Suspiros - Merengue

In Brazil this sweet is called Suspiro and translated it basically means merengue but it's definitely more than just an ordinary merengue. It's a glob of sweet marshmallowy fluffiness that just melts in  your mouth, so let's call it suspiro. My mom used to make these for my birthday as a kid so it just reminds me of my childhood. Hope you enjoy it.

                                    Ingredients:

• 2 eggs (you will only be needing the whites)

• 4 tablespoons of sugar
 

Directions: 

1. Separate the yolk and the whites into two separate bowls, you can either store the yolk for something else or simply throw it away because we will only be needing the whites.

    

 2.  With an electrical beater beat the whites at high speed, you should beat the whites for about five minutes or until quite firm.

     

3.  Keep beating and gradually add the sugar

   

  4.  You should keep beating until the whites are really thick. A way to test if it is perfect is by scooping a spoonful of the merengue and turning the spoon upside down, if the merengue does not drop it is ready.

    

5.  Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees F

   

 6.  Cover a cookie tray, or anything similar to that, with waxed paper and using two tablespoons, scoop out little globs and try making them into little balls. If this is hard for you, you can also try using an ice cream scooper and simply scoop it on to the tray. You can make the suspiros any size you want.

  

 7.  Pop the tray in the oven for about 20-30 min, or until brown and toasty                      

 

 8. When ready take the tray out of the oven and let the suspiros cool

 

 9.  Now Enjoy!

-Chloe

Carrot Cake

Me and my family are originally from Brazil and this carrot cake recipe is quite a blast there. One day I was looking through my grandma's recipe book looking for something to make and I stumbled upon this recipe, having already tried quite a few carrot cakes in my lifetime I decided to try it out. It was only later that my mom told me that it was actually a family recipe that my great-grandmother had given  to my grandma and so on until it came to me, or I came to it, whatever. However, there's one problem, I don't have any kids at the moment (hopefully) so decided to pass it on to you guys. Hope you enjoy it.

Ingredients

                     Ingredients for Cake:

• 3 big carrots
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 of a cup of canola oil
• 2 cups of all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups of sugar
• 1 tbs of baking powder

                     Directions:

grated carrots

1. Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees F

     2. Wash and peel all of your carrots, if the carrots aren't quite big      feel free to add some more 

    

     3.  Grate the carrots
  

    

Blend carrots, eggs and canola oil

     4.   In a blender, blend the grated carrots, the eggs and the canola  

oil until smooth

    

     5.   Pour the blended mixture into a big bowl and stir in the rest of the ingredients until blended

    

    6.   Grease your cake pan and pour the batter into it

    

    7.   Pop the pan in the oven and let it cook for 20-25 min

                   

                      Chocolate Sauce Ingredients:

ingredients

    This is optional but who doesn't love a good chocolate sauce

• 2 1/2  tablespoons of cocoa powder
• 3 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of butter
• 2 tablespoons of milk  

                                              Directions: 

1. Over low heat mix all of the ingredients together until smooth and creamy
2. After the cake comes out of the oven pour sauce over it and decorate as wanted
3. Most important of all Enjoy!

 -Chloe

Hello there, whoever you are, I'm just a twelve year-old girl with a love for deserts, cooking and a very long, and very boring summer ahead of me. I think that it got really bad when I didn't leave the house three days straight so my mom gave me the idea of a food blog (I think she noticed the pile of bowls and plates growing next to my computer). I thought about it and said why not, it combines three of my favorite things: food, the internet, taking pictures, and did I say food? To be sincere I think that my mom is liking this blog better than I am, I just know that I LOVE food, especially desserts so why not share that passion with you guys. I promise that there are recipes soon to come,
Sincerely, Chloe