Wanna be Cooking Champ!

Hi everyone! It's Annabelle.  Remember how I said I LOVE cooking? Well my brothers got sick this weekend so we spent a lot of time stuck in the house.  We watched Chopped and Kids Baking Championship on Netflix.  So fun to watch! Of course after I saw those I just had to do some cooking myself.  I begged my mom and finally she said yes!! I got to make dinner and dessert.  We had pasta with Alfredo sauce for dinner.  We used heavy whipping cream, flour, butter, grated parmesan cheese, garlic, salt, pepper, and sour cream for the sauce.  It's a perfect dinner for a beginner because you can use as much or as little of the ingredients as you like. I would make my sauce then taste it and add more of something if I wanted to. I felt just like a real cook!
For dessert we made a yummy chocolate sheet cake. You even had to cook the icing. We were worried that there would be too much icing and it would run all over, but it didn't. And it was so delicious!! Maybe you can cook it for your family too!
Here's the recipe we used:

Grandma's Chocolate Sheet Cake
1 Cup butter
1/4 Cup cocoa
1 Cup water

2 Cups flour
2 Cups sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 eggs
1/2 Cup of buttermilk (or sour cream, or plain yogurt)

Preheat oven to 350*. (Grease a 11x17 inch pan.)
In a large sauce pan, combine the butter, cocoa, and water. Bring to a boil then cool to room temperature.

Add remaining cake ingredients and beat until smooth. Pour into prepared pan. Bake about 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Frost cake while HOT.

Frosting:
1/2 Cup butter (1 stick)
1/2 cocoa
5-6 Tbsp of milk
4 1/2 Cups of powdered sugar
1 tsp of vanilla

Make frosting by combining all ingredients in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Pour hot frosting on hot cake. Let cool completely before serving.



The next night I had to cook again, I just love it so much! We had taco salad for dinner and my mom let me cook the meat.
Do you love to cook? What have you tried? Tell me your experience in the kitchen!

love,

Annabelle