Delicious Strawberry Shortcake Snake

I found a very delicious recipe for a short cake that looks like a snake, very funny. With a few of strawberries fresh and other ingredients you can make this recipe. The kids will love this.

What you’ll need

Shortcake biscuits:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup margarine (1 stick)
• 1 cup milk

Strawberry filling:

• 1 quart strawberries
• 4 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar

Whipped cream topping:

• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar

Garnishes:

• 4 whole strawberries
• Green fruit leather
• Mini chocolate chips or M&M’s

How to make it

1) Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl. Cut in the margarine with a pastry cutter. Or use a vegetable grater to grate the stick into the mixing bowl and let your kids take turns blending the margarine into the dry ingredients with their fingertips. Once the dough is crumbly, slowly stir in the milk

2) Turn out the dough onto a floured working surface and gently roll or pat the dough into a 1-inch-thick rectangle (it should measure about 6 x 8 inches). For the best results, handle the dough as little as possible.

3) Slice the rectangle into four 1-1/2- x 8-inch strips. Place the strips on an ungreased baking sheet, then let your child mold and curve them into S shapes that resemble snakes. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until the bottoms are golden brown. Transfer the baked shortcakes to a wire rack (a parent’s job) and let cool. Carefully slice the cooled shortcakes in half lengthwise or split them with a fork and then set aside.

4) Wash the strawberries and let your kids select four to use for the snakes’ heads. Slice the rest of the berries lengthwise into a mixing bowl. Toss with the confectioners’ sugar and let stand while you prepare the whipped cream.

5) Combine the whipping cream and confectioners’ sugar in a chilled bowl and beat with an electric or hand mixer until stiff peaks form.

6) Just before serving, arrange berries on the bottom half of each shortcake, then cover with the shortcake top. Spread on whipped cream and add a layer of sliced strawberry “scales.”

7) For the snakes’ heads, cut mouth openings in the tips of the whole berries and place one at the end of each shortcake. Press a pair of mini chocolate chip or M&M’s eyes into the sides of each head and add a forked tongue cut from green fruit leather. Serves 4.

Homemade Corn Dogs

 found a creative recipe on Life as a lofthouse blog and I decided to share it with you. Homemade Corn Dogs look like a normal hot dog but the way of preparation is a little different.

Makes 10 Corn Dogs

1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 cups buttermilk (regular milk works too)
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 Tablespoon honey
1 (10 count) package Hot Dogs
10 wooden skewers or chopsticks

2 Quarts Vegetable Oil, for frying

Sparrow Shape Croissants

A good, strong coffee always goes best with something sweet and it has already become traditionally to have it with a croissant. Let’s change a little bit the ‘traditional way’ and replace the moon-shaped croissant with one having the shape of a… sparrow. Your guests will be absolutely surprised and delighted. Plus the croissant could be enjoyed by children also… even though they won’t drink some coffee as well. After the dough is prepared, follow the steps shown in the picture above to knit the composition and to give it its final shape: that of a sparrow. You may use the traditional way for making croissants. Bon Appétit !

Oreo Sunflower Cupcakes

Oreos and cupcakes: the perfect combination. We will show you today how to make this delicious desert at home. It is easy and the finished product will taste so good, that you won’t believe it. You will need: cupcake mix, Oreos, red M&Ms, black food gel color, food safe paintbrush, 2 piping bag. First of all, you have to make the cupcakes according to the instructions on the package of the cupcake mix. Then, you just select some of the M&Ms and with the paintbrush and the food coloring paint those to look just like a ladybug. When you are done, just cut the top of each cupcake and put some icing to keep the Oreo from falling apart and place the cookies on the top of the cupcakes.

After that you can start preparing the yellow icing to make your sunflower. Put it in a piping bag and start decorating round the Oreo (if you are not sure of your skills, you can practice first on a plate). Then, on the top of these petals, do some other petals, but smaller. When you are done with your sunflower, just place the little ladybug on top of it. You can also add some grass around the sunflower, it will look cute (you can do this with the help of food coloring). And that is all, your cute and delicious desert is ready.

The Most Creative And Fun Breakfast

Making your child smile is something most parents will pay many money. The secret to this isn’t money, buy time. Take a few minutes off work and make your kid the most creative and fun breakfast ever! Use the plate as a canvas and draw with vegetables, meat and spices, cartoonish characters that will put a giggle as well as a treat in your children’s belly. Try the original bull of ham and bread; or the popular Angry Birds characters. Invent your own drawing story. Go for the adventurous pirate ship, or stay in the navel area with a fish out of cheese. Paint a cat or an owl with cucumbers and pieces of fruit. Whatever you choose, use your imagination and set the perfect mood for your children right from the start of the day.

Reindeer Christmas Cupcakes

If you’re looking for an easy way to make a delicious dessert that the kids will definitely love, you should try these reindeer cupcake. Here is how you can make this Christmas a bit more fun and still be very tasty. What do you need in order to make this recipe a reality?
First, bake some cupcakes of your choosing. You could take a box mix and make some chocolate ones. Then, add on them some chocolate frosting. Fashion the antlers from pretzels that you buy from the supermarket. Use a wafer for the face and white M&Ms for the eyes, or any other type of white candy if you don’t like M&Ms. Use black icing to make the eyeballs, and brown cookie (like Cadbury) and red candies for building the nose. In a matter of minutes you’ll have a cute dessert!

Swan Cookies Recipe

You would think cookies in the shape of a swan are difficult to make, but in reality they are quite easy when you try. There isn’t much hassle with achieving this creative and yet delicious result, you just have to use any cookie dough, as long as you can roll it. Here is what you’ll need:

• 2 eggs (save the yolk of the second egg to brush over cookies before baking);
• a couple of coffee cups of sugar;
• one and a half coffee cup of vegetable oil;
• one ammoniac soda sachet;
• one coffee cup of milk;
• lemon;
• a small pack of vanilla flavor;

Start by mixing well the eggs and adding the ammoniac sachet, dissolved before in the milk. Then pour the vanilla and some lemon zest in the mix. Add plenty of flour so you’ll make a soft dough. Leave the dough to rest 1 hour in a warm place then knead it again, adding more flour. When it’s ready for rolling, spread it out on the worktable.

Take a tall glass and make some circles in the dough; each will be a swan after you’re done with the shaping process. First, fold the circle in half. Second, use a knife to cut into specific places on the piece of dough; look at the images for guideline. Take the cuts in the way you see in the photos, in order to make the neck, head and tail of the beautiful swan. Repeat the technique for the rest of the circles. Finish by brushing them with the yolk from the second egg. Use chocolate sprinkles to fashion the eyes before sprinkling with sugar on the whole pan covered baking paper. Place in oven at 180-200 degrees Celsius and leave in until it gets a golden color. Finished!