WIAW #35 + Spicy Jalapeno Cornbread

Hello loves! Welcome to this week's WIAW! Today, I have an extra goodie in store for you: a recipe for spicy jalapeno cornbread! Yummy! Delicious and dairy free. 

But first, let's WIAW. Below are some yummy things I ate this week!

{fruit} fresh pineapple {veggies} carrots & cauliflower {protein} tuna with earth balance mayo {soup} lentil with vegetables {dessert} homemade chocolate truffles 

Those truffles are SO. DELICIOUS. And at some point I will share the recipe with you - I made them with leftover chocolate from my chocolate fountain! I had like, eight cups of melted chocolate, and I didn't want to throw the chocolate away, so I made truffles.

Now... let's get spicy!

Spicy Jalapeno Cornbread {Dairy free}

1 1/4 c. cornmeal

3/4 c. all purpose flour

1/4 c. sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 t. cayenne pepper

1/4 c. oil

One egg

1 c. almond milk

1/2 c. jarred, sliced jalapenos 

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees, and then combine all dry ingredients in a bowl. 

2. In a separate bowl, combine wet ingredients and jalapenos. Mash the jalapenos lightly with a fork to thoroughly incorporate them into the batter. 

3. Slowly at dry ingredients, mixing until everything is combined.  

4. Using a cupcake or muffin pan, fill each muffin hole 3/4 of the way full with batter. 

5. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until cooked. Insert a toothpick unto the center of a muffin to check for doneness. If it comes out clean (no batter on the toothpick), it's done.

How easy peasy was that?! These corn muffins have texture to them, and you can tell there is real corn meal. I hate corn bread that is mostly flour with a bit of corn meal - what kind of corn bread is that?!

Give them a try. You'll love them.  

See you next week for the WIAW party! Stay tuned on FRIDAY for a new Fit Friday post... we're talking about fitness goals!

If you could turn any cookie into a cake, what would you choose?!

Cake Bread!

Good morning everyone!!! I'd like to start off this post by sharing a conversation that happened around 3am last night.. so awesome.

Pat: Were those vegan? (talking about my cake pops)

Jake: Does that bother you a little bit?

Pat: yeah.

Jake: It bothers me a little too. 

Me: Why does it bother you that its vegan?

Pat: Because they're good!

Cake Bread!!

First of all, I would like to thank the few people who commented on deciding on a career path. Reading your comments were extremely helpful. I'm still having a hard time deciding, but at least I'm thinking about this now! I've also been told by multiple I should take some business classes in case I want to open a bakery in the future. Good idea? Should I stay the extra semester at Xavier and take some business classes? So many decisons!!!

ANYWHO. :) YAY FINALS. right? wrong. boring, but we have to do it, right? I am probably one of the best procrastinators I know, and I stayed up until 430am last night (note: my final was at 830am today) "studying" .... aka eating food and watching TV with my friends in their apartment. At least my final wasn't too ridiculously hard!!

Another way I procrastinated was by.. dun dun dun.. cooking! Of course! So, yesterday I had my friends Pat, Jake, and Anna over for dinner. I made spaghetti with marinara, gnocchi with wilted spinach and butter sauce, cake pops (my first attempt - recipe to be posted later) and....CAKE  BREAD!

Cake bread started out as cake, but I didn't want to use up all my Earth Balance, so I used oil instead. Honestly, I think it tasted like a sweet cornbread because of the pan it was cooked in.. I could it in a 9 x 11 pan, which made the cake really thin. A no no. Please use a smaller square pan if you want to make a nice fluffy cake :) (A similar thing happened to the cake I used for my cake pops). anywhooo... this was supposed to be a grapefruit cake and it ended up tasting like sweet cornbread.. you could eat it with icing or with a bowl of chili. very versatile. Try it out!

Cake Bread
1/2 c. canola oil
1/2 c. grapefruit juice
3/4 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. flour
3 Ener-g egg replacers (powder form)
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. baking soda
1 c. milk substitute
1/4 t. salt

In a large bowl, combine oil, grapefruit juice, sugar, and milk substitute. Stir until well combined. Dump in all dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Spray a 9 x 11 baking pan with cooking spray and pour batter into pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes, until the top is a dark golden brown. Enjoy!

Is it cake? Is it bread? That's for you to decide (I personally would classify it as a corn bread). Like I said, this was surprisingly good, so give it a try and let me know what you think!
Also, I've decided to post a question at the end of each post for you guys to comment on - I love hearing what you have to say! (Inspired by Chef Katelyn)

What is your favorite "kitchen mistake" - where you tried to make something, it didn't turn out, but it still tasted amazing?