Blueberry Cake

                                                          Blueberry Cake

Now this is an al-time favorite of mine. You can make this at any point whether it be for pleasure, family event/gathering, or even a party.

I would have made the mixture into cupcakes but since that would have taken longer, I decided to make it into a cake. The recipe came from a website that I found as I was looking for a recipe for dinner. I saved the page and remembered it a few days ago. Since I had also made the brownies for my mom and brother, I had decided to make a something for my dad when he goes to work. I decided on doing the blueberry mixture recipe.

Recipe:

- blueberries (frozen)
- 1 cup of water
- 1/3 cup of butter
- 3 eggs
- cake mix

First of all you preheat the oven to 325 degrees if you have a dark pan. if you have a light pan then you preheat it to 350 degrees. You grease the pan so it wont stick to it. You put the cake mix, water , butter, and eggs into a mixing bowl and mix all of it together. You put the blueberries in a bowl and heat them for around 25-30 seconds. After you heat the blueberries and the mix is done you add the blueberries to the mixture. Be very careful because you don't want your cake mix to turn blue/purple.

After you're done, then you put it in the oven for about 30 minutes. Now be careful because you don't want your cake to stick to the pan. Wait for around 10 minutes so it cools. After its finished cooling off, put it on a pretty table center and let your family or guests start to enjoy it.

Now here are some questions I hope you van answer:
What would have been better to use, frozen blueberries or fresh blueberries? Would the cake have turned out differently?


Sources: 
"Betty Crocker Supermoist Cake Mix, Butter Recipe Yellow, 15.25 oz." Walmart,
     www.walmart.com/ip/
     Betty-Crocker-Supermoist-Cake-Mix-Butter-Recipe-Yellow-15-25-oz/20511486.
     Accessed 29 Jan. 2018.
"Cake Mix Blueberry Muffins Recipe." Six Sisters' Stuff, 14 Mar. 2012,
     www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/2012/03/cake-mix-blueberry-muffins-recipe/.
     Accessed 29 Jan. 2018.

Brownies

                                                                     Brownies

Everyone knows that making brownies is an easy thing to do. Whether it be for a party or just to enjoy them at home. We all pretty much know how to make brownies. I'm here to gonna give the recipe for the brownies, and how to make them.

Recipe:
- 3 eggs (And/or egg whites or egg substitution)
-1/3 cup of oil
-1/4 cup of water
-brownie mix

Now see first of all we preheat the oven to 325 degree. While we let the oven start to heat up, we start to put all the ingredients into a bowl mixer. After the ingredients are all mixed together and leave a smooth texture to the mixture.

You put it in the oven for around 30 minutes. Now be careful and don't let the brownies stick to the bottom of your pan.

Now I know this blog may seem less interesting but it's to help anyone incase they want to do something like this. Maybe for the fun of it, you can even add some type of color to the brownies. Add sprinkles of frosting to it to make it sweeter.

Now a good question I have is whether or not I should have used the egg white. what type of texture would it have given me? Would it have turned out differently?

Leave a response below in the comments:
Would have using the egg whites been better? What would it have done?

Sources: 
"Betty Crocker® Brownie Mix Fudge Family Size 18.3 oz Box." Walmart,
     www.walmart.com/ip/Betty-Crocker-Brownie-Mix-Fudge-Family-Size-18-3-oz-Box/
     10311382. Accessed 29 Jan. 2018.

Kids Confetti Cake

                                      Kids Confetti Cake

Everyone may believe that baking or cooking in the kitchen may be had. In reality it's actually very simple unless you are doing something very complicated. I only complicate myself if there is a celebration. Parties are the time to show your baking skills. Here's a great recipe for a day when you and/or your siblings can do to show your skills to the family. 
The recipe is: 

Cake
- 1 package of yellow cake mix
- 1 package (4-serving) vanilla instant pudding and pie filling mix
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup of water
- 1/2 cup of canola oil
- 1 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips

Topping
- 1 cup of colored miniature marshmallows
- 2/3 cup chocolate frosting
- 2 tablespoons semi-sweet mini chocolate chips

Once you have everything ready you preheat the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. It takes only a few minutes to make the cake mix. To make it you have to combine the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, and the oil. You have to beat it at medium speed.

The difference between mixing and beating is a great one. Mixing means that you add a few ingredients at the time and combining them lightly. Beating is more intense, it requires a whisk or an electric mixer. Beating is used for cakes and toppings, while mixing it to make everything smooth.

After you beat it for 2 minutes you stir in a cup of chocolate chips. You grease and flour a baking pan. It can be any one that you choose as long as the cake will look good,  You pour it into the cake pan. You put it to bake for 40-45 minutes or until the toothpick that is inserted comes out clean.

Now for the topping, you immediately arrange marshmallows evenly over hot the cake. You place the frosting in a microwaveable bowl for 25-30 seconds, maybe even less. You stir it until it's smooth. You drizzle it evenly over the marshmallows and the cake.

Now in the book it says, "Use a spoon or fork to drizzle melted chocolate over cookies, bars, cakes and breads" (6). This means that you slowly put the chocolate on the cake and marshmallows, which is what I did and it worked out greatly. It also says that you can put the chocolate in a Ziploc bag and cut off a corner to squeeze out the chocolate in a pattern if you want to (6).

Now this is how the cake turned out. It looks great and tastes great. I hope you all try it out!

Which way do you guys believe would be better to drizzle the chocolate: with a fork/spoon or a plastic baggie?

Ross, Peter Dean, illustrator. Favorite Brand Name Bake Sale Cookbook. Louis
     Weber, 1997.