Mini Heart Shaped Strawberry Cheesecakes

Hey Again!

I promised myself I wouldn't be one of those baking blogs that write my whole life story before you get to the recipe soooo this will be a short and sweet intro.  This recipe is a little late forgive me but its a recipe I made for my girlies for Galentine's. I already posted a likkle reel on my baking instagram @trinidybakes. I figured I would share the actual recipe on here. I didn't take during the process pics only after so you'll have to visualize some things before I remake and repost the recipe lol. I originally found the recipe on Pinterest that makes 12 and made my own tweaks to it, so you'll get my version, which makes 18.

Equipment:

• Oven-Safe Heart-Shaped Mold (I got mine off of Amazon it makes 8 at a time and was 11x6.5x1.25 in)
• Cupcake liners(optional)
• Mixing Bowls (1 for crust,1 for sauce,& 1 for filling)
• Hand Mixer or Stand mixer
• Scale or measuring Cup and Spoons(I personally weigh my ingredients for better accuracy)
• Small Sauce pan
• Spatula
• 4 oz Cookie Scoop (optional)
• Toothpicks(optional)
• Blender or Ziploc (For Dehyrated Strawberries and Graham Cracker Crumbs)

Ingredients You'll Need:

• Baking Spray for Molds
• Dehydrated Strawberries (blended/crushed around 30 g for crust & around 30 g for crumble topping
• Graham Cracker Crumbs (70 g for crust & about 20 g for crumble topping)
• Edible Gold Dust(optional I added to my crumble topping for pizazz)
• Granulated Sugar(50 g for crust, 100 g for filling, and 2 tbsp for sauce)
• Melted Butter(Unsalted is better for controlling salt content however I used unsalted 56 g for crust)
• Salt (a pinch if using unsalted butter)
• Room Temp Cream Cheese(16 oz/450g for filling)
• Strawberry Yogurt(8o g for filling)
• Eggs(2 room temp)
• Vanilla (1 tsp)
• For Sauce: Strawberries (150 g cut; can use frozen just make sure you drain)
• Lemon Juice (1 tbsp)
• Cornstarch(1tbsp) 
• Don't forget Sugar listed earlier (2 tbsp)

Assembly:

1.Preheat Oven to 325F and prep mold by spraying or putting liners in

2.Combine Dehydrated strawberries 30 g,Graham cracker crumbs 70 g, melted butter 56 g, and 50 g sugar till sand like

3. Measure a heaping tbsp of crust and press down into each mold. bake for 5 minutes 

4.While crusts are cooling, you can either start strawberry sauce if swirling in or start filling if not

5. For Sauce combine 150g strawberries,1tbsp lemon juice,1 tbsp cornstarch, & 2 tbsp of sugar in saucepan over medium heat for 5-7 mins or till strawberries start to breakdown/sauce thickens

6. For filling cream the 16 oz of cream cheese till smooth then add 100g sugar,80g yogurt scraping between each addition; beat smooth before adding 2 eggs, tsp of vanilla, pinch of salt

7.Swirl sauce in with toothpick if doing I did not; Portion around 4-4.5 oz of filling over each crust I used a cookie scoop for more control & uniformity. Make sure to tap molds on counter to release air bubbles & make filling flush and smooth.

8. Bake at 325F for 18-22 minutes,until centers are slightly puffed and set

9. Cool for 1 hour minium/overnight is best; I unmolded around 25min mark because I was reusing the mold but for best shaping cool in the molds the entire time

10. Unmold and top with strawberry sauce and crumble topping; quickly make topping by combining 30 g dehydrated strawberry crumbs with 20 g graham cracker crumbs & gold dust.

Enjoy!

Life Updates!

Hi Guys!

Long time no speak! Its been like a decade since we last spoke..

So I have a couple of life updates for ya. I have been wanting to start the blog back up and am finally getting around to it now that I have some free time. Since my last post in 2016, I have moved, gone to High school, taken culinary classes there, then went on to go to CIA, the Culinary Institute of America, and get my bachelor's in Food Business Management with an associate's degree in Baking and Pastry. I did my externship at The Boca Raton Resort, which was amazing, and the property is absolutely gorgeous! I have learned so many things about the Food/Hospitality industry and can't wait to see where life takes me next! Wish me Luck!

