Birthday Cheesecake

December 22, 2009 by Firehouse Chef  
Filed under Baked, Buffet, Dessert, Easy, New Recipes

bth Birthday Cheesecake - This rich, thick, oh so creamy cheesecake recipe is ideal for adult birthdays! Made extravagantly creamy with loads of cream cheese and sour cream, it is a real flavor fiesta for dessert lovers. Write birthday messages in drizzled chocolate on the top, once cooled.Prep Time: 15-20 mins
Cook Time: 55 mins
Servings: 8
Main Ingredient: Cream Cheese
Difficulty Level: 2

Ingredients to make Birthday Cheesecake

4 pk (8 oz. ea) cream cheese
2 ea Med eggs
1 c Sugar, less 2 Tbsp.
1 ts Vanilla
2 tb Cornstarch
1 c Sour cream
1 ts Almond extract

Crust:
2 c Graham cracker crumbs
1 ea Stick of butter, melted
2 tb Sugar (from above cup)

Directions to make Birthday Cheesecake

Step 1:For crust: Mix the 2 T sugar with crumbs. Add melted butter. Place in a 9\” springform pan. (Mixture will go at least 1\” up the sides.) Chill this crust in the freezer while you make the filling.
Step 2:Filling: Preheat oven to 450. Beat the cream cheese with sugar, eggs, vanilla and cornstarch. (A food processor works great for this.) Blend until very smooth. Add the sour cream and almond extract. Pour into the chilled crust. Bake 10 minutes.
Step 3:Bake 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to 200 and bake for 45 minutes more. Now turn off the oven completely and leave cheesecake in with the door slightly ajar for 2 or 3 more hours. Chill.

 

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Beautiful Butterfly Cake

Beautiful Butterfly Cake - This absolutely stunning, birthday cake recipe is deliciously simple. A store bought, or pre-made cake is strategically cut and re-arranged to form a butterfly, and once you see how easy it is, you will want to make it right away. Creatively decorated with bright colored icing and assorted candy, the kids can even help with this quick and easy recipe!


 

How To Make Beautiful Butterfly Cake Video

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Childrens Candy Birthday Cake

Childrens Candy Birthday Cake - This ideal, make ahead, kids birthday cake recipe, presents very well, and kids everywhere in the world love it! We “cheated” a bit by using a store bought cake, saving precious time, and then loaded it up with all the candy we could fit! This quick and easy recipe can also be made with cupcakes, and depending on age, you can allow the children to decorate them, themselves, which they think is the greatest thing!


 

How To Make Childrens Candy Birthday Cake Video

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Best Friend Birthday Cake

August 3, 2009 by Firehouse Chef  
Filed under Baked, Easy, New Recipes

best_frnd Best Friend Birthday Cake - This fabulously fun, dog birthday cake recipe is definately untraditional, but kids love it, and so does the dog! We know how much people consider their pets part of the family, so we didn’t want to leave little “Fido” out! A quick easy recipe, thats great to make with the kids.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Main Ingredient: Beef Jerky
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Best Friend Birthday Cake

1 1/2 cups All-Purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. Baking powder
1/2 cup Margarine, softened
1/2 cup Corn oil
1 Jar strained beef or liver baby food (2 1/2-ounce)
4 Eggs
3 Strips dog beef jerky, crumbled (optional)
Plain yogurt or cottage cheese, for icing

Directions to make Best Friend Birthday Cake

Step 1:Sift flour and baking powder together; set aside.
Step 2:In large bowl, with electric mixer at medium speed, cream margarine until smooth. Add corn oil, baby food and eggs; mix until smooth. At low speed, gradually beat flour mixture into beef mixture until batter is smooth. Fold in beef jerky. Pour batter into well-greased and floured 8\”x5\”x3\” loaf pan. Bake in a preheated 325F. oven 70 minutes.
Step 3:Let cool on wire rack a few minutes before removing, ice with cottage cheese or yougurt.

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Birthday Bugs

June 8, 2009 by Firehouse Chef  
Filed under Dessert, Easy, New Recipes, Snack

birthday Birthday Bugs - Try something new at your next birthday party, break away from the ordinary and try these kid friendly “bugs”! Made mostly of candy, with a bit of chocolate frosting, how can kids not love them?

Prep Time: 25 mins
Servings: 24
Main Ingredient: Chocolate, Candy
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Birthday Bugs

24 soft snack-size candy bars
144 1-inch pieces licorice pieces,any color
1 cup prepared chocolate frosting
48 yellow candy coated chocolates
Candy-coated milk chocolate sprinkles

Directions to make Birthday Bugs

Step 1:Using a skewer, poke 3 holes into each long side of the candy bars. Insert licorice in holes as the bug’s legs.
Step 2:Spoon frosting into pastry bag with small plain tip or small zipper-lock bag with a corner snipped. Pipe 2 small dots on one short end of candy bar and attach the candy coated chocolates as the eyes.
Step 3:Pipe dots on top of candy eyes and on body. Press Chocolate Shoppe pieces on frosting dots on the body.

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