Farm Cake

After weeks of planning and shopping for materials, here it is The Farm Cake! This cake was the most challenging one i have made to date. I was having a lot of problems with fondant cracking because i was not taking my time like i should have. So i ended up doing some things twice. The barn is made of rice krispies stacked flat (two rows of them) and then carved a little at the top to form the shape. I literally rolled out the red fondant and laid the the rice krispy barn over to cut out the shapes for it. For the roof, i measured the length the strips needed to be then cut out a few and stuck them in the fridge to let them get hard. For the fence, (this is the part that really took the most time) i rolled out my brown fondant and using a piece of paper as my guide, cut straight long strips down and then came back in and cut across for the length i needed. To make the rows behind the tractor, i used a star tip and brown butter-cream mixed with a little bit of cake crumbs and kind of twirled my tip as the icing came out to make it look like the tractor was plowing. Everything else on the cake is free formed to the best of my abilities including the pig, the rocks, and the chicken.

Lasagna Roll Ups

Lately I've become bored with my old recipes, so I decided to start switching things up. Here is a much easier and faster way to make lasagna in individually packaged bundles.

Recipe

Makes 10 Servings

10 Uncooked Lasagna Noodles

Meat Sauce

1/2 lb Ground Beef

1 Can Your Favorite Spaghetti Sauce

1/4 Tsp. Minced Garlic

Salt to Taste

Cheese Mixture

15oz Ricotta Cheese (small container)

1 Large Egg

1 3/4 Cups Mozzarella Cheese

3/4 Cup of Grated Parmesan Romano Blend

Salt To Taste

Topping

1/4 Cup Mozzarella Cheese

Sprinkle of Grated Romano Parmesan Blend

Left over Sauce

Directions 

1. Cook Lasagna Noodles To Al Dente According To Box Directions (about 8 min). Pre-heat oven to 350.

2. While noodles are cooking brown ground beef in a pan, drain off grease, and add in sauce, salt and garlic. Set Aside.

3. Mix together all ingredients in cheese mixture. Set Aside.

 4. Lay out one lasagna noodle as shown above and place three spoonfulls of cheese mixture along the length of the noodle. Take your spoon (and using a mashing not spreading motion), mash the cheese mixture so that it covers the entire noodle.

 

5. Use about one spoonfull of your sauce mixture and spread it out along your noodle. Roll up the noodle and place seam down in a pan.

6. Spread Remaining Sauce over the roll ups and sprinkle with cheese. Place in a 350 degree oven covered with tinfoil for 25 minutes.