directions:.
• Break the eggs and separate them into the two small mixing bowls. Beat the yolks with the fork and set them aside.
• Combine the brown sugar, cornstarch, and salt in the medium saucepan. With the wooden spoon gradually stir in the milk.
• Place the saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir the mixture until it is thick and bubbling - about 10 - 15 minutes. Stir and cook for 2 more minutes, and then take the saucepan off the heat.
• Dip a measuring cup into the hot mixture and take out about 1 cup. Very slowly stir the cup of hot mixture into the egg yolks. Then stir the hot egg-yolk mixture into the large saucepan.
• Stirring constantly, cook over medium heat for 2 more minutes.
• Take the saucepan off the heat and add the butter and vanilla. Stir with the wooden spoon until the butter melts.
• Pour pudding into the serving bowl. To keep a skin from forming on top, carefully place a piece of plastic wrap over the hot pudding and let it cool - about 1 minute. Remove the plastic wrap and spoon the pudding into small bowls.

MRS IRVING'S DELICIOUS SHORTBREAD - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Steps:

• You Will Need:.
• large mixing bowl.
• electric mixer.
• measuring cups.
• measuring spoons.
• medium mixing bowl.
• fork.
• extra flour for dusting.
• rolling pin.
• cookie cutters.
• metal spatula.
• cookie sheet.
• extra sugar for sprinkling.
• oven mitts.
• Preheat the oven to 350*.
• In the large mixing bowl, cream the butter with the electric mixer until it is soft, smooth and fluffy.
• Add the icing sugar, a little at a time, and beat until smooth.
• Measure and add the flour, salt, and baking powder to the medium mixing bowl. Mix with the fork.
• Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir until well mixed.
• Dust the rolling pin and a clean place on the counter with the extra flour. Turn the dough onto the floured surface and roll it out into a large circle - about 1/4 inch thick.
• With the cookie cutters, cut the dough into any shapes you like.
• With the metal spatula, lift the shortbreads onto a greased cookie sheet. Place them about 1/2 inch apart. Prick each shortbread twice with a fork and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake the shortbreads for 20 - 25 minutes until they turn light brown around the edges.
• With oven mitts, remove the cookie sheet from the oven. With the metal spatula, immediately lift the shortbreads onto a plate.

LIGHT AND CREAMY VANILLA ICE CREAM - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Steps:

• You Will Need:.
• double boiler.
• measuring spoons.
• measuring cups.
• small saucepan.
• wooden spoon.
• 2 small mixing bowls.
• fork.
• wire strainer.
• electric mixer.
• 2 large mixing bowls.
• rubber spatula.
• metal bowl or pan.
• Put the whipping cream, electric beaters and one of the large mixing bowls in the refrigerator to chill.
• Put about 2 inches of water in the bottom of the double boiler and bring to a boil.
• Put the gelatin and the cold water in the top pot of the double boiler. Let the gelatin soften for 5 minutes away from the stove.
• Meanwhile, pour the milk into the small saucepan and place it over medium low heat. When tiny bubbles form around the edge of the pot, the milk is ready.
• To the gelatin in the top pot of the double boiler add the hot milk, sugar, corn syrup, flour, and salt. Place over the bottom pot containing the boiling water.
• Stir constantly with the wooden spoon until the mixture thickens- about 15 minutes.
• Put the lid on and cook the mixture over boiling water for another 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, separate the egg into the 2 small mixing bowls. Set aside the egg white for later.
• Beat the egg yolk slightly with a fork. When the 10 minutes are up, stir the egg yolk very slowly into the mixture on top of the stove. Cook and stir for 1 more minute.
• Pour the hot ice cream mixture through a wire strainer into the other large mixing bowl.
• When the ice cream mixture has cooled to room temperature, beat it with the electric mixer until it is light and creamy - about 5 minutes.
• In the chilled large mixing bowl whip the cold whipping cream with the electric mixer until it falls in large globs and forms a soft peak.
• Rinse the beaters thoroughly with hot water. Then beat the egg white until it is stiff and glossy but not dry.
• Very gently with the rubber spatula, fold first the whipped cream, then the egg white into the ice cream mixture. Gently stir in the vanilla.
• Spoon the mixture into the metal bowl or pan and place in the freezer. Freeze for about 3 or 4 hours - until firm.

CREAMY BUTTER FROSTING - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Steps:

• Equipment You Will Need:.
• measuring cups.
• small saucepan.
• measuring spoons.
• medium mixing bowl.
• wooden spoon.
• electric mixer.
• metal spatula.
• Directions:.
• Melt the butter in the small saucepan over low heat.
• Put the melted butter, cream and vanilla into the medium mixing bowl. Mix with the wooden spoon.
• With the electric mixer, beat in the icing sugar, a little at a time. Continue beating until the frosting is thick and creamy - about 5 minutes.
• With the metal spatula, spread about 1/3 of the frosting between the two layers. Use the rest to cover the top and the sides of your cake. If you rinse the metal spatula under hot water from time to time while you are frosting the cake, the frosting will be much easier to spread. (For fun, add 2 or 3 drops - no more - of red food colouring to the frosting to make a pretty pink cake.).