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Angel Food Cake with Berries & Fresh Whipped Cream Made Easy

Angel Food Cake with Berries & Fresh Whipped Cream Made Easy

Posted 18 May 2010 | By Betty | Categories: Recipe: Dessert | No Comments

Share Happy Birthday my Love! For my husband’s birthday I made him one of his favorites desserts and made it look awesome with very little effort. Ingredients: Angel Food Cake: Store bought! (Can you make your own? Yes, but why when the store is just as good. Make sure it’s fresh and doesn’t have artificial [...]

Chocolate Covered Apple Bites … Perfect little dessert

Chocolate Covered Apple Bites … Perfect little dessert

Posted 10 April 2010 | By Betty | Categories: Recipe: Dessert | 2 Comments

Share Here’s a quick and easy dessert that is sure to be a winner with both adults and kids.  These are chocolate covered pieces of apple with crushed pretzels. Easy to do in just a couple of steps! Crush Pretzels and set aside Melt chocolate of choice over a double boiler Cut apples in bit [...]

Searching for ideas for Halloween treats?

Posted 25 October 2009 | By Betty | Categories: Recipe: Dessert | No Comments

Share you’re not the only one…. catching up on some reading and it seems like one of most popular searches are“Halloween cookies”http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Halloween+Cookies&cs=bz&fr=fp-tts-701 Thought it was interesting how so many people are looking to make some spooky treats. How fun! If you’re looking for a little meal before all the sweets – you may want to [...]

Crashed and Burned… leave well enough alone!

Posted 29 January 2009 | By Betty | Categories: Recipe: Dessert | No Comments

Share Ok, maybe I didn’t totally “crash and burn” on my attempt for a healthier cookie, but the kids didn’t like it and I must admit, it wasn’t my favorite either.   I made chocolate chip cookies using unbleached whole wheat flour and raw sugar instead of refined white sugar. I did use regular unsalted butter, brown [...]

Splenda Recipes for Diabetics

Posted 31 October 2008 | By Betty | Categories: Recipe: Dessert | No Comments

Share I had a friend ask me about recipes using Splenda because they found out they are now diabetic… so I thought I’d share the information I shared with them: My colleague, Rita Heikenfeld, is a fabulous chef and she has several Splenda recipes on her website – I’ve searched her site and this is [...]

Relish’s Modern Tapas Wins Me Over

Posted 29 May 2008 | By Betty | Categories: Recipe: Dessert, Restaurant Review | No Comments

Share Finally, a restaurant in the Mason, Ohio that is unique, moderately priced with great food. I enjoyed a wonderful lunch the other day at Relish. Between my friend and me we ate 4 small plates and shared dessert. The restaurant was clean and comfortable, the waiter and hostess friendly and welcoming. We had the [...]

Making Christmas Cookies

Posted 15 December 2007 | By Betty | Categories: Family Time, Recipe: Dessert | No Comments

Share It’s a very snowy day in Cincinnati and it’s the perfect time to make cookies. I’m making sugar cookies, from the Cooking Light magazine today — I can’t wait for the kids to start cutting out the dough. This is great family time – My wishes for some family time for you too in [...]

Orange Butter Cakes

Posted 18 November 2007 | By Betty | Categories: Recipe: Dessert | No Comments

Share This is light and fresh. Great for dessert, wonderful for breakfast! 3 oranges — large4 tablespoons brown sugar6 tablespoons unsalted butter — melted 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature1/2 cup granulated sugarZest from 1 orange2 eggs1 cup flour1 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon salt1/4 cup heavy cream1 teaspoon vanilla paste (or extract)1 cup (approx) Creme [...]

Creme Anglaise

Posted 18 November 2007 | By Betty | Categories: Recipe: Dessert | No Comments

Share Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method——– ———— ——————————– 2 large egg yolk 2 tablespoons cornstarch 5 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 cup 1% low-fat milk 1 cup heavy cream 1 teaspoon vanilla paste In a microwavable bowl, heat up the milk and cream for 2 minutes to warm up. In a saucepan, whisk together the [...]