The Kitchen Creations of a Ten Year Old(Now 14)

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Homemade Waffle Cones

Hey Everyone!
So, a couple years aho, my aunt and uncle bought me a waffle maker for Christmas. My first experience with this machine was not great, the cones fell apart, the batter was too thin, all sorts of bad. I put the machine away for a couple years without thinking to touch it. Finally, I wanted to make some waffle cones. I went to find a new recipe and found the best and easiest one yet. Go check it out, here's the link:

http://ashleemarie.com/homemade-waffle-cones-bowls/

Did I mention that I also made waffle bowls?

They were super fast, and super easy! I mixed the batter, then cooked the cone on the waffle cone iron. I found that the setting right between 3 and 4 worked perfectly. The you must work quickly to roll the cone around the form, or gently press the waffle in a small bowl to form a waffle bowl. Let the cone or bowl rest for about 20 seconds or until cool and hard. Remove from form and enjoy with a nice scoop(s) of ice cream and your favorite toppings (one of mine is Magic Shell). Thanks for reading!

Also, I'm trying out the Blogger app on my Nook/Samsung Tablet so it is formatted a little bit differently. Let me know what you think!

-10 Year Old Kitchen

Monday, June 6, 2016

Easter Cake

Hey Everyone! Sorry I have not posted since WOW, LAST YEAR! I got busy with school and other things, but now I'm on Summer Break and have time to post! I'll try to update at least once a month. Well that's that. Now onto the cake. Being the baker that I am, I want to bake something for every occasion. Easter was an amazing opportunity for me to design and bake a cake.

Specifics:
- 8 inch round cake
- Vanilla Cake filled with Lemon Curd, iced with a Lemon Buttercream
- Various Easter Decorations
- 3 layers

One of the coolest parts of this cake was the chocolate eggs because of the way that I made them. First, I tried to grease plastic easter eggs and pour chocolate in that way. Unfortunately, it didn't work, so I desided to hollow out, and wash two real eggs through a small hole that I made in the bottom of the real eggs. I poured chocolate in the real egg, then swirled it around. To get the egg out, I just peeled the shell away to reveal the hollow chocolate eggs. I then filled them with M&Ms and placed them on the top of the cake.

Now for the process of the whole cake:

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Above are the ingredients.

Ingredients in the Bowl

Poured Batter

Making Chocolate Eggs

Rolling Chocolate Around Inside the Eggs

Baked the Eggs

Filling the Cake

Crumb Coating the Cake

Crumb Coated Sides and Iced Top

Piping a Basket Design Around the Cake

Close-Up of Me Piping a Basketweave

Half-Piped Basket Weave

Removing the Chocolate Eggs from Molds

Arranging Chocolate Eggs on the Cake

The Peep has been Placed

There's the Second Peep!

Placing "Robin's Egg" Candies on top of the Cake with some Easter M&Ms

Adding Finishing Touches, "Robin's Egg" Candies Around the Bottom Border


Me Standing Beside the Finished Cake

Thanks for reading an looking at this post! Hope to post again soon.

~10 Year Old Kitchen (Now 13)

Friday, February 27, 2015

Macarons for My Sister

Sorry I have not been posting lately, I have been busy with homework and other family commitments. In early September 2014, it was my sisters' birthdays and I made Macarons. The difference between a Macaroon and a Macaron or French Macaroon is that a Macaroon is a small coconut cookie and a Macaron or French Macaroon is a sandwich cookie with those infamous feet around the bottom of each cookie. Here are the pictures of how I did it.

Making my own Almond Flour/Meal