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 I thought it would be nice to have an alternative recipe for white cake. This one is from Betty Crocker. White Cake: 2 cups (250g) flour 1 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 3/4 cup (180g) butter 1 1/2 cups (300g) sugar 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract or 1 1/2 tbsp vanilla sugar 1 cup (225mL) milk 5 egg whites Separate the eggs. Beat egg whites to stiff peaks and set aside. Cream butter. Beat in sugar, baking powder and salt. Add vanilla. Alternate adding 1/3 of the flour. And half the milk. 1/3 flour. 1/2 milk. 1/3 flour. Scrape the sides. Fold in egg whites. Bake at 325°F or 170°C for 30-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. This cake gets a brown outside, but the inside is gorgeous and white. It's light and fluffy and lovely. Watch us make this cake on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/pDiCDs2dr8Q Schaut zu wie wir diesen Kuchen auf unserem YouTube Kanal machen hier: https://youtu.be/ojDYSmtvSWY

 This is a simple version of the classic French bread recipe. Baguettes: 4 cups (500g) flour 1 1/2 cups (375mL) warm water 2 tsp salt 1 tbsp dry yeast 1 tbsp honey Combine flour and salt. In a separate bowl, activate yeast by combining yeast, warm water and honey.  Stir yeast mixture with flour mixture until you can't anymore. Knead dough together until soft but not sticky.  Allow to rise 3 times, kneading once an hour.  Form into baguette shapes. Cover and allow to rise half an hour.  Score with a knife.   Bake in preheated oven at 450°F or 230°C for 20 minutes with a dish of water in the oven. Remove the water halfway through. These baguettes are light and fluffy inside. And crispy crusty on the outside. Bon appetit! Watch us make this fluffy bread on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/aggloddl8-w Schaut zu wie wir dieses fluffige Brot auf unserem YouTube Kanal machen hier: https://youtu.be/mnXP6Ml1Hao

 This is a continuation of our ice cream series and this one is a favorite of lots of people: chocolate chip cookie dough.  Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream: 4 cups or 1 L of vanilla ice cream 1/2 recipe edible cookie dough rolled into balls and frozen  First of all, prepare the edible cookie dough balls. You will need very small balls.  You want them to be small enough to fit on your spoon, so just a tiny pinch and roll it in a ball. I placed them in a lunch box. This is a step the kids can help with. Place these in the freezer overnight.  Then, to make it into ice cream, allow the ice cream to sit out for an hour or place in the microwave for one minute. Stir until smooth.  Fold in the cookie dough balls.  They can stick together a bit.  Pour the mixture back into the ice cream container. Freeze for two hours.  Stir once through to make sure the cookie dough balls don’t all fall to the bottom. Freeze for at least 4 hours....

 I have always found the term "edible cookie dough" very ironic. Because cookie dough had better be edible, or the cookies won't be edible. Of course, what is meant by that is that the cookie dough is meant to be eaten in dough form. So, here's my recipe for "edible" cookie dough. "Edible" Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough: 1/2 cup (125g) butter 1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar 1/3 cup (70g) sugar 3-4 tbsp cream 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract or 1 1/2 tbsp vanilla sugar 1 1/2 cups (180g) flour 1/4 tsp salt 1 cup (150g) chocolate chips Cream butter.  Cream sugars and vanilla and salt with the butter.  Add 3 tbsp cream.  Beat in flour. If the mixture is too dry to make a dough, add another tablespoon of cream until it comes together in the right texture. Fold in chocolate chips. This cookie dough is exactly what you would look for for an indulgent snack. It is quite heavy to eat, however, so is meant to be eaten sparingly. Watch us make this indulgent recipe on our Y...