Sometimes we don’t need words…
….We just need Nutella!
Some cookies…
And life is good! Happy Sunday!
Love and hugs,
5 star cookies
WARNING! Read this only if you like Nutella, Oreos, popcorn, chocolate, peanut butter, cake and pie…
(And you know who you are…)
Birthday is a special day. This special day requires extra special cake…so I will warn you again,
read this post only if you like Nutella, Oreos, chocolate, peanut butter, popcorn..Also if you are one of those who can’t make decision…pie or cake…cake or pie…You are my kind of people!!!
Now, if you are still reading this post you are the best person I have ever met. And I love you like I love my own family. As you can guess my judgment is solely based on Nutella, Oreos, chocolate, popcorn and peanut butter. So sue me, Universe!
Now, back to our birthday extra special cake!
Prepare yourself…it will be a few hours of work!
Ingredients for sponge cake:
3 eggs
6 TBSP sugar
6 TBSP flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 TBSP water
Cut wax paper or Al foil to fit 9″ round cake pan.
Mix eggs and sugar until double in size.
Fold flour and baking powder until well mixed. Add water. Be gentle, you don’t want to deflate the cake.
Bake at 370 degrees for approximately 20 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out dry.
Cool for a few minutes, remove from pan and remove wax paper or foil.
Cool completely.
Make Oreo filling 2 or 3 days in advance!
Oreo Spread:
30 Oreo Cookies (Double Stuffed Cream Oreo)
1/4 cup coconut oil
In the bowl of a food processor whiz the cookies and coconut oil until they are fine crumbs. (10 min)
If you would like it thinner, add more coconut oil.
Next step is to make peanut butter filling. (the recipe is below)
Now if you have the following:
1.Sponge cake
2.One cup of Nutella
3. Oreo Spread
4.Peanut Butter Filing
5.Popcorn Ice Cream Cones
We can start building our cake:
1 and 2. Sponge Cake + 1 cup of Nutella
3. Add Oreo Spread on top of the Nutella
4.Next level is adding the Peanut Butter Pie Filling!
5.Are you ready for finishing touches!
Insert 4 popcorn ice cream cones into peanut butter filling. Stop for a moment and enjoy your life!
– How to make popcorn ice cream cones?
6. Finish your cake by adding Reese’s pieces, Kit Kat, sprinkles…!
And my friend that is your special Birthday Cake!
ENJOY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Peanut Butter Filling
3/4 cup heavy cream
4 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature
1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
Filling:
Beat the heavy cream until stiff peaks form.
Spoon the whipped cream into a bowl and set aside.
Using the same mixing bowl beat the cream cheese, peanut butter,sugar and vanilla extract until combined. Mixture will be thick.
How thick? See the picture below!
Fold in the whipped cream until smooth, be gentle, you don’t want to deflate that cream.
This filling is made from Sallys Baking Addiction
Special Note:
Kit Kat is used like a supporting beam in construction! Kit Kat is holding those ice cream cones from sliding!
Famous people born on Aug 1:
Bastian Schweinsteiger – Soccer Player
Yves Saint Laurent – Fashion Designer
Sam Mendes – Director, Producer
Richard Wilson – Painter
Allison Robicelli – Chef
Lucky Colors: Copper, Gold
Lucky Numbers: 1, 10, 19, 28, 37, 46, 55
Lucky Days (of the week): Sunday, Monday, Thursday
Lucky Days (of the month): 1, 10, 11, 19
So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FRIEND!
Love and hugs
from your favorite blog
5 star cookies
The one staring out of your kitchen window, wondering what to make today and wishing that you were doing something more exciting with your life.
Like driving an expensive yellow sports car, traveling to Italy or just swimming with the dolphins…
Yes, you do have thirst for a little adventure, do you not? The world is at your feet, but which direction should you step?
Well, for today we are taking direction of making combo of my two favorite things, popcorn and ice cream cones.
Yes, we are making “Ice Cream Cones Popcorn Ball”! Hey you. Yes, you. Smile and let’s have some fun!
We need the following ingredients:
4 cups popcorn
20 gr butter
3/4 cup marshmallows
6 ice cream cones
Optional: chocolate,sprinkles,M&M
Prepare your ice cream cones!
In a medium sauce pan melt butter over low heat.
Add marshmallows and stir until melted.
Pour over popcorn and stir until coated completely and evenly. (very important)
Spray your hands with cooking spray and form mixture into a ball. Press coated ball into ice cream cone. Repeat with remaining mixture.
And look what you made, you little adventurous person!
Yes, you can still dream about wide skies, forest in Costa Rica or you can try to talk to your ice cream cones popcorn balls!
No, I am not kidding…Popcorn Balls can talk!
Have you ever heard about quantum physics or how do you know you’re meant for big things?
