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      • Um = Umbrella Drink

        Posted at 9:23 pm by MLea
        Sep 26th

        The next letter in Dr Seuss’ book, On Beyond Zebra is “UM”.

        The first flavor that came to my mind, was umeboshi plum, which I just used in “WUM”.  I decided on “Umbrella Drink” and my favorite umbrella drink…Pina Colada.

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        The above photo is how I’ve always seen a Pina Colada presented, so I thought the 3 garnishes (paper umbrella, pineapple and maraschino cherry) were important details.  There are only 3 ingredients, so it seemed a simple flavor to replicate.

        For my first attempt at this letter, I thought I’d try making this recipe PALEO.  The main reason is that my friend, Mrs Chen, is currently eating PALEO and her birthday was last week, so I thought I’d kill two birds and make a cake that she could eat.  While she did like the cake, Mr Shuck spit it out.  It tasted a lot like pineapple quiche: not a great taste.  It contained: pineapple, almond flour, coconut milk, eggs and baking soda.  It needed sugar.  Lots of sugar.  And less eggs.  I didn’t attempt an icing since it was so horrible.

        It took a week for me to get another chance to try again.  My first stop was to the party store to pick up the umbrellas…$5 for 175!  If anyone who knows me needs paper umbrellas…

        I followed a recipe for pineapple cake that I found at Tidymom.net.   I substituted a splash of rum instead of vanilla extract and ended up adding more pineapple because the batter didn’t have a lot of flavor.   I ended up with 48 mini cupcakes, (which I baked for about 14 minutes) and 6 regular size (which I baked for 22 minutes).  The cakes browned nicely, but rose a little “lumpily”…

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        I guess the lumps add character.

        For the icing…I used whipped coconut cream.  I originally found the idea for this when I was searching for a PALEO friendly icing.   I used a conglomeration of suggestions from a couple of websites.   I started with 2 cans of coconut cream from Trader Joe’s.

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         I put the coconut cream in the refrigerator overnight so the fats would solidify.  I turned the cans upside down before opening them and drained off the coconut water that was on top of the cream (really on the bottom of the cans).  I wanted to make sure that the icing stayed stable all day, so I added some WhipIt, which is essentially just corn starch and dextrose.

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        I also added about 4 tablespoonfuls of evaporated cane juice (sugar) and 1-2 tablespoonfuls of vanilla bean paste (I didn’t measure, I just dumped some in.)  Then, I whipped the heck out of it until it was nice and fluffy.  It turned out to be thick enough to pipe.  I did end up with a couple of solid lumps of coconut, which clogged up the icing tip, but were easily picked out with a toothpick.

        I was a little hesitant to use maraschino cherries since they are usually artificially colored, but fortunately, I came across some at the grocery store that didn’t contain dye.

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        For the pineapple slices, I used dried pineapple rings from Trader Joes that I cut into sections with pointed ends and shoved into the cake.

        The end result…

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        Now…what to do for “HUMPF”?!?!?!

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        Posted in Mrs Shuck's Creations | Tagged coconut, pina colada, pineapple
      • PinkaBella

        Posted at 9:27 am by MLea
        May 29th

        So, we were in Redmond to take the pups to Marymoor and thought we’d stop by the cupcake place at Redmond Town Center…

        There were quite a few flavors available:

        Banana Split from PinkaBella: click to enlarge

        Grandma's Cookie Jar @ PinkaBella: click to enlarge

        Vanilla with Chocolate or Strawberry icing: click to enlarge

        Chocolate with Chocolate or Vanilla icing: click to enlarge

        Lemon with Lemon or Lavender Icing: click to enlarge

        Chocolate Peanut Butter: click to enlarge

        Pineapple Coconut: click to enlarge

        Mr Shuck chose the Pineapple Coconut.  The citrus rum cake was very flavorful and fairly moist.  It was topped with a creamy, slightly sweet icing studded with chunks of pineapple and coconut flakes.   I thought it was extremely cute and very much like a pina colada.  Rating: ♥♥♥.  I’d definitely go back to PinkaBella if I were in at Redmond Town Center and I’d get this cupcake again.

        French Toast from PinkaBella: click to enlarge.

        I chose the French Toast cupcake.  The vanilla cake was okay.  It seemed to have a cinnamon egg wash brushed on top.  This was the only part that reminded me of French Toast.  The cinnamon icing perched on top was also very creamy and not overly sweet.  Rating: ♥♥.  I liked this cupcake, but I’d probably try something else next time.

        Posted in Miscellaneous Bakeries | Tagged coconut, French toast, pineapple, PinkaBella
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