Food TV

I know, it’s taken me forever to get these out to you. I promise I’m not just trying to build suspense. I am still trying to find a routine. I swear these will be coming out more quickly in the future. So, on to the sweet stuff huh?

Tyler’s Ultimate Caramel Apple Pie. What can I say? I bought a mandolin, and I actually used it. The pie itself? Well I’m sure if I had actually thoroughly read the directions, rather than skimmed them, I would have realized that I skipped two very important steps. I forgot to put the butter under the top crust, and I forgot to cover the pie with foil before I baked it. And so what I served up so proudly on Thanksgiving evening was a beautiful pie, with very undercooked apples in it. No worries though. I just covered the pie in foil after all, popped it back in the oven for about 45 additional minutes. After that it was awesome. What I made, in the end, was a pie that was good to be baked a couple days in advance and reheated really well on the day of serving. What did the family think? Well they just cut into the pumpkin pie that I HAAAAD to buy “just in case”… yesterday. And only because the Apple was all gone. So I guess, even after a couple pretty major mistakes, I did good.

Paula’s Pumpkin Roll Cake? Even better. That was quick, super easy to make, and contained rum in the whipped cream. It doesn’t really get much better than that. My guests and family all loved it, and it was actually completely gone before the end of the evening. It had everything we were looking for, the traditional tastes of pumpkin pie, a different texture with the cake and crunched up toffee. And the caramel sauce on top completed it perfectly. Tonight food Network showed their Holiday party, and Paula and Rachael Ray made the same Pumpkin Roll Cake. And if I do say so myself, mine looked better. Although maybe that’s because I topped it with Autumn Cupcake Sprinkles in addition to the caramel sauce.

What can I say folks? My desserts turned out as good as the rest of the meal. I was never a “recipe maker” in the past, but I guarantee you this. For all of my special events in the future, it is going to be my friends from the food network, and foodnetwork.com that inspire and instruct me on what my friends and family eat.