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Chicken and Chorizo Soft Tacos

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This dish pulls from two different recipes, one for grilled chicken and another for chorizo tacos!  All of the flavors meld well together, and the chicken is perfectly seasoned and tasty on its own! The chorizo adds something special to this otherwise traditional tex mex style taco. You will need: 2 lbs Skinless Chicken Tenderloins (tenders) 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 tsp salt 1/8 tsp ground pepper 1/4 tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp onion powder --- 15 oz (425g) uncooked chorizo sausage 1 1/2 cup grated cheese          (I used a mix of Monterey Jack, Cheddar, Queso Quesadilla and Asadero Cheese) 1 cup sour cream (low fat sub is fine) 15 small white corn tortillas (or flour tortillas if you prefer) Yield 15 small tacos 1.The first step is to cook the chorizo sausage.  To do this, remove the casing from the sausage(s).  This is easily done by squeezing the meat from the casing directly into your frying pan. 2. Cook on a medium heat until the chorizo begins browning.  Drain excess grease and press wit

Eggless Wedding Cupcakes (UK)

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Tajpal Dhamu Photography Okay, so it took me several months to get this up here!  I got married last November in a beautiful ceremony in east London.  The day before the wedding, my mum, one of my bridesmaids, and I were all baking around 140 cupcakes in a style reminiscent of Cupcake Wars.  It was great fun and the guests seemed to enjoy the cakes! Yield: 24 You will need 480g cake flour 240g sugar 1tsp baking soda 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 cup oil 2 cups milk 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar 30g vanilla bean paste IMPORTANT NOTE: To make a batch of cake flour if you cannot buy it, substitute 2 Tbsp of corn starch (corn flour UK) for every 1 cup of standard flour used.  The best way I found to do this was to take a cup measurement, add 2 Tbsp corn starch, and then fill the remainder of the cup with flour.  You then need to sift these ingredients together. 1. Sift cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.  Mix in sugar. 2. In a small bowl, add milk and vinegar.  Mix and let si

Rainbow Cupcakes

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The world's cheeriest cupcakes!  Perfect for summer parties, or in pastels for easter!  These cakes are easy to make, but a bit more time consuming than typical cupcakes.  To save time, and to get truer colors, I usually use a white cake mix. You will need: 1 box white cake mix batter prepared (or 1 recipe white cake batter) 6 small bowls Rainbow of food colourings (Red, Yellow, Blue required) Frosting recipe below! Yield: 20 cupcakes 1. You will need to divide the batter into six bowls.  1 bowl should have an extra 3 Tbsp of batter (this will be the red). 2. Dye each, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.  Without being too patronising, if you do not wish to invest heavily in food dye, orange, green, and purple can be made from red, yellow, and blue. The higher quality the food dye is, the more vibrant your results will be. 3. Line a cupcake tray with 20 wrappers. 4. Begin layering, starting with purple at the bottom.  Use only enough of each color batter to cover the previous