Butter Tarts!

I have family visiting from Canada! 

This morning we made Butter Tarts! 

A traditional Canadian treat!

Butter Tarts

Filling

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup corn syrup

1 egg

2 Tab. Butter

1 tea. Vanilla

1 tea. vinegar

1 pinch salt

1/4 cup currants or raisons 

Crust

1 pie crust recipe (she used Pillsbury ready made)

Cut circles of pie crust to fit into muffin tins or tart pans and place into pans.

In a med. bowl mix filling ingredients and pour into crusts and bake 20 minutes.

 That's it!

Enjoy Life!

Mexican Shrimp Cocktail

Mexican Shrimp Cocktail

Mexican Shrimp Cocktail

1 Bag of Med. size frozen cooked shrimp (defrosted & rinsed) 

3 cups Clamato Juice

1/2 cup Orange Crush Soda

1 cup diced celery

3 Roma tomatoes seeded and diced

1 cup white onion diced

1/2 cup of chopped cilantro (or to taste)

1 cup diced english cucumber

1 avocado diced

Squeeze of lemon or lime

Dash of Cholula hot sauce (or any hot sauce you like)

Salt /Pepper

Lemon or lime garnish

Guinness Chocolate Cake

Guinness Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Guinness Cake
From "Feast" by Nigella Lawson

Ingredients
Cake
1 cup Guinness stout
1 stick unsalted butter
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups superfine sugar
¾ cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 ½ teaspoons baking soda

Icing
8 ounce cream cheese
1 cup confectioners' sugar
½ cup heavy cream

Method
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch springform pan and line bottom with parchment paper.

Pour Guinness into a large saucepan, add butter and heat until melted. Whisk in cocoa powder and sugar. In a small bowl, beat sour cream with eggs and vanilla and then pour into brown, buttery, beery mixture and finally whisk in flour and baking soda.

Pour cake batter into greased and line pan and bake for 45 minutes to an hour (Check at 45 minutes for doneness, poking a skewer in center.). Leave to cool completely in the pan on a cooling rack, as it is quite a damp cake.

When cake is cold, gently peel off parchment paper and transfer to a platter or cake stand.

Place cream cheese and confectioners' sugar in a mixing bowl, and whip with an electric beater, until smooth (You may also do this with a food processor.).

Add cream and beat again until you have a spreadable consistency.

Ice top of cake, starting at middle and fanning out, so that it resembles the frothy top of the famous pint.

Yields about 12 slices.

Happy St. Patricks Day!

I've got my Lucky Charms...

 How about you?

Yeah, I really didn't eat those but there are those in my home who did... 

But I won't name names.

Corned Beef and Cabbage/ Yukon Gold potatoes and carrots are in the slow cooker set to low...

It will be ready for an early supper.

I'll be trying my hand at Irish Soda Bread later today too...

Irish Soda Bread (Made with wheat flour)

Corned beef Roast with Yukon Gold potatoes, carrots and fresh picked cabbage

The corned beef came out tender with little fat content because it was cooked all day in the slow cooker

Guinness Chocolate Cake with cream cheese frosting

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.

A delicious moist cake with an amazingly creamy frosting! 

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Recipe adapted from Bake or Break Recipes & Pinterest

• Cake:
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs plus 1 large egg white, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 large ripe bananas
• 1/4 cup milk
• Frosting:
• 4 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons chopped toasted walnuts, or coconut (optional)

Preparation

Make cake: Preheat oven to 375°F. Mist an 8-inch square pan with cooking spray. Mix flour, baking powder and salt. With an electric mixer, beat butter, oil and sugar. Beat in eggs and egg white, then vanilla. Mash bananas with milk.

Stir half of dry ingredients into butter mixture, then stir in banana mixture. Mix in remaining dry ingredients. Pour batter into baking pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 40 to 45 minutes. Let cake cool in pan on a wire rack.

Make frosting: With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and vanilla. Reduce speed and gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Spread cake with frosting and sprinkle with walnuts, if desired.

Super Heros cooling my cake Frosted 8x8 cake Dessert anyone? I have linked to Foodie Friday! Click HERE to see more Foodie Friday Recipes and Photos I have also added this Recipe to erecipecards.com