Recipe Updates

I am feeling super under the weather but that's not stopping me from continuing on this blog challenge I have dove into to help improve my blogging. And with my new latest addiction of planning and what not I am able to be more in tune to my blog then before. It's helpful when here are those times when I feel like I have nothing to write about but now I just open my brain dump and look for all the topics I have jotted and it gives me a sudden wind of inspiration. I am content with it all.

These are previous recipes but I will try to post more once I am officially well and not still having a stuffy nose and headache baring down on me. I have posted that got lost in the shuffle of hardly being read. Hope if you try any of my recipes that you tag me on instagram @fourxblessed.

• polvorones & vegan cake recipe
• Passion Pancakes Recipes
• Spanish food by me

Stay blessed, Vanessa.


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recipe- polvorones & vegan chocolate cake

It's a snow day over here so I decided to make some yummy treats for the kiddies.
First up some delicious spanish POLVORONES. It is basically like a sugar cookie that is super popular in the spanish culture. I used to have em a lot in Puerto Rico and so I searched online and boom found this recipe. Enjoy!

1 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup sugar
1/8 tsp of salt
1 egg
1 tbs of butter
3 cups of flour

mix the shortening and eggs until creamy. add the egg, butter and salt and mix. sift the 3 cups of flour while mixing with your mixer. roll em up into balls and bake at 350 for 15/20 minutes.

Mixed the shortening and sugar 

Here's the vegan cake recipe
Enjoy!

1 and 1/4 cup of all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup of cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup warm water


mix all ingredients together and make 2 cakes or a dozen cupcakes whichever you prefer.

I staked the cakes and put NUTELLA in the middle with butter cream frosting.

xo, vanessa

Lily's Winter wonderland Birthday Party

Frozen is what all the little girls are currently obsessed about because mine is certainly hooked on this movie. So I decided to give her a wonderful and Frozen type birthday. I got basically everything via clearance since it was after christmas (oh so lucky). I refused to go and buy her the generic stuff at the regular party store because I love to be different. I went on PINTEREST and was shocked to see already a few pinners had already pinned a Frozen type birthdays so I simply incorporated my favorite parts. The photos are below with a little detail so enjoy!

 she wanted the head of the snow man to be chocolate cake with chocolate chips

i used whipped butter cream for the frosting

used a fruit roll up for the scarf

candy mints for buttons and gum balls for eyes and nose and chocolate chips for the smile

the pretty birthday girl

we used white chocolate in the chocolate fountain to make it look like snow 

the entrance to the dinning room.

they all had a blast!

Chocolate chocolate chip cake -recipe

Every girl has her little chocolate fits, I know I sure did last night. So I decided to make a chocolate chocolate chip cake and it was oh so delicious. Here's the recipe I found and enjoy xo!

Chocolate cake mix: 

1 cup flour 

1 cup sugar 

1/4 cup cocoa powder 

1 tsp of baking powder

1/4 tsp of baking soda

1/4 tsp salt 

3/4 cup of milk 

1/4 cup of butter softened

1/2 tsp of vanilla

1 egg

Mix all dry ingredients first and then the rest. 

Bake at 350 for 45 mins

Enjoy