Breakfast Bowl

After making once, this turned into my families favorite breakfast meal.

What you need for this recipe as shown

• Pack of bacon
• 2 cans crescent rolls (8 count each)
• Eggs
• Cheese  (your choice, I prefer a Colby and Monterey Jack but had to settle for Chedder)

*Add what you want....after making this one, I have decided  sausage and green peppers would set this over the top. Will be added next time

Lay rolls around  to make a sun...best way I can describe. Points going outwards. Lay larger piece of roll together, overlapping. It left  the center opened so I used one roll to push down and spread out to close in the bottom. 

Cover center of dough with shredded cheese

 

Meanwhile, cook bacon. Do not making it too crispy or it will break in half when making this. Place bacon outwards on each roll

 

Scramble eggs and put in the middle of the ring. I cooked 6 jumbo eggs

 

Add more shredded cheese on top of the eggs

Pull rolls over and close in the bowl. I added more cheese to the top before baking

Bake at 375 degrees until golden brown

Cut and serve

Bacon Weaved Stuffed Cheeseburger Meatloaf

Sounds weird but super excellent at the same time? You're not alone!!

I first found a recipe for this years ago and was scared to make this. My fiancee was NOT a meatloaf fan and made that known when I told him what I had cooked. After our first meal with this 7 years ago, it's now a must have in our house by him and our picky kids.

It's simple...like cheeseburgers? Like bacon? This IS for you! Can be made without the bacon, but that's just unamerican to not like bacon.

This is not for those watching calories or fat.

1-1/2 pounds hamburger
1/2 cup  bread crumbs
Bag of Shredded Cheddar cheese
1 large onion, chopped (optional)
2 tablespoons regular or low-fat mayonnaise
2 tablespoons relish (optional, we use dill relish)
2 teaspoons mustard (dry or regular- I've found regular bottled is better)
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
2 eggs

Preheat oven 350 degrees F.

In a large mixing bowl, use your hands to gently but thoroughly mix together the meat, bread crumbs, 1/2 cup of the cheese, onion, mayonnaise, relish, mustard, salt, pepper and eggs. The crumbs is really a feel as you go thing. Start with about 1/4 cup and add more little at a time if mixture is too runny and slimy. I like mine sticky but firm enough to be able to mold.

 

 

Put 3/4 of mixture into a loaf pan. Hollow down the middle and work the sides up to make a hole down  the center for cheese. Fill the hole in center with cheese. 

 

Take the remaining mixture and cover the top. Make sure to pinch the top to the bottom to make sure cheese does not melt out the side.

On the side take a pack of bacon and make a bacon weave. Takes 10 pieces (I got jipped on this run that I photographed for this blog and only had 9, it worked). Lay 5 side by side. Now take one single piece and lay in the opposite way, but weave between pieces by picking up every other piece and laying the single new piece of bacon below it. Takes some practice. 

 

Take the loaf out the pan and place on the bacon weave upside down. 

 Pull bacon weave around the loaf. Push bacon together to make it stick together. Carefully pick up weaved loaf and tighten all edges tightly around.

 

Place back into loaf pan.

Bake until the loaf is firm and the bacon is crisp on top. Internal temperature should be 155 degrees. Times vary, 45 minutes- hour and half. I cut into loaf after 45 minutes to checks. *TIP* Occasionally take loaf out of oven and drain grease!!!! A lot will be produced from hamburger and bacon

 

Remove and cover the top of loaf with cheese. Bake until melted. 

 

Cut and serve with favorite sides. We cover our slices in ketchup and not the loaf itself due to some of us prefer it without. It you like yours with ketchup, you can add it before covering loaf with the bacon weave.

Truth of baking

The sad truth lol

My Alabama Slammer Recipe

Alabama Slammer

I looked and looked online never finding one that tasted as good as the ones I had at my local bar. Finally one night after ordering 3 drinks and watching each mix, I had an idea what was in it. Did not know measurements so just went with it. Comes pretty darn close.

NOT FOR THE WEAK!

You need

1. Southern Comfort
2. Peach Schnapps
3. Sloe Gin
4. Gallon of Orange Juice

Sorry I don't measure but picture shows what I used

Pour all OJ into a container.  

In the emptied gallon jug, add all, yes ALL, Southern Comfort

Add ALL Peach Schnapps

Pour about 3/4 bottle Sloe Gin.(See the need for Warning above? LOL)

Fill rest of the jug with OJ.

