When you are thinking about serving dessert at your next
party, consider offering your guests one of these
delicious, homemade desserts. I have found that of all the
desserts I have served, these are my "Top 3 Most Requested
Delicious Desserts" (in no particular order). Enjoy!
Number One Most Requested Delicious Dessert--Raspberry
White Chocolate Dream Bars
1 box white cake mix
1/3 cup evaporated milk
1-1/2 sticks melted butter
1 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup seedless raspberry jam
12 oz. white chocolate chips
Combine cake mix, milk, butter and nuts. Makes a very gooey
dough. Spray a 9 x 13 pan and spread half of the dough into
the bottom of the pan. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees.
Melt the jam in the microwave (about a minute) and spread
on top of hot crust. Immediately sprinkle chocolate chips
over jam. Crumble remaining dough on top and bake an
additional 20-25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting.
For bigger parties, this recipe easily doubles and can be
made in a 15 x 10 pan.
Once you get the hang of this technique, you can think of
all sorts of combinations. How about using chocolate cake
with mint chips? Or lemon cake with white chocolate?
Number Two Most Requested Delicious Dessert--Chocolate
Amaretto Bundt Cake
1 pkg. chocolate devil's food cake mix
1 small pkg. instant chocolate pudding mix
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1-1/2 oz. Amaretto liqueur
1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 cup fresh raspberries (optional)
1/2 cup seedless raspberry jam (optional)
Whipped cream (optional)
Glaze
1 stick butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup Amaretto
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine first 6 ingredients
and blend well. Stir in chips. Grease and flour a bundt
pan. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.
Melt glaze ingredients in a saucepan or microwave. Pour 2/3
of glaze over top of cake while cake is hot from oven and
still in pan. Allow cake to remain in pan for 25 minutes.
Remove cake from pan and drizzle with remaining glaze.
When I make this cake dessert, I fill the middle with fresh
raspberries and present it on my grandmother's crystal
pedestal cake stand which is very dramatic.
Just before serving, I make a raspberry sauce by melting
the jam in the microwave.
Each lucky guest gets a plate with some of the sauce, a
slice of cake, a few berries and some whipped cream. Yum!
Number Three Most Requested Delicious Dessert--Mystic Mint
Cookies
These are melt-in-your-mouth heaven!
Dough
1 cup sugar
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
2 squares (1 oz. each) unsweetened chocolate, melted and
cooled
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Mix sugar, butter, vanilla, egg and unsweetened chocolate.
Stir in flour and salt.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart
onto ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten each cookie with
fingertips. Bake until set, about 8 minutes. Remove to
cooling racks and cool completely.
Peppermint Frosting
2-1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter, softened
3 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
Mix all frosting ingredients until smooth and of spreading
consistency.
Chocolate Drizzle
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter, softened
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1-6 oz. package semisweet chocolate chips
Simmer all drizzle ingredients over low heat. Stir
constantly until butter and chocolate are melted.
Spread peppermint frosting over cooled cookies then drizzle
each with chocolate mixture. Leave on counter for 2-3 hours
until frosting is set.
If you serve any of these homemade desserts, you can count
on your guests being very happy. And I will bet that you
will be handing out recipes, just like I do at my house.
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Sandee Lembke from Theme Party Queen.com
(http://www.theme-party-queen.com ) invites you to visit
her site for more great theme party ideas and recipes.
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