Well, this popcorn balls know and you will find soon about it!
Hey you! Yes, YOU!
Dream big!
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from your favorite blog
5 star cookies
CIDER VINEGAR
Taking 1 tsp (5ml) of cider vinegar in a glass of water after every meal is the secret to losing weight.
If you try this, please be sure to rinse your mouth out with water and brush your teeth afterwards.
PROTEIN HAIR PACK – All Hair Types
2 large eggs
1 tbsp liquid glycerin
1 tbsp jojoba oil
1 tsp cider vinegar
Whisk together 2 eggs, 1tbsp glycerin,1tbsp jojoba oil and 1 tsp vinegar until well combined.
Massage mixture into damp, clean hair.
Let stand for 15 min.
Rinse off with lukewarm water.
Love and hugs,
Cookie
Have a FAB Week!
Your Cookie!
How to make Turkish coffee?
You will need the following:
1.Turkish Coffee Pot
2.H2O or Water
3.Coffee that has been ground to a fine powder
Optional: Sugar or whip cream
So, how to make coffee?
Off the heat, add 5 teaspoon of coffee to the remaining water in the coffee pot. Stir to dissolve the coffee.
Return to heat and bring to a simmer. The coffee will bubble and foam a little.
Right after the foam rises up, remove from heat.
Pour 1/2 cup reserved water back into the coffee pot.
Let the coffee rest a few extra moments, for the grounds to settle to the bottom.
Pour coffee into cups,let the coffee settle and enjoy!
What to do with ground coffee?
Use for your hands:
1.Scoop out a small amount of the mixture and rub it into your hands. Rinse well.
2. You can use for your garbage – Fill up an old pair of pantyhose with some dry coffee grounds, and hang the mixture on the inside of your trash can lid.
3. Add coffee grounds to houseplants to give them a boost, mixing it into the soil. Coffee grounds are high in nitrogen, and are great for houseplants.
4.You can use Turkish coffee for Great Grandma’s Famous Jimmy Cake Great Grandma’s Famous Jimmy Cake
5.Pour used coffee grounds down the sink or bathtub drain, followed by 3 drops of dish soap and a pot of boiling water. This will clean and clear the drain of clogs and built up grease.
Love and hugs
from your
Cookie
Miss America and the best coffee cake called Grandma’s Famous Jimmy Cake. Have you heard about this cake…Don’t worry I am not judging if you haven’t. After all food blogging is here for you…so you can learn and share.
Here she comes – 1989. Miss America!
And she comes with lawsuit …Yes, that is correct! Gretchen Carlson filed the lawsuit against her boss, one of the most powerful man,
an American television executive Roger Ailes.
She says Ailes repeatedly made advances toward her, calling her “sexy”, asking for a sexual relationship during a meeting in his office and so on….
Because she says “NO”…long story short her contract was not renewed.
So, my dear readers why I am bringing this story to you?
Because, Gretchen Carlson courage is inspiring.
So many victims of sexual harassment are intimidated into staying silent.
Well, this Miss America was not. She stood her ground and also made her own statement.
“I have strived to empower women and girls throughout my entire career. Although this was a difficult step to take, I had to stand up for myself and speak out for all women and the next generation of women in the workplace.”
Dear my readers, please find her twitter account and support her.
And just for her I am going to make my new favorite cake, Great Grandma’s Famous Jimmy Cake.
The link for the full recipe is below:
http://www.jamhands.net/2012/05/great-grandmas-famous-jimmy-cake.html
Ingredients:
coconut oil,butter, powdered sugar,eggs,coffee,flour,chocolate jimmies,salt,vanilla,baking powder
INSTRUCTIONS
Cream 1/2 cup coconut oil and 1/2 cup of butter. Add 2 cups icing sugar and mix.
Add 4 egg yolks,1 cup cold coffee (How to make coffee? )
and 1 tsp vanilla.
Mix in 2 cups flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 2 tsp baking powder.
Add 1 cup chocolate jimmies.
Fold in 4 egg whites, beaten.
Bake at 325 F for about 1 hour. (it was 45 min for me)
Cool cake. If desired add chocolate icing.
Great Grandma's Famous Jimmy Cake
Ingredients
Instructions
This recipes was made from the following link:
http://www.jamhands.net/2012/05/great-grandmas-famous-jimmy-cake.html
So, dear my readers if you love Great Grandma’s Famous Jimmy Cake you will love Dream Bars
How about Oreo in Paris
Or my first recipe Mini Pavlova
If you want to make strong, Turkish coffee please follow the link Turkish Coffee
This coffee cake is MUST MAKE RECIPE!
It is really the best cake with coffee you will ever make or try!
So, make it happen baking nation. Make it happen
Good luck and good night
from your favorite baker
Cookie
But do you know who is the Big P?
