Yellow Cupcakes

Ingredients;
375 mL of sifted cake flour
5 mL of baking powder
1 mL of salt
220 mL of granulated sugar
85 mL margarine
1 egg
5 mL of vanilla extract
150 mL of milk

*Preheat oven to 350 F
1. Line a muffin tine with paper liners.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
3. Cream sugar and butter together until light.
4. Add the egg and vanilla to creamed mixture and beat until thoroughly mixed.
5. Add flour mixture to creamed misture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition.       Continue beating one minute.
6. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothipick inserted comes out clean.
7. Cool 10 minutes in pan on rack; remove and cool completely before decorating.

Looking Back:
These cupcakes were really good and had a good moisture content. I would for sure make these again.

Chocolate Banana Bread

                                                                                    Ingredients:                                                                     

1/2 cup of walnuts
1/2 a Banana
3/4 cups sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla



*Preheat oven to 350 F
1. In a small bowl, mash the banana with a fork until somewhat smooth
2. In a medium bowl, mix wet ingredients together with a silicon spatula
3. In a large bowl mix dry ingredients together
3. Form a well in the dry ingredients and fold the wet ingredients into dry mixture
4. Pour into grease bread pan and bake for 35-40 min.
5. When done baking, let cool for 10 min before eating

Looking Back:

This was a great recipe and was really fun to do. This is great for a midnight snack or for a lunch. I will definetly be doing this again!

Rainbow Cookies

Ingredients:                                        

250 mL of margarine
250 mL of sugar
2 eggs
5 mL of vanilla
625 mL of flour
5 mL baking soda
10 mL of cream of tartar
2 mL of salt

*Preheat oven to 350 F
1. In a large bowl, cream together margarine and sugar. Add one egg at a time. Beat until well incorporated. Add the vanilla.
2. Sift together dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
3. Slowly stir the flour  mixture into the creamed mixture.
4. Divide the dough into 5 unequal amounts as listed smallest to biggest.
      - Blue
      - Green
      - Yellow
      - Orange  
      - Red
5. Mix 2-3 drops of food colouring to each amount.
6. Start by rolling the smallest ball into a snake. Surround the snake with the next largest ball until all the dough is used up. OR roll each ball into a snake, place each side by side and shape into a rainbow.
7. Put in freezer for 10 minutes or until the dough hardens.
8. slice the cookies in half anf place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
9.Bake for 8-10 minutes
10. Let sit on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then move them to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Looking Back:

This recipe was lots of fun! I had lots of fun making this but a word of caution. When you're making the snake with the first roll of dough, make it quite small and thick because it will stretch as you handle it. other wise it's lots of fun to make!