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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Chocolate Pie


Recipe

 1 (9 inch) pie crust, baked

 1 1/4 cups white sugar

 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

 2 tablespoons cornstarch

 1/4 teaspoon salt

 1 1/2 cups milk

 4 egg yolks

 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, chopped

 1 tablespoon butter

 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
In medium saucepan, combine sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt and whisk to combine. In a medium bowl, whisk milk and egg yolks until smooth. Gradually stir into sugar mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and comes to a full boil. Boil and stir for one minute.
Remove from heat and stir in chocolate, butter, and vanilla. Stir until melted.
Pour into pie shell. Place plastic wrap over filling to prevent skin from forming and chill for several hours. Top with meringue or whipped cream and chocolate curls if so desired.

Friday, March 20, 2015

Coconut Poke In Holes Cake



Gluten Free Coconut Poke Cake is just for those who is a gluten free in need. Just call me coconut in love. yes,I love coconut in the right places.like candies, pies and poke cake.


INGREDIENTS:



1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix (gluten free)
1 (14 ounce) can cream of coconut (usually found in the liquor section of the grocery store)
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (8 ounce) package flaked coconut
1 (8 ounce) whipped topping or REAL whipped cream { I add 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract in the whipped cream}.

DIRECTIONS:

Prepare and bake white cake mix according to package directions. Using a 9x13 pan. In the meantime mix cream of coconut and sweetened condensed milk together.

After the cake is completely done and removed from the oven, use the handle of a wooden spoon or some other instrument to poke holes all over the top of the cake. Pour cream of coconut/sweetened condensed milk mixture over the top of the hot cake.

Let the cake cool in the fridge overnight. The next morning or after the cake is completely cool, frost with the whipped cream/topping and top with the flaked coconut.  Keep cake refrigerated.