Brigadeiro recipe

Hi everyone!

Thank you for visiting my baking blog. Here is the recipe 

Here's what you will need: 

•  4 tablespoons of Nestle chocolate or strawberry milk powder mix
•  1 can of sweetened condensed milk (your choice of brand) 
•  1 tablespoon unsalted butter
•  Your choice of sprinkles 

  Cooking Instructions:

• put roughly 2 tablespoons of butter to melt in the pan
• set the stove top to medium-low
• once the butter is melted, add a whole can of condensed milk
• now you will add the chocolate; 
• stir with the wooden spoon; you will need to stir for at least 10 -15  minutes and it can take as long as 25 minutes; stir in circular movements and make sure you get the Brigadeiro from the sides so it does not stick there and burn
• the Brigadeiro will get thicker and thicker and will reduce in volume
• you know it is ready when a) you divide it in half with the spoon and it stays parted for a few seconds) scoop some brigadeiro with the wooden spoon, turn the spoon upside down, and it holds there for an instant before falling back into the pan; 
• when your Brigadeiro is ready, spread the content of the pan on a plate and put it in the fridge for about 30 minutes to an hour; you want it nice and firm before you roll it in balls
• to make the little balls, spread a little bit of butter in your hands and make sure to get your fingers; using a small spoon, scoop some Brigadeiro, put it in your hands, and roll it in a little ball
• roll the ball on the chocolate sprinkles to cover it completely
• place your brigadeiro in a banking cup
• repeat--should yield about 25 Brigadeiros
• put Brigadeiros in the fridge for about 15-30 minutes to make them firmer

Chocolate brigadeiro w/flaked coconut

Strawberry brigadeiro w/pink sprinkles

Mickey Mouse Party Theme

Hi everyone, I hope that you a great weekend. Here are a few pictures of a Mickey Mouse Party I helped with. 

Supplies for cards: DCStamps - DCSP103 Edicao 3

Red cardstock, happy birthday emboss folder,  Mickey & friends cartridge. 

Oreo Cupcakes 

Oreo Cupcakes w/chocolate frosting

Tres leches cake w/strawberry filling

The Wedding of Mike & Luciene

Hello everyone, here is another project completed for my friends wedding. This was about two months ago, but I just want to make sure I put it up on this baking blog. It's just nice to be able to go back to the work we did.

I hope you enjoy my post today.

Oreo pops

White cake with oreo/ white fondant/ black/ sugar pearls

Sugar cookies/royal icing

Oreo cake pops/ black fondant flower

Have a wonderful week. 

Bakerella book signing & giveaway

Hi everyone.... it's been so long I posted anything on my baking website. That's because I been a little busier with my stamp line and crafting things. Anyways... this past week we had a hurricane disaster here in NJ and we had no power for over 1 week. Bakerella book signing in NJ was cancelled due to the power outage. With that said, I been wanting to meet her for over two years and I didn't want to miss that chance. So I drove to PA about 1 hour and 45 minutes. With all the excitement and joy of meeting Bakerella,  the ride was not so bad. I needed some off from all the chaos. 

Here are some pictures of the book signing. 

King of Prussia mall. It is HUGE!!

 I have never been to a book signing so I didn't know what to expect. I thought it was going to be a quick sign and NEXT.  But not Bakerella, she make sure she chatted a little bit with each individual person. 

As I sat down, I intrude myself, Hi I'm Catarina from NJ. Right away she knew who I was. Its so wonderful to know that she takes time to know each fan individually. We had a great chat and she made sure that this moment was going to be remembered.  I always admired her, she is always smiling and always friendly. 

Here she is signing both books :0) We also signed her book. How thoughtful of her.  As I walked out of the store I also meet Kim and her family with KC Bakes. They have the best cakepops stands out there. I'm yet to try it but I hear great feedback. Be sure to check out Kim's blog here, she also has a giveaway on her blog. 

After the book signing.  Bakerella did a little intro on her cakepops with most of the supplies she used for the new book.  It was super fun, I made sure that I stook around. It's not like I have Bakerella to hang out with all the time, so why not. 

After all the questions being answered, she took a few more pictures with everyone.

Did I bored you yet?? Sorry for the long post. But this was a very exciting day for me. 

Now, how about some fun for you?  Today I'm giving one of Bakerella book has a giveaway. This is for the one that didn't make it to her book signing. 

Here is what one lucky winner will receive.

One copy of  Cake Pops Holidays signed by Bakerella and one set of Bakerella Cake Pop pins!

How fun is that??? 

