Lobster bisque recipe is one of my favorite dishes, as it’s hard to beat this thick, creamy and highly-seasoned soup.

Bisque is a method of extracting every bit of flavor from imperfect crustaceans not good enough to send to market, or in this case, leftovers that cannot be used for anything else.

This lobster bisque recipe is easy to make, and it tastes so good that you must give it a try.

Lobster bisque recipe Ingredients:

• 3 Tablespoons butter
• 3 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 Teaspoon salt
• 1/8 Teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 Teaspoon celery salt
• 2 1/4 Cups milk
• 3/4 Cups chicken stock  
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons minced onion
• 1 1/2 Cups of cooked, shredded lobster meat
• 1/2 Tablespoon paprika

Lobster bisque recipe Preparations:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat
• Stir in the flour, salt, pepper and celery salt until well blended
• Gradually stir in the milk so that no lumps form, and then stir in the chicken stock
• Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the soup begins to thicken
• Add the onion and lobster; season with paprika
• Cook and stir for 10 more minutes
• Stir in the cream, heat through and serve

This lobster bisque recipe doesn’t take much time, and yet it delivers great lobster bisque!

You can find more lobster bisque recipe at the following links:

Lobster bisque recipe – recipe number 2

Lobster bisque recipe – recipe number 3

Happy Cooking J

This How to make fondant post is dedicated to Sarah.

Sarah read my post “how to make fondant” and followed my fondant recipe.

Here’s what she wrote me:

”
Greetings Cookduke,
After searching the internet for bridal shower cake ideas and deciding that I wanted to make a bow on top of my cake, I searched the web for a fondant recipe. Fortunately, I came upon your wonderful recipe and read through all the comments that were very encouraging to me. I have never used fondant before but wanted to give it a try because I love how smooth the cake looks (a look I can never achieve with regular icing). I started with 1/2 a batch just to get a feel for the fondant and to experiment with it. The cake turned out great. It isn’t perfect but it still looks good. It is a four layer 10? round cake with a fondant bow on top and gerbera daisy’s all around the sides. It was a wonderful learning experience. Thank you for sharing your fondant recipe. My next challenge will be trying to cut the cake. I am going to email you with a picture of the cake.
Thanks again,
Sarah
”

And then she sent these two beautiful pictures:

This cake is THE reason for me to post the “how to make fondant” recipe in the first place:

She found the recipe, trusted it, gave it a try and got a perfect result!

This cake should encourage everyone looking for a fondant recipe not to be afraid and to give it a try.

Simply follow this “how to make fondant” fondant recipe and you’ll get great results!

I’d appreciate if you send me pictures of the cakes you made so I can post it here.

And Sarah, great cake.

I couldn’t have made it better myself…

Happy Cooking

One of the most popular posts on my blog is the post called “how to make fondant“.

I love this posts for many reasons, but mainly because it’s the first post that got you readers more involved in my site.

I got dozens of questions asking how to make fondant, and now I get many replies from people who followed my fondant recipe and got great results.

Julie S didnt know how to make fondant, and although she used a chocolate fondant recipe, she used this fondant recipe for all decorations and look at this lovely cake she made (scroll down as there are other cakes made by some of you further down)

Here’s part of what Julie wrote:

“I used a fondant recipe almost identical to yours to make the decorations on this cake. 
It’s not perfect, but for a first attempt, I thought your readers might find it encouraging to see what someone with zero experience can do with your fondant recipe.”

And here are some of the pics:

As you see the fondant is in many different colors, you can learn how to color fondant in my post called… How to color fondant

Another reader who sent me a picture of a cake she made using my fondant recipe is Rosana M.

This is a part of what Rosana wrote:

“Well, I already did it without the Glycerin since I couldn’t find any and put the food dye right into the mix before it was done. 
In fact, I had so much fondant leftover, I gave it to my mother, who still has it and it looks the same as when I made it back in December!
 
It was all experimentation for me because I don’t bake….anything….ever.
 
Needless to say the family was pretty surprised. 
The cake was a my tribute to Heath in Dark Knight. 
I was wanting it to be more dimensional but I figured just keep it simple”

And here’s the pictures she sent (a little scary, but brilliant as an a tribute to the dark knight) :

And last, but definately not least is Nena S.

Here’s part of what Nena wrote:

“As requested, I am sending you a couple of pictures of the “Terrible Towel” Cake! 
 
