Verdens Beste

This is Norwegian for “the world’s best” and it’s the common name of a traditional, tasty cake: Kvæfjord-cake.

Recipe For “Kvæfjord-Cake”:
Step 1 - First layer of base
5½ ounces butter
¾ cup sugar
6 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
6 tablespoons milk
1 cup all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
Whisk the sugar and butter until smooth and pale. Fold in the other […]

Popularity: 7% [?]

Two Friends and a Baby

We all love cookies. Nowadays however, most cookies come in fancy packaging that try to cover the preservatives and chemical stuff inside.

Meli & Angi on the other hand creates handmade custom cookie favors for bridal & baby showers, birthdays and special events. In standard or personalized designs, all cookies are baked to […]

Popularity: 4% [?]

Moto- The Futuristic Food

bacon and maple
monkfish with fried rice
fajita x three
chocolate and berry
biscotti and coffee
or maybe a futuristic sushi
Using ink-jet printers and lasers in the kitchen may seem like a futuristic vision but at Moto restaurant in Chicago, it’s already a reality. Its chefs, who are also engineers, are transforming the traditional dining experience by using inventive technology […]

Popularity: 1% [?]

Lavender and Thyme Quiche

Ingredients:
One 9-inch pie shell, unbaked
1-1/4 cups grated Swiss cheese
2 Tbsp. butter
1-1/2 cups mushrooms
2 Tbsp. fresh thyme leaves
4 large eggs, beaten
1 cup evaporated milk
1 Tbsp. pulverized lavender
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. grated nutmeg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Bake pie shell for 10 minutes until golden brown. Sprinkle 1/4 cup grated cheese over the bottom of the crust and […]

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Chocolate Peppermints

Ingredients:
2 lbs. powdered sugar
8 ounces cream cheese
1 tsp. peppermint extract
12 oz. chocolate chips
Blend the powdered sugar and cream cheese and peppermint extract (1/2 tsp. at a time until you get the right taste) until well-mixed. It will be thick.
Roll out the fondant until it is as thick as you want the mints to be. […]

Popularity: 1% [?]

Lavender Ice Cream

Ingredients:
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup Egg Beaters
4 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup culinary lavender buds, pulverized
For different colorings, any red, blue, green (what’s your favorite color by the way?) or any other food coloring works fine.
Bring heavy cream just to a boil. Turn off heat and add the pulverized culinary lavender. Steep for 30 minutes. Mix sugar, […]

Popularity: 1% [?]

Danish Pastry

Classic Danish Pastry is thought to be a variant of Puff Pastry. They are made from similar techniques, but Danish is made from a yeast dough. This made Danish light and fluffy as never seen before.
Good Danish pastry simply referred to as “Danish”, or Dansk Wienerbrod consists of layers upon layers of flaky buttery crust […]

Popularity: 2% [?]

Chocolate Mousse

Make your own chocolate mousse, by trying to mix the amounts you believe right. Normally, nothing bad can happen.
Combine bananas, ground cacao nibs, coconut oil, agave nectar and vanilla extract in a food processor, and pulse until smooth. If a thicker pudding is desired, add more banana and coconut oil (pudding will also thicken as […]

Popularity: 1% [?]