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CHOCOLATE GANACHE

3/25/2022

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INGREDIENTS:

1 Cup Heavy Cream 
1.5 Cups Chocolate (whatever kind is your fav)
1 Tsp Vanilla extract 

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Instructions: 
-Boil the Heavy Cream in a small sauce pan 
Once boiling, remove from heat. 
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-Put your chocolate In a heat safe bowl or measuring cup. 
-Pour the hot heavy cream over the chocolate.
-Mix until fully incorporated. (Should take 3-5 minutes). 
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CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING

3/25/2022

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INGREDIENTS:
2 C Soft, Unsalted Butter 
1 1/2 C Creamy Peanut Butter
3 lbs Powdered Sugar 
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract 
1 C - 1 1/2 C Heavy Cream



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Instructions: 
  1. In a stand mixer, use your paddle attachment and cream your butter. Mix on medium/high speed for 2-3 minutes. Or until creamy. (Make sure there are no clumps) 
  2. Once creamy, add in peanut butter. Mix until fully incorporated.
  3. Turn mixer down to low speed and add in your vanilla extract
  4. Add in all of your powdered sugar, let mix for about 1 minute. 
  5. Scrape down bowl to make sure everything is incorporated. 
  6. Add in your heavy cream and mix for about 5 minutes or until creamy. (Add cream AS NEEDED. Don’t use all of it if you don’t need it. Too much cream will make your frosting runny) 
  7. Once fully mixed, take off stand mixer and mix your frosting with a wooden spoon and get out any extra air pockets and create a smooth creamy finish. 
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Super moist Chocolate Cake

3/25/2022

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INGREDIENTS: 
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 cups warm water
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract



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INSTRUCTIONS:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Prepare pans with butter or non stick spray. 
  • Mix together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a stand mixer using a low speed until combined.
  • Add eggs, buttermilk, warm water, oil, and vanilla. Beat on a medium speed until smooth. This should take just a couple of minutes.
  • Divide batter among the three pans.
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes in a 350 degree oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Cool for 15-20 minutes and then place cakes on cake board and remove the cake pan.
  • Place cake layers in freezer, let cool for 3-5 hours. Once solid, fill and decorate. 
  • Enjoy! 
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Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

10/16/2021

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This is my favorite buttercream frosting recipe! I use it daily. And to make this frosting even better, you can use this frosting as a base for any flavor of frosting you’re making. So you can add a ganache to make a chocolate frosting. Lemon extract and yellow color to make a fresh lemon, or peppermint for a mint frosting.. the possibilities are endless!!!! So go give this frosting a try and let me know what you think!!
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Vanilla Buttercream Recipe

Ingredients:

1 C Very Soft, UnSalted Butter
5-7 Cups Powdered Sugar
1 1/2 tsp CLEAR Vanilla Extract
1/2 Tsp Almond Extract
1/2-1 C Heavy Cream


INSTRUCTIONS:
  1. In a stand mixer, use your paddle attachment and cream your butter. Mix on medium/high speed for 2-3 minutes. Or until creamy. (Make sure there are no clumps)
  2. Turn mixer down to low speed and add in your vanilla & almond extracts, and powdered sugar.
  3. Scrape down bowl to make sure everything is incorporated.
  4. Add in your heavy cream and mix for about 5 minutes or until creamy. (Add cream AS NEEDED. Don’t use all of it if you don’t need it. Too much cream will make your frosting runny)
  5. Once fully mixed, take off stand mixer and mix your frosting with a wooden spoon and get out any extra air pockets and create a smooth creamy finish.
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Classic Chocolate Cake

10/14/2021

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Chocolate Cake Recipe

Bake Temp: 350°F
Bake Time: 28-32 minutes for 6” cake
35-40 minutes for 8” cake

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs (egglands best)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup of Semisweet Chocolate Chips

Baking Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350°F
Prepare cake pans with non stick spray. (My favorite brand is “BAKERS JOY”. You can find it at any grocery store in the baking isle). Set aside.

Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together oil and sugar on medium speed. Once mixed, add in the eggs, and vanilla.

Scrape bowl before moving on to next steps.


Turn the mixer on and slow speed and add in your dry ingredients. Once you have all of your dry ingredients mixed in add in the milk and the chocolate chips.
Mix on medium speed for about one minute or until combined.

Divide the batter between your baking pans.
Fill your pans about 1/2-3/4 full.
**DO NOT FILL TO THE RIM**

Bake cakes for about 28-40 minutes (depending on cake size) or until your cake is full, and holds its shape after you touch it.

Let your cake cool for about 20 minutes IN CAKE PAN.
Once cooled, cut the top off your cake put your cake on a cake board, and place the cake in the freezer for about 3 to 5 hours.


Once your cake is frozen and stiff, you can start filling it with your frosting.

Layer your cake and fill with about 1-1 1/2 Cups of frosting per layer.

Crumb coat your cake.

Put in freezer for about 30 minutes.

Put on final layer of frosting, and decorate how you prefer.
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Now go bake a cake and enjoy it!!!!

