A little something to go on the side!

So I decided to make these parmesan encrusted potatoes, they were pretty good! Next time I will have to use smaller potatoes so they are crispier and have more of the coating!

Ingredients:

• 6 small Red Potatoes
• 1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese
• 1/4 Cup of Butter
• 2 Tblsps of Parsley Flakes
• 1 tsp Onion Powder
• 1 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1/2 tsp of Salt

1) Pre Heat oven to 400F, scrubbed potaotes and then cut them in half.
2) Melt butter in a 9 by 13 inch pyrex glass pan. Then sprinkle all the spices and cheese on top of the butter.
3) Place potatoes cut side down on the butter, cheese and spice mixture. Place in the oven and cook for 45 mins.

*Note: These were so good and a great side to any dish!

A cupcake made for the God's

Today is boxing day and we are hosting a dinner party for the family. I wanted to make an amazing dessert or cupcake so I decided to do a cupcake, but not just any cupcake, a Ferrero Rochet cupcake! I saw it on Pintrest but didn't really find a recipe I liked so I just used a family heirloom recipe and made up my own icing and they turned out great.

For the cake recipe I used my Great Grandma Skamahorn's chocolate cake recipe which is like 100 years old.

Chocolate cake:

Ingredients:

•  3 Cups of Flour
• 2 Cups of Sugar
• 2 tsps of Baking Powder
• 2 tsps of Baking Soda
• 1/2 Cup of Cocoa
• 3/4 Cup of Butter
• 2 Cups of Hot Water
• 2 tsps of Vanilla
• 3 Tblsp of Vinegar

1) Pre heat oven to 350F. Stir together the first 5 ingredients

2) Melt the butter and water together, let cool, add vinegar and vanilla.

3) Put eggs on top of dry ingredients, then add liquid ingredients and stir. 

4) Place in a cake pan, but I put it in 24 muffin tins that were lined.

5) Bake for 25 mins or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.

Chocolate Nutella Butter Cream Icing:

Ingredients:

• 1/4 Cup plus 1 Tblsp of Shortening
• 1/4 Cup plus 1 Tblsp of Butter
• 1/4 Cup of Nutella 
• 2-3 Cups of Icing Sugar
• 1 Tblsp of Milk

1) Cream shortening and butter together, add Nutella and mix well.

2) Add milk and then icing sugar, if you want the icing to be stiffer add more icing sugar and if you want it runnier don't add as much.

Then pipe the icing on the completely cooled cupcakes, then top them with a Ferrero Rochet and then enjoy!