Bonus St Patrick's Day Post! Green Lime Sherbet Milkshake

Ok, So I lied.. I promised you 3 installments for St. Patrick's Day, I bring you a bonus #4 post..

One thing I love is lime milkshakes, in case you didn't notice from my Pancake Manor post. This one had everything a lime milkshake was supposed to have, but with an added bonus tang from the sherbet :)

Now I'm allllll outta green food colouring and I wish you a..

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Green Lime Sherbet Milkshake


Ingredients
1/4 cup whole milk
1 large scoop of ice cream
1/2 cup ice cubes
2 Large scoops of Green Sherbet (see related recipe)

Add Ice

Add Ice cream

Add Milk

Add Sherbet

Blend

Enjoy!

Although Miss Lola doesn't like the sherbet, she still was intent on trying to steal the mint garnish whilst I was trying to photograph this.
Silly kitty :D

Green Sherbet- 3rd installment for St Pat's Day!

Here is my 3rd green installment for St Pats day!

Mr. BB had inspired me for this one.. How could I not guess that he would know how to make sherbet? It's made of almost all sugar! .. And not to forget totally fool proof :D

Green Sherbet
Sourced from Mr. BB- I know can you believe it!?

• 3 1/2 level tsp tartaric acid
• 1 lb/500g icing sugar
• 2 level tsp baking soda/bicarbonate of soda
• jelly crystals(as many and optional)- I added 2 packs

Directions

Add sugar

Add cream of tartar

Add Bi-carb

Add jelly crystals

Mix

Scoff :D

GREEN Velvet Cupcakes - #2 St Patricks Day installment

So I promised you 3 installments for St Pat's day.. Here is my #2.

I was asked to bring in some goodies for another staff member's 15th year anniversary.. I wonder how they will like them :)



GREEN Velvet Cupcakes
Sourced from: http://mymadisonbistro.com/archives/happy-valentines-day
Via Foodgawker

2 1/4 cups plain flour
1/4 cup corn flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 bottle green food color
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Line two 12-cup muffin tins with cupcake papers.

2. Sift together the flour, cornstarch, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl; set aside.

3. Using a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy.

Add eggs, one at a time, then beat in vanilla and a squirt of green food coloring, scraping down the bowl with a spatula as you go. Add one third of the flour mixture to the butter, beat well, then beat in half of the buttermilk. Beat in another third of flour, then the rest of the buttermilk, ending with the last of the flour. Scrape down bowl with a spatula and fold the batter a couple of times to ensure it’s well-blended. If desired, add more red food coloring paste and mix well to combine.

4. In a small bowl, mix vinegar and baking soda. Add vinegar mixture to the cake batter and stir well with spatula to combine.

Using an ice cream scoop (or in my case, a 1/4 cup measurement), fill cupcake cups with cake batter (they should be 2/3 full). Place muffin tins on the middle rack of a preheated 350 degree oven. Bake for approximately 20-24 minutes, rotating pans halfway through. Cupcakes are done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

5. Cool the cupcakes completely before frosting. I had to trim my tops as they rose ALOT

Cream Cheese Frosting
16 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
pinch of salt

Beat butter and cream cheese on medium speed with paddle attachment until combined. Reduce speed to low and slowly add powdered sugar.

Add vanilla and beat until mixed, then add a pinch of salt and mix. Frost each cupcake with a knife, or use a decorator bag.

Mini Green Toffee Apples.. Let St. Patricks Day Celebrations begin!

I bet you are wondering.. Who is this bloody St. Patrick anyways!? Well after some more google-ing it has reveled, St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity's most widely known figures. Many of the stories traditionally associated with St. Patrick, including the famous account of his banishing all the snakes from Ireland, are false, the products of hundreds of years of exaggerated storytelling...

So I have to ask the question.. If he apparently didn't banish all if the snakes of Ireland.. Why is he even famous? I think it is giving us bloggers an excuse to bake :p

So here is the 1st of 3 installments for a St. Patrick's day celebration.. Expect more lucky green :D

Mini Green Toffee Apples.
Sourced from www.taste.com.au

Makes 15

Equipment

You'll need 15 wooden chopsticks or paddle pop sticks for this recipe. I stole mine from Hanaichi as they were the round Japanese style chopsticks.

Ingredients

• 8-10 small Red Delicious or Pink Lady apples, washed, dried
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 2 teaspoons green liquid food colouring

Method

• Push a stick into each apple. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
  

• Place sugar and water into a heavy-based saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Stop stirring. Bring to the boil. Using a wet pastry brush, brush away sugar crystals on sides of saucepan above syrup.

• Stir in cream of tartar and food colouring.

• Reduce heat to low. Simmer toffee for 20 minutes or until it reaches hard crack stage. To check if it has reached this stage, add 1 teaspoon of toffee to a glass of ice-cold water. Remove solidified toffee from water and bend it. The toffee should crack easily and not feel sticky. Once toffee is at this stage, remove from heat immediately.

• Wait until toffee stops bubbling then dip 1 apple into toffee. Tip pan on an angle to coat apple in toffee, especially around stick.
  

• Place onto prepared baking tray. Repeat with remaining apples. Allow to set at room temperature.
  

Please let me know how yours turn out, as I can't enjoy mine as I have braces :(