Hawaiian Salmon Rolls

Perfect little finger snacks; sweet, savory, and a total crowd-pleaser. 

Ingredients:

4 packages of set of 4 Hawaiian sweet rolls

Cream cheese

Smoked salmon slices

Sliced breakfast ham

Oregano

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 

Slice roll in half and smear cream cheese in each half. Place a slice of salmon and a slice of ham between the halves. Top rolls with oregano. 

Place in oven for 10-15 minutes or until cream cheese is melty creamy and bun is slightly toasted.

This will not cook the salmon thoroughly, so please be advised that this does contain raw fish.

Chicken Flatbread Pizza

Healthy and tasty, I adore this twist in traditional pizza with a delicious flatbread. You can add virtually any favorite toppings, but here's something to get you started. 

Ingredients:

Package of flatbreads from the local grocery

1 can pizza sauce

Chopped chicken breasts

Chopped onions

Chopped spinach

Chopped cauliflower

Chopped mushrooms

Feta cheese crumbles

Shredded cheddar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

Place flatbreads in a baking sheet and bake for 7 minutes. This will prevent the bread from becoming soggy. 

Top cooled flatbread with pizza sauce and desired toppings. Place in oven for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted and pizza is headed through (cooking time can depend on toppings).

Pumpkin Shaped Spice Cake

Yet another pinterest project, but I just couldn't resist!! It's the cutest Halloween decoration and hello its EDIBLE and delicious! Plus its just fun to do something a little different with such a staple at my house. Yes, cake is a staple, I bake for every occasion!! This may look a bit intimidating but I assure you this is a SUCH an easy project, and if I would have had some foresight (which I of course will share with you) then it would have turned out even cuter! This will take about 4 hours to complete so I recommend starting early, since each cake will have to bake about 1 hour each, plus cooling time, & frosting time.

Ingredients:

2 boxes of cake mix - I suggest pumpkin, spice, carrot, or any other fall inspired flavor

correlating ingredients for your respective mix (i.e. eggs, water, butter, oil, milk, etc.)

Bundt pan

3 cans of orange icing, or can use white icing and red & yellow food coloring to make orange

1 can chocolate icing

Green decorative icing

Flat bottomed ice cream cones (green or brown desired), kit kats, or stem-making item (get creative!)

Begin by baking both cakes according to package directions in a greased Bundt pan, and let cakes cool thoroughly before icing. If you have read my prior posts you know I like to put my own twist on box cake mixes, the Rule is: substitute milk instead of water, add an egg, and substitute butter for oil and double the amount.

Place one cake round side down on plate and spread a layer of orange icing over the flat surfacec before placing the other cake round side up on top. 

Dirty ice cake with a thin layer of orange icing and refrigerate 30 min to set icing. Frost cake with remainder of frosting finishing with vertical strokes with a flat piping bag attachment.

To make stem, frost ice cream cone with chocolate icing if you could not find a green or brown one. Place ice cream cone in center of cake. Frost leaves and vine with green icing with a small round piping bag attachment. I did not have any ice cream cones since I made this cake partially on a whim so I stuck a plastic cup down the center of my cake and tied about 8 Kit Kats together with a green ribbon and set them on top of the cup in the middle of the cake.

To create the face, place chocolate icing in piping bag or ziplock bag with hole cut in the tip and draw on a pumpkin or jack-o-lantern face with a small round attachment. Accent with candies if desired.