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I’d love to see it and spotlight you and your beautiful creations.
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Best Banana Bread

9/17/2021

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I have always loved banana bread. And so when my mom passed down her banana bread recipe to me when I got married I could not wait to share it with my own family.
And so naturally, because I love this recipe so much, I had to share with you guys. Enough talking, let’s get to the real reason you’re here…. The recipe.
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PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

9/6/2021

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ITS OFFICIALLY A WEEK INTO SEPTEMBER, AND I COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER TO START POSTING FALL FLAVOR RECIPES.... MEANING PUMPKIN EVERYTHING!!!!!!!
SO WE ARE STARTING OFF THIS 2021 FALL SEASON WITH MY ALL TIME FAVORITE PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. THESE ARE SO BEAUTIFUL AND EVEN MORE DELICIOUS. IF YOU'RE A PUMPKIN FAN, I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THESE COOKIES 10/10.
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MAPLEDOODLES

8/30/2021

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🍁I’ve always loved snickerdoodle cookies because they remind me of growing up, my mom would bake them for me and my brothers on Sunday’s. So this past Sunday I decided to let the kids help me make some of my new favorite cookies. Mapledoodles! 🍁
This is a Snickerdoodle + Maple Frosting Filling. (So easy & delicious!!) This is such a delicious treat, but is definitely a new fall favorite at our house. Im very excited to finally share my recipe for this yummy treat.

Mapledoodles (snickerdoodle + maple filling)


Ingredients:


1 Cup (2 sticks)- soft, unsalted butter
1 1/2 Cup- Granulated Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla extract


2 Lg Eggs


2 3/4 Cup All Purpose Flour
1 1/2 tsp Cream of Tartar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt


In a separate bowl:
1/4 Cup Sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp Cinnamon


Baking Instructions:


-Preheat oven to 350°F.
-Prep baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
-In a mixer, mix butter and sugar for about 1-2 minutes.
-Add in vanilla and eggs. Mix for another 1 minute.
-Stop mixer. Scrape bowl to make sure thy everything is combined well.
-Slow mixer, and add in flour, baking soda, cream of Tartar, and salt.
-mix well until the dough forms.
-Stop mixer.
-Roll into small bite sized balls, roll in cinnamon & sugar mixture.
-Put the dough balls on a plate and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
-Once 30 minutes is up, place about 6 balls on a baking sheet, and bake for 9-11 minutes at 350°F.


-Let cool for about 15-20 minutes and then enjoy!!!

MAPLE BUTTERCREAM
frosting

Ingredients:
1 C Very Soft, UnSalted Butter
5 C Powdered Sugar
1 1/2 tsp CLEAR Vanilla Extract
2 tsp Maple Extract
1/2-1 C Heavy Cream
2 Tbsp Maple Syrup


Instructions:
  1. In a stand mixer, use your paddle attachment and cream your butter. Mix on medium/high speed for 2-3 minutes. Or until creamy (like a creamy PB consistency)
  2. Turn mixer down to low speed and add in your flavors and powdered sugar.
  3. Scrape down bowl to make sure everything is incorporated.
  4. Add in your heavy cream and mix for about 5 minutes or until creamy.
  5. Once fully mixed, take off stand mixer and mix your frosting with a wooden spoon and get out any extra air pockets and create a smooth creamy finish.
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Super Moist Vanilla Cake

8/14/2021

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This has been one of my most requested recipes, and I thought that now would be a great time to share it. 

This cake recipe is the base of all of my cakes. that I make. Meaning, I make this cake recipe, and just add to it to create new flavors. It is a very simple recipe, easy to follow and always turns out super yummy. So give it a try and let me know what you think!

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Super moist Vanilla Cake Recipe
​By: The Blonde who Bakes

Ingredients:

  • 2 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/2 Cups granulated sugar
  • 1 C Unsalted Room Temp Butter
  • 3 Large Eggs
  • 1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract 
  • 1 tsp Almond Extract
  • 1 C Milk

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F
  2. Prepare baking pans by spraying the entire pan with non stick spray or butter. This recipe is enough for 2- 8" Cake pans or 4- 6" cake pans 
  3. In a large bowl, measure out: flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Whisk and set it aside. 
  4. In a stand mixer, Cream the butter and sugar together with a whisk attachment until creamy. (2-3 minutes on medium/high).
  5. Slow your mixer down and add in your Eggs, and flavour extracts.
  6. Stop mixer, scrape down bowl with a rubber spatula.
  7. Put mixer on slow speed, and add in your dry ingredients from the large bowl.
  8. Add your milk into the batter. Mix on medium speed until everything is incorporated. 
  9. Turn your mixer off, and detach your bowl from the mixer. 
  10. Divide your batter evenly into your prepared baking pans. ( I like to fill my pans about 1/2 way full. Nothing above the half way mark. This will help your cake to not overflow while baking)
  11. Bake your cakes at 350F. (8' cake for 30-32 minutes) (6" cake for 28-30 minutes).
  12. Once your cakes are done baking, let them cool IN THE PANS on a baking rack for about 10-20 minutes. 
  13. Once cooled, cut off the rounded cake top while in the pan. Place a cake board on top and flip over. Remove the cake pan. And place your single cake layers in the freezer to set and firm up. 
  14. Let the cake layers freeze for about 3-5 hours and then fill yo0ur cake and decorate. 
ENJOY!!!!!
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Whit's Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

7/9/2021

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Hey friends!!! 
Welcome back to the blog. Today I am sharing my ALL TIME favorite Chocolate chip cookie recipe. These cookies are very easy to make and SO delicious.

I am so excited to be sharing this recipe again with all of you and I hope you enjoy these cookies as much as I do. 

​Now lets get to the cookies and the recipe...

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    Whitney Berge, The Blonde who Bakes, is a wife and mom of 3. She is a baker, and loves to create Custom Cakes and Macarons. She teaches baking classes, and appears on TV with the local news stations.
    Baking is something that she loves and she loves to inspire & help people to find j0y in baking and creating. 

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