The Big P is my new star cookie. He is one of those cookies with a big and I mean a big personality…you will notice him as soon as …well you can judge yourself
I am so and totally in love with BIG P! I can’t stop taking picture of him…and he has so much filling…
Happy Sunday my readers!
Enjoy your life. Eat some cookies…and DREAM…DREAM BIG…
FIND YOUR MR. BIG AND EAT YOUR BIG P COOKIE!
“ONLY AS HIGH AS I REACH, CAN I GROW
ONLY AS FAR AS I SEEK, CAN I GO
ONLY AS DEEP AS I LOOK, CAN I SEE
ONLY AS MUCH AS I DREAM, CAN I BE
DID YOU KNOW?
The Mr. Big character was based on publishing executive Ron Galotti, former publisher of GQ and Talk.
Love and hugs
from your Cookie
and
It is Monday morning (my day off), the sun is shining outside and I am ready for the Strawberry Sunshine Drink.
Ingredients:
1 cup fresh strawberries (they came from the Local Farmers Market and they are full of sunshine)
1 banana (organic)
1/2 cup water
Optional for decoration: blueberries, whip cream
Just for a moment stop your life and enjoy strawberries full of sunshine…don’t you love your Local Farmers Market…
Find your blender….(it does not need to be expensive one)
Put all ingredients into blender and blend.
Fill your glass with Strawberry Sunshine Drink and enjoy…
If you are not a plain Jane and you want more fancy drink top with some whip cream and blueberries…(let’s hope you don’t count calories)
Enjoy and share with your stomach….
Please visit your local farmers market and support them.
Strawberries may be kept fresh in the refrigerator for three or more days, depending upon the initial quality of the berry. After a few days in storage,
however, the fruit looses its bright color and fresh flavor and tend to shrivel.
Did you know?
Always rinse strawberries with hulls on, so berries do not get water logged or lose any vitamin content.
Love and hugs from
your Cookie
and https://www.5starcookies.com
If you like the Strawberry Sunshine Drink you will love Slimming Smoothie
How about some Carrot Love
And I believe I am on this land called earth…trying to be the best human being that I can be. And if UFO is flying somewhere….I don’t know…up there,
and trying to come to our land what should we do?
And who they are? Can you imagine them? …I like to imagine them like a smart-mouthed creature who come to be with us
and help us become better people. So,as I am thinking somebody is knocking on my door.
Who is it? – I am asking.
Alf.
Who?
Alf? Do you remember me?
Sorry, I don’t. Who are you?
I am from that show “Alf”? How can you forget me? You used to watch me. And laugh… I hate humans, they don’t know how to be loyal.
How can I help you?-I ask.
I am hungry! And I know you have new blog and I want to taste your food.
You know I have a new blog? Now I am interested… Alf, how do you know I have new blog?
Well, Christopher Columbus told me. He said: You are pretty interesting person? You just don’t belong to people….
And he loves your blog about him Discover Life-Christopher Columbus
So, can you open the door? I want to see your eyes and talk to you…And let me be honest, I really want to eat …
I am still hesitant when Alf yells: “I can even promote your blog…for FREE?”
You can..really? – I am yelling now. Having my blog promoted at the planet of Melmac can’t hurt.
After all I am just another human being who wants to go to new places and planets…
Alf can help.
And I like to share.
As I am opening the door my childhood of imagination is looking into me and laughing:
“Hello, Martha Stewart. What is for lunch?”
I am speechless just for a moment …or maybe two and as I am looking into Alf eyes I am saying:
“Let me show you..”
Now, Alf let’s start our cooking show.
We need the following:
potato (2 lbs)
oil, salt, pepper, oregano
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
Cut the potatoes in quarters and place to a large pan. Add salt, pepper, oregano.
Roast in the oven for 30 min or until browned and crisp.
Now you are ready to make the sour cabbage salad.
Your main ingredient is the sour cabbage.
Wash the cabbage. Add salt, black pepper, vinegar and oil. And that is your salad.
Now, let’s have lunch.
Baked Potato + Sour Cabbage Salad
Your dessert is below-Puppy Chow Krispies
And just for the record “Trust your left part of brain…It will take you to places…Well, for now we are at the planet of Melmac (thanks to Alf).
And just for Alf, let’s review what is happening out there…you know in our real life.
1.It is rainy outside.
2.Wimbledon 2016 is starting tomorrow on Jun 27.
3.Trump is running for president of America….
4. The 2016 UEFA European Championship-It is currently being held in France from June 10 to July 10 2016.
5…and Pyramid Show is starting tonight on ABC. Good Luck Michael Strahan.
Good Night and Good Luck Planet Earth-We Love You!
Love and hugs,
Cookie