Originally I was going to make a second cake…a football helmet…had it all baked and everything then I decided it was going to be too large to go on top of the sheet cake.
 
SO, I just used your ABSOLUTELY PERFECT fondant recipe and made the little helmets, footballs, and the Pittsburgh Steelers logo in both corners. 
 
I can’t tell you how happy I am with your recipe!  I have a professional grade stand mixer that I cheated with…it does all of the kneading and color distribution much better than I could by hand.  
 
Thanks again!”

And here are the two pictures she sent:

I’m posting this posts for two reasons:

1. To show you the great work of those amazing three ladies

2. To show you how easy it is to make fondant

3. To tell you how happy it makes me when people respond to my posts

So, please feel free to send more questions, reviews and pictures if you use any of my recipes

Happy Cooking

Many of my readers asked me how to color fondant after reading my post Fondant Recipe for the best Fondant Icing

There are two main reasons to color fondant:

1. To color fondant so the cake looks just like you want it to
2. To color fondant as the cake itself is too dark that it “shades” the white fondant color

This post is entirely about how to color fondant, if you want to make the fondant from scratch, read my previous post describing how to make Fondant Recipe

I hope this post answers how to color fondant, and I’ll do my best to answer any future questions you have.

So, How to Color Fondant:

1. Roll the fondant into a ball on your counter and smash it out a bit until it’s soft and pliable
   
2. Make a pit in the fondant, and using a toothpick add dots of icing color into the pit (use a clean toothpic each time you dip it in the color).
   
   The important thing is to add just a little of the concentrated icing color at a time and then knead it over and over until you get an even spread of the color
3. If the fondant is still too pale, use the same procedure to add in more color, but make sure you use a fresh toothpick every time you dip it into the color
   
4. Once you finish to color the fondant, shape it to the shape of disks, wrap each fondant disk in plastic and place in an airtight container so the fondant keeps soft

How to Color Fondant – Tips:

• Wear All-Purpose Gloves on youe hands before you start to color fondant, so you your hands stain-free
• To color fondant, use Gel food color and not the liquid drops that you get from the grocery store.
  Liquid food colors will make the fondant too wet and will not give the same intensity.
  (The only exception to this rule is if you’re using an airbrush, as airbrush food colors are water based. When using an airbrush you’re not brushing and the spray is so light, it won’t hurt the fondant)
• Remember that it is easier to add color to the fondant than take it out, so start with a little amounts of color and add more as you need to
• When you come to color fondant, color more Fondant than you’ll need as it’s nearly impossible to match the color again if you need a little extra fondant
• Note that the fondant colors will darken slightly overnight and will fade if Fondant is left in the light for a long time

Happy Cooking J

Another great Banana Cake Recipe

This is the second Banana Cake Recipe I post, hope you’ll find it as tasty as I did.

If you ever tried a banana cake recipe, you already know it’s one of the best cakes there is – Easy to make, moist, aromatic and sooooo tasty

In fact, the most difficult task in making a banana cake recipe is to stop eating when the cake is done J

This recipe is a banana and nuts cake recipe.

Banana Cake Recipe Ingredients:

• 3 yellow, soft bananas, peeled and mashed
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/2 cup of unsalted butter
• 2 Eggs
• 1 1/2 cup of all purpose flour
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• 4 tbsp of buttermilk
• 1tsp of baking soda
• 1 cup Chopped walnuts
• 1 pinch of salt

Banana Cake Recipe Directions:

• Preheat the oven to 180ºc
• Grease and flour the cake pan
• Mix the flour, baking soda and salt In a small bowl
• Separate the eggs and keep aside
• Cream the butter and sugar
• Add the eggs’ yolks and vanilla extract and beat well
• Add the mashed bananas
• Add the flour mixture and the buttermilk to the creamed mixture, mix a little, just till combined
• Stir in the nuts
• Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold the batter in the egg whites
• Gently pour the batter into the pan
• Bake at 180ºc for 30 minutes (to make sure it’s ready, insert a skewer into the mixture and make sure it comes out clean and dry)
• Remove from the oven and set aside to cool

I hope you’ll love this banana cake recipe, I know I just love it!

You are welcome to try my previous Banana Cake Recipe, and you’re more than welcome to leave a comment on my blog.

Happy cooking