Delicious White Velvet Cake

I enjoy checking out cupcake blogs and on one there was a link for White Velvet CupCakes. I checked it out and tried the recipe today. As I type this, white velvet cake is baking in the oven. I usually can't stand the flavor of homemade white cakes because they taste like cornbread. Not this one!

This recipe is beyond simple. It tastes so great. I highly recommend using organic/raw sugar. I don't know if it scientifically changes the flavor of the cake, but I swear by it. I try not to buy white sugar anymore.

Recipe from Fifteen Spatulas blog

White Velvet Cake

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1 stick butter

about 3 tsp baking powder

3egg whites

2/3 cups milk

vanilla and almond extract

mix the first set of ingredients in a mixer.

whisk the second set.

add them both together.

bake at 350 for a little over 20 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.

YUM!

I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.

Garlic Parmesan Breadsticks

Garlic.

Oh how I love garlic.

I had a couple of friends over for dinner and I made spaghetti and homemade breadsticks. Boy howdy--these suckers were delicious! They are soft and airy with a perfect blend of buttery garlic sauce and a hint of parmesan cheese. Give them a try. Worth the rising time!

Garlic Parmesan Breadsticks

(tweaked from allrecipes.com)

2 (1/4oz) pkg yeast

1/2Cup sugar (take out 1tbsp to put in yeast mix, rest goes in flour)

2Cups warm water

3 tbsp veggie oil

1 egg

1tsp salt

4 1/2 Cups flour

Butter sauce:

1/2 Cup butter melted

2 tbsp parmesan cheese

1/4 tsp garlic powder

2 garlic cloves chopped small (more or less upon preference)

-Mix the yeast, 1tbsp sugar, and 2 cups of water in a bowl. let bubble for a minute while you assemble the next.

-Mix oil, egg, salt, and flour in another bowl.

-Add the first two bowls together, stirring. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until soft and springy. Do not over knead and do not add a lot of flour to it--that is what makes bread tough.

-Put in a greased bowl and let rise until doubled about an hour or so in a warm place

-Turn out onto lightly floured table and break off pieces big enough to roll into breadsticks. Make them as thick or thin as you like-- but if you make them about an inch in diameter, baking time will be about 10 minutes as opposed to thicker or thinner sticks.

(I bake them on my baking stone which doesn't require grease. I'd recommend a glass pan greased or perhaps aluminum with parchment paper on it)

-Arrange them nicely on your baking pan.

-Assemble the butter sauce. brush lightly (or generously!) on your breadsticks. I used a spatula since I don't have one of those fancy kitchen brushes.

-Bake at 375! This recipe can make over 30 breadsticks. If you want, add garlic to the mix during the initial steps.

Love the freshly chopped garlic! It makes things taste so much better.

I used half the dough for breadsticks and I used the other half in a greased loaf pan. When I tapped it and it made a hollow noise, it was done.

Oh please, try this recipe. It's divine!

Have a great day!