Good Morning!!
Happy Easter!!
Hope your day is wonderful!!
Here are some pictures from our morning!!
Leo and I dyed Easter Eggs!
Leo and I dyed Easter Eggs! I know some may say its to early to be dying easter eggs, but really its not. Leo does not eat the Easter Eggs anyways we end up eating them.
We save one for the Bunny which we drew a bunny on it and colored it nice!
We did not use the normal Paa’s egg dye this year, I decided to play and make my own with food coloring
and kool aid. I honestly will say in advance I did not like the kool aid method, it wiped right off and didn’t stick to egg. I used the food color that is gel and in little plastic jars, you see them in the picture. I mixed just about half cup of water, about a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and the tip of a butter knife with a scoop of a food color of choice and stirred and stirred until almost completely dissolved.
I save all old food coloring and some was a little bit sticky so it left little broken pieces in the water.
The picture below shows what the little pieces of food coloring does to the egg when you leave them in there. Can you see the little spots on the egg? I love how this egg looks!!
Here are some pictures from our little egg dying fun!!
Daddy & Leo make a catapult.
Chocolate Banana Pancakes
I didnt give the best description with pictures of my pancakes so I’ll tell ya what I did. Most the time I dont really measure anything I just go with it! I poured some pancake mix in the measuring cup and then added a little bit of bakers cocoa, my favorite its toll house, then hersheys. Add water and mix to the consistency that you like. I poured the pancake batter in to the buttered pan and then placed sliced pieces of banana on top the pancake and then used a spoon with a little more batter and covered up each one with out adding to much extra batter. Flip’em for a minute then place on plate and eat!! :)~ the boys loved them! (daddy and leo)
Happy Easter! Leo found his surprise from da bunny!
What we made for Easter Decorations
We made little easter egg holders :)
Lemon Swiss Roll w/Recipe! This was fun ;)
Ingredients
Swiss Roll Cake Batter
4 eggs
3/4 c sugar
3/4 c flour
extract of your choice, I’ve used vanilla and lemon so far.
food coloring (optional)
beat eggs and sugar, extract if using, (foodcoloring if using), until very thick almost like mousse, it will raise up much higher in the bowl and be thick and airy around 8 to 10 minutes. sift in flour folding mixture until mixed completely with out taking the air out of batter. prepare a swiss cake roll pan i spray it and add paper to it and line it with the paper, then pour batter in to pan and bake on 350 for 12 minutes exactly!
I let it cool and flip upside down on a cooling rack and slowly work off the paper, once cooled I put another piece of paper over it and flip it off the rack and then add filling and roll
Lemon Curd Filling
4 medium eggs
3/4 c sugar
1/3 c V8 fruit medley
1 tbsp lemon extract
4 tbsp butter (chopped in little cubes)
prepare the double boiler by placing a pan of water on the burner to start simmering, in a metal bowl beat the eggs, sugar water, extract whip up good for about a minute by hand, and place bowl over the pan of water and stir constantly about 8 – 10 minutes until the mixture is thick like sour cream. Remove from heat and add the butter stirring constantly until the butter has completely melted and is gone!
I placed that bowl of curd over a bowl of ice and then stirred it every now and then till cool about 10 minutes as well.
Then used it to spread on this swiss roll. It was delish!
Easter Decorations for cupcakes or something…..
We are still unsure of what we are making as far as baked goods, well I know what I’m doing haha I”m just not sharing it yet. You come back after Easter and you’ll see what I have done. Fondant bunny, chic’s and basket filled with eggs. What Leo made is there to he was making angry birds stuff.
