Month: February 2019

Local Business Spotlight with Jennifer DaPonte

I met with a good friend of mine, Jennifer DaPonte of South Coast Home Sales, to shoot a video about my various business interests. The Portuguese American Mom, StacyCakes and SC Events. (If you look up at the top of your screen on your PC you will see a tab for StacyCakes and if you are on a mobile device you can just scroll to the last part of the menu button for an easy way to get there.) Jen is a wonderful realtor. She sold my last house and has sold many homes of people I have referred over to her, but one of her specialties is working with buyers. Jen has a special way of connecting with people and sensing what it is exactly that they are looking for in a property and then guiding them through the whole process. She knows the market in Southeastern MA and RI inside and out, so if you are looking to buy or sell, a full time realtor like Jen is the way to go for sure! If you would like to find out more about her and what she does, please contact her here –> SouthCoast Home Sales with Jennifer DaPonte

In this video we talk about my business interests and Jen did a fast forward video of me decorating this Salted Caramel Drip Cake. Drip cakes are all the rage in cake decorating today and I had a lot of fun with this one adding on caramel pop corn, pretzels and cookies! Check it out!

If you are in the local Southeastern MA and RI area, check out one of my events at Adagio Restaurant and Lounge in Fall River, MA.
StacyCakes and SC Events

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dinner-with-chase-and-marshall-tickets-56012069608?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR1cl6_gJlSd-N8iDwWU07dLQXWKEc2lI0FJZXeyES3cumLHyDxXo21GAUA

Buy tix through Eventbrite or right at Adagio Restaurant in Fall River, MA

Bacon Crack

This recipe may be the absolute easiest recipe in my repertoire and is by far one of my most requested. It is simple, straight forward, different and delicious! Once you place the sweet, savory, salty, chewy, crunchy goodness in your mouth, the name will not be lost on you. Each time this little morsel of goodness is bitten into, it inevitably leads to another and another! It is something of an addiction. I recently brought a tray to a PTO fundraiser for my volunteers and by the end of the day I had been dubbed the PTO crack dealer!

Start with cold bacon out of the fridge and cut it in half. I like to cut right through the package. This makes life a little easier than fighting with raw slippery bacon. Note: Do not use thick cut bacon.

Even though I am using a non-stick sheet pan, I am covering it with parchment paper. Do not skip this step! Hot molten brown sugar is like glue. You don’t want to fight with your pan when it is time to serve up these little treats, but more over, you probably really don’t want to struggle when clean up comes along!

Now, lay out each half piece of bacon individually and lay one club cracker on top if each, salt side down.

Next, pack a teaspoon with light brown sugar.

Place each spoonful of brown sugar on top if each club cracker.

Now fold bacon over top and bottom.

It should look like you have a little bed of sugar with a bacon blanket.

Once you have gone through your entire package of bacon, you’ve come to the end of what you need to do.

Place tray in a pre-heated 225 degree F oven for 2 1/2 hrs. Che k to be sure they look nice and crispy and cooked through. The sugar should be molten and the entire little morsel will have become one.

Bacon Crack

Ingredients:

1 16 oz. Pkg regular cut bacon (not thick cut), cut in half

1 cup light brown sugar

2 small sleeves Club crackers

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 225°F. Place separated bacon slices on parchment lined sheet pan. Place one Club cracker on each piece if bacon. Add 1 tsp. Packed brown sugar to each cracker. Wrap each cracker and sugar with the bacon. Place sheet pan in oven and check at 2 1/2 hours. When bacon looks crisp and cooked through, recipe is done. (If not done, bake an additional 15-30 mins.) Allow to cool, carefully remove from pan and serve. Enjoy!