Sunday, October 31, 2010

A giveaway and a yummy Apple Pie Bar recipe

Happy Halloween to all you zombies, monsters and ghosts out there gathering around your witch's brew. I hope your Saturday night parties were great fun and that you are spending more time treating than tricking.

I, did just that for the passed few days. Lots and lots of treats... Oof!!!! If it wasn't for the love of making treats, I think sugar and I would have to go on a break for a while...

Gluten-free chocolate cake pops, with added kicks of Nutella, Frangelico and Amaretto liqueur

 This guy here, is my favorite!!!!!

On another fun note, a week and a half ago, I was interviewed online along with the East Coast Canadians featured in the Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook. A few days later I received my copy and my excitement went through the roof. It really only hit me then, how proud I am to be featured amongst all the amazing food bloggers from all over the world and their delicious recipes. I mean, I have been estatic ever since I found out, but until I was actually flipping through the pages, it all just felt unreal. Thanks so much to the people at Andrews McMeel Publishing and Foodista for the chance to be in this first ever social media cookbook.

As that wasn't cool enough, there is a sale promotion for the book on November 3rd, between 10 and 11 am PDT / 1-2 pm Eastern Time, and Foodista is holding a giveaway with really cool prizes. Go ahead and enter to win!!! I can't wait to see how this turns out :)



Now, onto yummy things.... Apple Pie Bar!!!! This is of course, from THE book, and the author is The Runaway Spoon in Memphis.
  • 1 cup vegetable oil (I used 3/4 cup)
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar (I used 1/2 cup, and 1.5 cup apple syrup that I saved from this apple pie)
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 3 large baking apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped ( I didn't have any! So no apples in mine...)
  • 6 ounces butterscotch chips (I used a handful)
Heat the oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray (I used an 8x8 because I figured without the apples, it wouldn't take up a 9x13)
In the bowl of an electric mixer, thoroughly combine the oil, eggs and sugar.  Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, soda and spices together in a bowl, then add to the oil mixture in the mixer, beating until thoroughly mixed.  The batter will be thick.
Use a sturdy spoon to stir in the apple pieces.  Scrape the mixture into the prepared pan, spreading it out evenly.  Sprinkle the butterscotch chips over the top, pressing them into the batter lightly.
Bake for 45 minutes to one hour, until the golden and pulling away from the sides of the pan slightly.
Cool thoroughly and cut into squares.

As I am blogging this, pieces have already started to disappear from the baking pan. Yes, it's REALLY yummy! Enjoy and I hope you enter to win! (P.S: I don't have any financial gain from sales of the book. This stems purely from passion and support)

9 comments:

Koci said...

That zombie cake pop is just too cute! You wouldn't usually think to describe a zombie as "cute" but yours is adorable!

Tara said...

I'm with Koci...that zombie cake pop is adorable!

Anonymous said...

So great! Love your monster pops

Mrsblocko said...

Squeee! I <3 that zombie. The Jack Skellington lookin pumpkin one is pretty cool too.

"Tramie" said...

Thanks guys!!!!!! Yes, that was one special zombie in my heart... <3

Unknown said...

LOVE the zombie!!! plus have my cake pops look like this so now I have a way to make them cute and acceptable! lol

hugs! Kim @ Party Frosting!

"Tramie" said...

@Kim LOL! Thank you so much! Im sure your cakepops are gonna be adorable ;)Hugs back!

Alissa said...

Hi there. Any way you can provide a tutorial for the zombie cake pop included in this post? Or reference a recipe/decorating for it? Perhaps I'm blind but I don't see it... Thanks!

"Tramie" said...

Hi Alissa! You can find a link to an explanation on how I accodentally created the little guy on this post here
http://bakingatmidnight.blogspot.ca/2011/09/two-weeks-ago-i-was-speechless-to-see.html?m=1