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| − | + | And it didn't stop there. Each night, Danica was working hard in the kitchen, preparing her entries as her grandparents, Isabelle and Frank Kercimar of Allentown, called in with tips and advice.Danica's grandparents were part of a family team. Her [url=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Tory-Burch-Bootie]Tory Burch Bootie[/url] dad, Tim Schofer, made trips to the store for supplies and ingredients.Her mom, Diane Kercimar Schofer, says, I am the sous chef that cleans up. Danica's family supported her, even when disaster struck.At one point, Danica was baking an apple pie. Danica told me, 'This is a good one,' Diane says.Danica and her mom realized, however, the oven had started to smoke, caused by dripping juice from the pie. Their attempt to rescue it from the smoky oven ended in catastrophe the pie fell to the floor. We started over at 1:30 a.m., Diane says.It's that determination that helped Danica earn those six ribbons at her first Allentown Fair appearance.Danica takes her baking seriously. You have to be very precise in the recipe and the measurements, Danica says. Sometimes you can add things to be more creative. I like a challenge. Danica's flavors are layered, balanced and textural, requiring a precise hand.Take her winning angel food cake, for example.Making a good angel food cake isn't easy. Any mistake in technique can cause you to have a flat, dense, chewy (and inedible) cake.Danica's was like a cloud, and like any good angel food cake, it was the perfect canvas for delicious add-ons such as drizzle, frosting and icing.Danica's angel food cake featured a [url=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Michael-Kors-Bag-Sale]Michael Kors Bag Sale[/url] raspberry buttercream filling and a seven-minute icing (a simple frosting made with egg whites and sugar), a white chocolate drizzle and fresh raspberry toppings.Her complex Mocha Choco-Coco Brownies took home top honors at the fair's Chocolate Cookie, Brownie or Bar Baking Contest. Danica's brownie was a multi-layered fudgy treat with chocolate coconut, coffee buttercream and mocha ganache layers.Both her angel food cake and her brownies are now eligible for entry for the 2015 Pa. Farm Show competition in Harrisburg in January. Danica plans to keep going.She also won with her No Bake Chocolate Espresso Pie at the fair's Best No Bake Dessert contest.Family tradition is baked into everything Danica makes. Adorning the mocha/chocolately mousse pie were rum balls made from Danica's grandmother's recipe.Danica took home second-place awards for: Blue Ribbon Apple Pie, Chocolate Cake and Pampered Chef Cookie Independent Cooking Consultants Original Cookie Contest.Danica's family also attributes her success to their strong Catholic faith. Everyone should have faith in God, Danica says, With him, everything is possible. So what does the future hold? A strong student, Danica likes to bake but [url=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Tory-Burch-Messenger-Bag]Tory Burch Messenger Bag[/url] also enjoys dance as well as singing opera.Diane says her daughter competed not for herself but to make her family proud. She offered her ribbons to her and other awards to her grandparents. She's really doing this for them, Diane says.Coming Sept. 17 and 24: More Allentown Fair winning recipestwitter @jenwsheehan610-820-6628 Copyright 2014, | |
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And it didn't stop there. Each night, Danica was working hard in the kitchen, preparing her entries as her grandparents, Isabelle and Frank Kercimar of Allentown, called in with tips and advice.Danica's grandparents were part of a family team. Her [url=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Tory-Burch-Bootie]Tory Burch Bootie[/url] dad, Tim Schofer, made trips to the store for supplies and ingredients.Her mom, Diane Kercimar Schofer, says, I am the sous chef that cleans up. Danica's family supported her, even when disaster struck.At one point, Danica was baking an apple pie. Danica told me, 'This is a good one,' Diane says.Danica and her mom realized, however, the oven had started to smoke, caused by dripping juice from the pie. Their attempt to rescue it from the smoky oven ended in catastrophe the pie fell to the floor. We started over at 1:30 a.m., Diane says.It's that determination that helped Danica earn those six ribbons at her first Allentown Fair appearance.Danica takes her baking seriously. You have to be very precise in the recipe and the measurements, Danica says. Sometimes you can add things to be more creative. I like a challenge. Danica's flavors are layered, balanced and textural, requiring a precise hand.Take her winning angel food cake, for example.Making a good angel food cake isn't easy. Any mistake in technique can cause you to have a flat, dense, chewy (and inedible) cake.Danica's was like a cloud, and like any good angel food cake, it was the perfect canvas for delicious add-ons such as drizzle, frosting and icing.Danica's angel food cake featured a [url=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Michael-Kors-Bag-Sale]Michael Kors Bag Sale[/url] raspberry buttercream filling and a seven-minute icing (a simple frosting made with egg whites and sugar), a white chocolate drizzle and fresh raspberry toppings.Her complex Mocha Choco-Coco Brownies took home top honors at the fair's Chocolate Cookie, Brownie or Bar Baking Contest. Danica's brownie was a multi-layered fudgy treat with chocolate coconut, coffee buttercream and mocha ganache layers.Both her angel food cake and her brownies are now eligible for entry for the 2015 Pa. Farm Show competition in Harrisburg in January. Danica plans to keep going.She also won with her No Bake Chocolate Espresso Pie at the fair's Best No Bake Dessert contest.Family tradition is baked into everything Danica makes. Adorning the mocha/chocolately mousse pie were rum balls made from Danica's grandmother's recipe.Danica took home second-place awards for: Blue Ribbon Apple Pie, Chocolate Cake and Pampered Chef Cookie Independent Cooking Consultants Original Cookie Contest.Danica's family also attributes her success to their strong Catholic faith. Everyone should have faith in God, Danica says, With him, everything is possible. So what does the future hold? A strong student, Danica likes to bake but [url=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Tory-Burch-Messenger-Bag]Tory Burch Messenger Bag[/url] also enjoys dance as well as singing opera.Diane says her daughter competed not for herself but to make her family proud. She offered her ribbons to her and other awards to her grandparents. She's really doing this for them, Diane says.Coming Sept. 17 and 24: More Allentown Fair winning recipestwitter @jenwsheehan610-820-6628 Copyright 2014,
