Berry Delicious Yogurt Cake {much love monday}

I love my heart shaped cake pan!

So my friend Leslie gave me this wonderful recipe for a yogurt cake. It is moist and delicious. And the best part is you can pretty much choose the flavor you want. This cake is perfect for a Summer dessert but I will make/eat it anytime of the year. 

Leslie never gave me the name of the cake, and since I always choose a Berry yogurt I decided to give it this cheesy name, haha:

Berry Delicious Yogurt Cake

1 Box of Betty Crocker White Cake

4 Yoplait yogurt cups 6oz [170 g] (I always get the Fat free ones and I usually get 2 of one flavor for the cake and then 2 of another flavor for the topping, usually berries. I am yet to try something crazy like key lime pie and such. Let me know if you do try!)

1 container of fat free Cool Whip

3 egg whites*

1 1/3 cups of water*

1 box of berries (optional!)

Cake:

Pre-heat the oven to whatever setting the box says. Mix together the white cake mix, 2 yogurt cups, 3 egg whites and 1 1/3 cups of water, do not put the oil that the box calls for! Pour it on a greased pan, put it in the oven for however long the box says.

Topping:

Let the cake cool completely (I usually put it in the fridge) before adding the topping. Leave the cool whip in the fridge instead of freezer so it will be softer. Gently stir together the whip cream and the other 2 yogurt cups. Then spread it on the cake. Add berries on top if you would like! :)

*The egg whites and the water vary from mix to mix. So if the mix box says 3 eggs add 3 egg whites and if it calls for only 1 cup of water only put one cup of water. :)

Also I think it would be really cute to decorate and american flag on it with blueberries and strawberries on the 4th of July!

❤Jenny

PS: Check out much love monday. Such a cute idea!

Jenny Cooks?

My poor mother. So many times she tried to teach me how to cook, and as much as I wanted to learn, it never happened. I am the kind of person that has to follow the recipe word by word, but I hope to some day be so good at cooking I can just add a pinch of this and a bit of that and I will have some delicious meals, I also hope to be able to cook something good with what I have at home, improvise, instead of having to have everything that a recipe calls for. 

A couple of weeks ago my mother-in-law sent me a link to this website called The Pioneer Woman, in this website she shares recipes step-by-step! We have tried quite a few and they are amazing. Not to mention she is really funny and her pictures are amazing! 

I was telling a friend about the website and she said she had heard of it and told me about two other website she loves and now I love them too. We have tried recipes from these three websites and none of them have failed! The other two are Smitten Kitchen and Joy the Baker!

Here are some of the recipes I have tried and they are GOOD!

From the Pioneer Woman:

Summer Stir Fry

Shrimp Pasta in a Foil Package so fun to make!

White Chicken Enchiladas AMAZING!

Mexican Rice so easy and it goes with the enchiladas! 

From Smitten Kitchen:

Shaved Asparagus Pizza

From Joy the baker:

S'more Icebox Candy Bar (Didn't make it but friend did and it was amazing and she said it was really easy!)

Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies (Didn't make this one either but my friend made it and it was sooo good!)

I hope that during my summer break I get to cook a lot so I can get some practice. I just love these 3 websites and I really wanted to share with you! 

Tonight we are going to make Key Lime Coconut Cake from Smitten Kitchen! I will let you know how it turns out!

♥Jenny

My favorite dessert! :D Chocolate Mousse.

For my bridal shower, Anna Baer, a really good friend of mine gave me this "game" for my Nintendo DS called Cooking Personal Trainer. Summer semester was a crazy semester and I never had the chance to use it. So now that I have time I decided to give it a try. The recipe I picked was Chocolate Mousse, which is my favorite dessert. The "game" is amazing! It gives you all the ingredients, the steps and it will guide you through each one of those steps! If you don't have the ingredients ot will let you do a shopping list. It has explanations and terminology! :) So awesome! You can pick recipes by country, ingredients or just by doing a search! Unfortunately there are no Brazilian recipes. :( But I have done a Scandinavian Beef Hash that was pretty delicious and the chocolate mousse was the second one I tried! It turned out GREAT! Yummmm. I took pictures of the ingredients! Here is the recipe:

(4 servings)

INGREDIENTS:

3 Egg Yolks

2 Tbsps Heavy Cream

4 Tbsps Sugar

3 Egg Whites

5 oz. Dark Chocolate

STEPS:

Preparation:

1. Chop the dark chocolate finely

2. Mix the heavy cream and the yolks together

Cooking:

3. Pour water into the saucepan and heat to around 124º F over low heat

4. Put the chocolate in a mixing bowl and place the bowl in the hot water

5. Using a rubber spatula, stir the chocolate as it melts, then remove the bowl from the heat.

6. Continue to stir with the spatula, and add the egg yolks and cream little by little to the melted chocolate.

7. Put the egg whites into a mixing bowl and whisk them briskly. (Until it is white and fluffy)

8. Add the sugar.

9. Continue to whisk, mixing in the sugar. (Until the mixture is thick enough to form firm peaks on the surface when the whisk is lifted)

10. Add a third of the egg whites to the chocolate and mix them in throughly with the spatula.

11. Add half of the remaining egg whites and fold them into the chocolate.(Fold: This method uses a gentle motion to fold air in with egg whites, ensuring that they do not lose their foamy texture.)

12. Add the remaining egg whites and fold them in, taking care not to fold the air out of them.

13. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave it to set in the refrigerator.

SERVING:

14. Fill a bowl with warm water, and place the spoon in the water to warm.

15. With the warm spoon scoop the mousse into a serving dish. Yum yum! Enjoy!

I hope you guys like it! :D Delicioussss.