I will include some photos of my work from school and extern. Also, if you want to follow me on Social media, my baking account is @Trinidybakes on Instagram! I will try to be more consistent on my platforms and build more with the content thing. I already have a few posts planned. For now enjoy this college recap and stay tuned for more <3

Bunnies!

So for thanksgiving I Made lemon lime mini bundt cakes!

So I found a regular lemon bundt cake recipe and modified it. Here is my modified recipe:

Bundt cake mold

3 cups of flour

3 cups of sugar

1 1/2 cups of butter

5 medium eggs

3 tablespoons of lemon juice 

2 tablespoons of lime juice

1 tablespoon of lemon extract

Instructions:

Combine ingredients 

Butter or spray mold

Pour about half of the mold and bake 55 for oven and for bakery bites express (I used this) 5 minutes per batch

Take out when done put onto pan and let cool

Serve when done.

I'm sure your wondering why this post is titled bunnies I will tell you.I made this for thanksgiving when my family was over and my grandma saw them and said " let me get one of those bunnies" because she didn't know they were pronounced bundt cakes. 

My result: 

Cookies

So a couple days ago me and my mom made sugar cookies! They were delicious. 

Here is the recipe: 

Ingredients : 3 1/2 cups of flour, 8 tablespoons of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon of almond extract or whatever extract you have.

Directions : First , preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Next, mix together the butter and sugar until smooth. Then mix in the flour a cup at a time while putting in the eggs in between the cups of flour. Now it is time to mix in your extracts. If you just want to use one that's fine just do 2 teaspoons of it. I used 2  vanilla and almond. Since I used two I put 1 teaspoon of each. You need 2 teaspoon of extract all together. You don't have to use vanilla and almond extracts like I did you  it all depends on what kind of flavor you want in your cookies.Then, you can use a spoon and put a dollop of dough on the cookies sheet or like I did flour your hands and pick up some dough roll it into a ball and put it on the cookie sheet. Lastly, put your cookies in your preheated oven and put on a timer for 10-12 minutes.  When the timer beeps take the cookies out and stick a tooth pick in them it part of the cookie come off onto the tooth pick put them back in the oven if not they are done. Enjoy!

Here is my end result:

Brownies!

So yesterday I made  snicker-doodle brownies with a mix I bought. It turned out good. All I had to do is pour the mix add water and butter and an egg for the brownie mix. For the cookie same thing except no egg. Then I poured the brownie mix in a 8x8 square pan then put a few dollops of the cookie mix on top of the brownie. Lastly, I put it in the oven for 43-46 minutes.
Here are some pics of the end result:

Hey!

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't posted in a while I have been busy.

The last thing I have baked was those sugar cookies. I have been busy with school and everything well now it is summer break. So I have more time to post!! So I might be baking with my bakery bites express instead of an oven because using the oven will make the house hot. It is 90 degrees today where I live so it is hot without the oven.

 So stay cool out there!

Baking cookies

Hey hey hey hey!   Hey guys sorry I haven't posted in a while but today  I baked something!

Well clearly you know what it is because of the title but still! I baked cookies today whoo hoo! They are sugar cookies btw. Here is the recipe: Preheat at 350 degrees F and prepare your cookie sheet with parchment paper . Then, combine 2 cups of sugar with 8 tablespoons of butter which equals a stick. Next, add 3 1/2 cups of flour and 2 large eggs. Then, add (optional) a spoonful of whatever cream cheese of your choice. Next, add 2 teaspoon of vanilla extract or (optional) 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon of almond extract. Mix it alltoger and put flour on your hands. Once you have put the flour on your hands so the dough doesn't stick to your hands roll the dough into balls and put on the sheet. Once you are done rolling put the cookie dough in the oven for 9-11 minutes. Here is a pic of my end result. Enjoy!