Screw cap back on and shake.

This drink is very yummy, but be careful. It can creep up on you quick. Drink slow. It's so good you will drink a few glasses easily, then it will knock you on your behind. Seeing how much liquor goes in it, what else did you expect? LOL

Enjoy guys! Let me know if you tried

Monster High Cake

Monster High Inspired Cake

My cousin requested a monster high cake for her daughter. Her daughters favorites doll is the werewolf. Colors and designs based on the dolls outfit

 

At party with the dolls

The inside of bottom layer

pink swirls

Giant Cheeseburger Cake

My other half loves burgers, so what better than a Hamburger Birthday Cake? My first attempt ended up resulting in a mess. Top bun too heavy and it slid off the "ketchup" frosting, taking everything under it off. The bun portion is made with my Bake n' Fill pans with choice of carrot cake. The patty is brownie. I made MM fondant from scratch for covering the buns, lettuce, cheese, onions, tomato, and top pickle. 

I made the fondant the day before and let sit in fridge. The onions, cheese, lettuce and tomato were made and placed on sheets in the fridge to firm and hold its shape. Assembly was held with cream cheese icing. For the seeds, I just did with the frosting. It was fun to make. Tip for anyone who makes this kind of cake is to not rush. Let icing firm in fridge after put on cake before adding top bun. I kick myself now for rushing and allowing my first one the get destroyed. I feel my first was a better job than this one. 

Carrot cake

Lady Gaga Cake

My brother was turning 16 and seeing how I recently started making cakes and made everyone else one, I knew I had to make him something great too. I knew he was into music so my idea was an iPod. Then my mom tells me he told her he wanted a Gaga cake for his sweet 16.

I was overwhelmed with the amount of different looks of Gaga. I know who she is but never sat down and watched her videos. So the night before I made the cake I sat down and watched some. Then I saw it, her Paparazzi video. Her crazy shades and funky yellow outfit. I knew I had to go with that.

The Gaga head and torso topper are made of Rice Krispies 

then covered in melted vanilla (kind of like making molding chocolate) colored to give skin color. 

Was my first time doing it and I LOVE how well it molds! So much better than fondant, will be my new tool in cakes!!!

The Homemade Lady Gaga Birthday Cake itself is regular yellow cake, but I dyed it rainbow colors and made a rainbow cake.

Divide mix and color with Wiltsons gel coloring

 Pour mix in any color pattern into the middle of pan

Baked

Cut

Giant Cupcake/Candy Cake

Who doesn't like cupcakes?

I was excited to get a giant cupcake pan. Theme was candy and cupcakes.

MMF and molding vanilla. Molding VANILLA? Yes!!!! Same as with chocolate but I honestly like to work with it better, plus its white. All candy made in advance with the vanilla, molded by hand...even the giant sprinkles.

The pan was new and I had never tried it before. I learned to cover the base of cupcake to help cook.  Its so thick, that it takes a longer of time. The top got done before the bottom. The pan should honestly be made into 2 pieces.

Rifle Gun Cake

This is one of my favorites I have made so far. Made for my coworkers sweet little boy for his birthday. I loved how everything turned out. Was easier than I thought.

First, the board was covered with duct tape...YES, DUCT TAPE! They carry camo kind at Wal-Mart.

I made chocolate cake first, standard rectangle pan. 

Took cardboard and cut out my template.

Place cake on wax paper and put template over it and cut out. I did layer spare pieces of cake to build up some areas.

Make MMF (I used chocolate marshmallows since they're already brown). Added in some brown Wiltons gel coloring for base color and blend completely. Next I added some more brown but NOT blending in completely, gives that wood look.

Made Rice Krispies, molded a barrel. Let harden in fridge. I already had made molding chocolate at this point. (Dyed black when mixed.) Covered RK in the molding chocolate. Attached to cake with icing. Molded the pin, trigger, and scope with the rest. 

This face is the reason I do this...he was so happy!!

Fireman Helmet (first fondant)

My first cake ever with fondant was in March 2011. Last minute decided to Google how to. It was not as bad as I thought. Of course I have got better since, but for last minute making, I think it came out fine

Made out of homemade MMF. My Betty Crocker Bake N Fill pan was WONDERFUL for this project.