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 This is an American recipe for raspberry streusel bars.  Raspberry Streusel Bars: Crust: 1/2 cup (125g) melted butter 1/4 cup (50g) sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tbsp vanilla sugar dash salt 1 cup (125g) flour Filling: 3/4 cup (240g) raspberry jam 1 cup (120g) fresh raspberries Streusel: 1/2 cup (45g) oats 1/3 cup (70g) brown sugar 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1/4 cup (30g) flour 1/4 cup (60g) cold butter Preheat the oven to 300°F or 150°C. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper. Set aside.  To make the crust, combine flour, salt and sugar in a medium bowl. Stir in vanilla and melted butter. Knead if necessary. Mixture should be a thick dough.  Press into the bottom of the prepared baking pan. Bake for about 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Turn up oven to 350°F or 180°C.  Spoon raspberry jam over the crust. Place fresh raspberries on top.  In a mixing bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and flour. Cut in the butter until mixture resembles coarse ...

 This cake was for a friend's son who just returned from a trip abroad for two years. And he really loves dragons. So, this is a dragon-themed welcome home cake. This is 9-inch red velvet cake. I filled the cake with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream. I also frosted the cake with the buttercream. Then I chilled the cake in the fridge. I rolled out some red fondant and traced around this printout of a dragon I am using with a modelling tool. It left this imprint in the red fondant. Then I traced it again without the printout to make the lines more visible. Then I cut out the dragon. I placed the dragon on black fondant and cut around it to stabilize it. I placed it on a piece of cardboard to set aside for later. Then I frosted the cake again. I covered the cake with white fondant and trimmed it to shape. Then I placed the dragon on top of the cake. Then I rolled out a thin strip of red fondant and wrapped it around the cake, forming a tie in the front. Then I rolled out some black ...

 This citrusy orange American buttercream is great to add a bit of extra flavor to your baked goods. Orange American Buttercream: 1/2 cup (125g) butter 4 cups (500g) powdered sugar 1/2 tbsp orange zest 2-3 tbsp orange juice orange food coloring (optional) Cream butter.  Cream in orange zest. Slowly add powdered sugar alternately with orange juice keeping it at a buttercream consistency.   Add food coloring to make it orange, since it is not orange colored naturally. This buttercream is sweet with a subtle orange flavor.  Watch us make this simple recipe on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/uo3VwqF8PGY Schaut zu wie wir dieses einfache Rezept auf unserem YouTube Kanal machen hier:  https://youtu.be/852UhqBEjrc