To enter this giveaway you must do one or all of the following: 

Leave a comment on this post

Become a follower if you are not one

Like our page on facebook 

Tell us why should we pick you to win the book 

Deadline:  November 20, 2012

The wedding of Catarina & Danny

Hello everyone!!!

It's been FOREVER since I posted last. Let's see last month was my wedding and this past weekend it was my bff wedding. So time for crafting or any other thing was very limited. But I'm finally here to post a few picture from my wedding. 

In the making: 

Wedding dessert table display: 

I hope you all enjoyed my post today!! Have a wonderful week everyone!

Cookies in a jar

Hi everyone, I hope that your all doing well. It's been more than a month since I posted last. I been a little tied up with Wedding planning. I will be back soon to normal schedule.  Here is something that I been waiting to post for sometime but I was not able to , because I didn't want to spoiled my bridesmaids luncheon favors. 

Here's what you will need to make your own: 

1 quart widemouth Ball jar (I found mine at walmart)

1 1/3 cup all purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup & leveled
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup cooking oats
3/4 cup butterscotch marsels
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup white sugar

Stir all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.

Add

1 slightly beaten egg
1/2 cup butter (melted slightly in the microwave)
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Use the back of a large spoon to work it all together. 

Then roll the cookie dough into 1 1/2 inch balls, place on a parchment covered baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.  You should be able to make about 26-28 cookies out of these. yumm enjoy! 

Happy baking!!

Heart shaped sugar cubes

Hellooo world!!!


I can't believe how long its been since I posted on my baking blog last.  I miss you all so very much as much as I miss baking. :0(  So sad!!!! but you know what is worst?!?!?!? I dont know when I'm getting my oven fix.... so until that is taken care of.... here is a sweet treat for you!! :0)

Some of you might read my crafting blog and BOY I been super busy with that, but besides that I have awesome news to share with you..... and the GREAT nes is.... I'm getting married.... Oh yes!! This year in like two months :0) and I been super busy with that tooo...

So I been working on a few crafting things for the wedding and I have one sweet thing to post here.  I haven't done any baking since my bridesmaid cookies but here is a cute detail that I'm sure to add in my wedding. :0)

The tutorial for this cuteness can be found here....

here are my results, They are super easy to make.  Go ahead try it out and have fun.

Isn't this adorable??? I think so. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

Looking back

Hi everyone!!!

Happy wednesday... I can't believe its been that long.   Exactly one year ago I was to busy working on this little cuties for Easter time.  Its so nice how we can look back and see how far we have come. And guess what, Last year in March was still snowing.... I'm so glad that I have a blog and that I can look back. If you like to see last year post go here.

Happy Spring!!!

Bridesmaids gifts

Hi everyone, oh my... It's been so long.... Well first I have a few things to share with you all.   If you follow my crafting blog I'm sure you already know the news.   If not well you are about to find out.   So this past weekend it was a very special moment in my life. I got engaged!!!! Yayy!!! I'm so excited that I can share with all of you.  So to celebrate my engagement I'm having a giveaway on my blog, be sure to put on over and play along.   I been working on my bridesmaid cards and I also wanted to give them a little treat.   We all love treats. :0) Here is what I made: 

This was my first time using Royal icing on sugar cookies and I'am so happy with the results.  I can deft see myself making these more often now. 

Sorry about the pictures it was night time. 

After two days of drying this is the result. 

Didn't they came out perfect for my first time ever.... I sure think so.

So if you every doubt yourself this is your time to try. 

Anything is possible when YOU Believe in yourself. 

Happy baking!

Chocolate Salami (Salame de chocolate) - no baking required

Hi everyone.... I can't believe it has been since last year,  I posted last.  I have a lot of things going on now and most of my time I'm focusing on my stamps and crafting, which is fun also.  Anyways here is a yummy treat that I would like to share with you.  This is an old recipe which it has been in the family for many many years.  I hope you can try it yourself. 

Ingredientes for Chocolate salami

1 can condensed milk 

half package of Maria cookies (you can use any cookie you like) 

2 egg separated 

1 tbs of butter

2 tbs of milk chocolate

foil paper

1. In a small pan,  mix in the following ingredients condensed milk, yellow eggs, and chocolate mix. 

2.  Crush your cookies 

3.   Low flame mix in to the mix the 2tbs of butter for 25 to 30 minutes until it becomes a little thick 

4.   Mix the cookies into the mix

5.   Spread the mix in the foil paper and roll it tightly. 

6.  Store in the freezer for 2 hours or until it hardens. 

7. Cut into slices and serve. 

I hope that you enjoy my post today. 

Bom Apetite!!