Mushroom-Shaped Chocolate-Orange Meringues

Whimsical party food to impress.

Froot Loop Cupcakes (USA)

Fancy dressing up your vanilla cupcakes?

Creamy Chicken Tetrazzini

Savory and creamy comfort food!

I-Disgust-Me BBQ Burgers

A burger for when you've stopped caring about fat content. The only thing missing is bacon!

Crab-Topped Deviled Eggs

Eggcelent. Yeah, I went there.

Chicken-Fried Chicken with Country Gravy Dipping Sauce

Double-coated for extra CRUNCH.

Red-Bottom Cake

Imagine if a black-bottom cupcake had a baby with a red velvet cake. Now imagine a red-bottom cake. Simply another excuse to eat cream cheese frosting.

A Rather Traditional Pavlova

Dreaming of a sunny summer day in food format?

Orange Beef Burgers

A chinese takeaway in burger form.

Mexican-Inspired: Cheesy Refried Bean Quesadillas

I beat Taco Bell to their own crushed-Dorito food hell with these babies.

Marsala Chicken Dumplings

Dumplings get a makeover.

Mochacinno Fudge

Premium coffee drink fudge!

Parmesan Chicken Risotto

Risotto for picky eaters!

Whimsical Cookery is a site for adults who prefer to eat like children, or perhaps just need to cook for some children. This site contains an aversion to vegetables, a love of fried food and cupcakes, lazy shortcuts, some disturbing creations, and an ignorance of proper culinary practices...

Tuesday 28 June 2011

Oreo-Stuffed Sugar Cookies


I decided my blog wasn't distressing enough lately, and I should add this beauty.  That's an oreo baked inside a sugar cookie.  The photo was taken before we decided that icing was the way forward... These are much better with a spot of vanilla frosting.

You will need:
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 sleeve oreos

Frosting 
1 cup confectioner/icing sugar
2 tsp milk
2 tsp light corn syrup
1/2 tsp clear vanilla extract

1. Start by creaming together the margarine and sugar in a large bowl.

2. Add vanilla and eggs to the mixture.

3. In a separatebowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.

4. Slowly mix dry ingredients into the other bowl.

5. Chill dough for an hour in the fridge.

6. Take a 1 inch diameter ball of dough, press into a circle and wrap around each oreo. I hesitate to guess how many this will yield, as mine tended to vary in size...

7. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake at 400F/200C for 8-12 minutes. Less time in fan-assisted ovens.

8. For frosting, combine icing sugar, milk, corn syrup, and vanilla extract.  Frost cookies that have cooled.

Saturday 11 June 2011

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

 
My friend and I were attempting to make pumpkin a summer fruit, because it's too bloody nice to be eaten only at Thanksgiving... however our best attempts were to put lime-polka-dot wrappers on them, and cream cheese frosting (which we all know makes anything irresistible, regardless of time of year!).

You will need:
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup softened butter
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 large room-temperature eggs
3/4 cup milk
10oz pumpkin puree

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup unsalted butter
8 oz. cream cheese (full fat)
3 cups powdered sugar
Note: Cream cheese and butter should be room temperature, problems result if too cold or too warm

1. Preheat oven to 375F or 190C and line approx 24 muffin cups.

2. In a bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves and set aside.

3. Beat butter, sugar, and brown sugar with a mixer in a large bowl until fluffy.  Add eggs one at a time.

4. Stir in pumpkin and milk.

5. Gradually stir flour into the mixture, do not overmix.

6. Pour into prepared muffin tins and bake for 20-25 minutes, less with fan-assisted oven.  Do not frost until cool.


Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

1. In a large bowl, beat 2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 cup unsalted butter, 8 oz. cream cheese (full fat) and approx 3 cups powdered sugar.



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