Valentine's minicake. perfect for two

Homemade gluten free white cake (adapted recipe from this recipe from GlutenFreeOnAShoestring using my GF flour blend, a couple Tablespoons less sugar, and powdered egg whites, along with 1 2/3c buttermilk instead of 1 1/3c as my recipe has more whole grain flours. 

I used powdered eggwhites mixed in separate bowl with the water. In hindsight I should have gone ahead and whipped with thr stand mixer to be more eggy...what happened instead was I whipped the butter, added the eggs, and had a bit of soup. Once i added the flour it was normal-thick-looking, and then I added the buttermilk to the batter being pour able. 

Baked in my mini Fat Daddios cake pans. Made three mini cakes and two six-inch cakes. Lovely part of making small cakes (or cupcakes) is freezer for future quick cakes. 

Baked about 30minutes, removed from oven. Pressed down on centers to be flat. Let cool, flipped out on cooling rack. Then sliced in half, rimmed with chocolate frosting, filled with strawberry preserves / jam. 

Chocolate frosting around, then royal icing for hearts and XO trim.  I used.'all natural' food coloring ehich results in a muted red (ahem, pink), but it doesn't have red dye #40!

(Chocolate frosting made with Hershey cocoa recipe and Stam Chocolaterie  cocoa powder). 

Next time I probably would slice on thirds or fours instead of halved, and get more strawberry preserves in it. 

Winter Weather Chili

Took time to make a nice pot of chili whilst watching Mary Poppins movie. 

Experimenting leaving out the celery family (coriander and cumin) to which we think #TheMike has been reacting. He doesn't like Cilantro, or parsley. Coriander is Cilantro seed and cumin ie also in the celery family.  

Oregano 2tsp

Thyme 1/2 tsp

Smidgen of Marjoram

Hungarian sweet Paprika 2 -3 tsp

Chili Powder 1 1/2 T

Garlic 2 tsp minced

Onions 1 small, diced

Molasses, 1 tsp

Two cans beans 

Half pound beef (tonight is Waygu that was on extreme sale)

Tomato sauce 1 can

Diced tomatoes 1 can

Half can of diced green chilis. 

Mixed on top of stove 

[Cook onion, put on plate; cooked beef, put in bowl, added onions back to bowl, add garlic, add spices and molasses. Cook for a few minutes.  Add beans, tomatoes,  sauce, chilis. Bring to simmer]

Cover and bake for 90 min @300F. 

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Made a quick batch of Irish Soda Bread  too. Yum! 

Chili for a cold day

Really good chili! 

Mist, sleet, snow, and windy day means some warming chili. 

Used #americastestkitchen  recipes as a guideline. 

1# waygu ground beef (it was on drastic markdown today, and I have a freezer!)

1 small onion-diced

Half a can of diced chilis (leftover, otherwise I'd add a whole can)

1 can kidney beans

1 can tomatoes sauce 

1 can diced tomatoes 

1 tsp molasses

1 tsp dried oregano

1/4 tsp Thyme

1T Spanish paprika

1 1/2 tsp minced garlic 

A couple good cracks of black pepper

I used ATK's recipe of putting salt/baking soda/where on the beef for 20 minutes.  Preheat oven to 300F. 

Cooked the onions. Removed from pan. 

Cooked the beef 3/4. Drained, removed from pan. 

Added in the onions again, added in the spices to bloom, and then the molasses. 

Added the canned items and beef. Mixed well. Brought to a bit of a simmer. Covered and put in heated oven for 90 minutes. 

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