Toffer's Menu:
Mixed Green Salad with Berries
French Baguette
Chicken Curry served over Basmati Rice
Jen's Lemon Cake with Blueberries
Mixed Green Salad with Berries:
Mixed Greens
Various Berries (Strawberries, Raspberries & Blueberries)
Raspberry Vinaigrette.
Directions:
In a large bowl, toss mixed greens and berries together. Place in serving bowls and serve with Raspberry Vinaigrette.
Ingredients:
- Chicken Breast
- Red and orange Bell Peppers
- Snow Peas
- Baby Corn
- Water Chestnuts
- Match stick carrots
- Curry Paste
- Coconut Milk
Chop / Cook / Season / Boil / Reduce / Savor.
Sorry - That's all your getting as Toffer does not use cook books or recipes, he just randomly adds ingredients hidden in his cupboards to a pot and miraculously turns out a slamming meal! We don't ask how he does it but we do enjoy the end results.
Radar's Kitchen Tip: When purchasing any type of fresh bread from the Bakery a few days prior to your dinner, to keep it from going rock hard, keep it in the paper bag it came in and place it in a plastic bag. This will keep the loaf moist and your guests will think you rushed out to get it the day of your meal!
Jen's Lemon Cake with Blueberries
Jen made this from scratch and has not had the time to share the recipe. I can however say that it did contain some blueberry preserves from Halifax, Nova Scotia!
As you can see, we celebrated Julie's birtday with cake.
Warning: A freshly blown out candle contains hot wax. Do not place the candle to your mouth to lick the delicious frosting from the bottom until you have ensured the hot wax has cooled. You may end up burning your hand JULIE!
We also enjoyed ice cream with the cake. We had a choice of French Vanilla or Pralines and Cream!
Topics of discussion this evening were article ideas for Budget Barbie. We came up with a few suggestions. To see which topic made the cut, please read Budget Barbie's article on Friday at the following link.
http://www.mygaytoronto.com/?WelcomeAD=on
Addional topics:
- Our new Venza. Dan, my honey decided I needed a new car!
- Drop Dead Diva - Great new show
- Psychic Kids & Paranormal activity
Next week, we have the long awaited return of Momma's Meatloaf. Dan will be treating us to his version of Martha's recipe. Bring on the comfort food!
Hey there. My bad for not getting this to you on time. Here it is. The cake is from the Joy of Cooking recipe book, and the lemon buttercream frosting is from the net. For the filling I just took two tablespoons of Nova Scotia wild blueberry jam and mixed it with a pint of fresh blueberries. I cut the cakes in half and slathered each layer with both buttercream frosting and the blueberry mixture!
ReplyDeleteLemon Cake Recipe:
1 cup (226 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup (200 grams) granulated white sugar
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Zest of 1 large lemon
2 cups (280 grams) all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup (60 ml) fresh lemon juice
Lemon Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) and place rack in the center of the oven. Butter, or spray with a nonstick spray, a 9 inch (23 cm) spring form pan and then line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer) cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy and pale in color (about 3 minutes). Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract and lemon zest.
Sift together the flour, baking powder
and salt and then add to the batter along with the lemon juice. Mix only until incorporated.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with an offset spatula. Bake about 40 - 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place on a wire rack to cool, then gently remove the sides of the pan.
Lemon Butter Cream Frosting
Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
3 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 lemon, juice and zest of
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
Directions
Combine butter, sugar and salt and beat till well combined. Add lemon juice,zest and vanilla and continue to beat for another 3 to 5 minute or until creamy.