Chocolate Whipped Cream Layer Cake is a Delicious and Cooling Summer Dessert

Chocolate Whipped Cream Layer Cake is a Delicious and Cooling Summer Dessert Hot summer days remind me of my mother's chocolate whipped cream layer cake. My mother, an excellent baker, was famous for her orange sponge cake. She didn't bake sponge cake in the summer, however, because she didn't want to heat up the kitchen. Instead, Mom bought a sponge loaf from the store. She cut the cake into layers and frosted the layers and sides with chocolate whipped cream.

Cream cakes, or ice box cakes as they used to be called, have been around for years. Fannie Farmer's "Boston Cooking School Cook Book," first published in 1898, contains a recipe for French Cream Filling. The filling is made with heavy cream, powdered sugar, a stiffly-beaten egg white, and vanilla. The wartime edition of "The Victory Cook Book" has a recipe that is almost identical to Fannie Farmer's recipe. Gelatin powder is added to the whipping cream to keep it stiff. The original "Joy of Cooking" by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion rombauer Becker, also has a recipe for whipped cream frosting, only they call it Sweetened Whipped Cream and Creme Chantilly Frosting. Their recipe has many variations: almond cream (toasted slivered almonds or almond paste), toasted coconut, orange marmalade or other jam, and fresh berries, to list a few. In her two-volume book, the "Modern Encylopedia of Cooking," Meta Given devotes an entire section to refrigerated cakes and ice box cakes. "Refrigerated Cakes are ideal party cakes because they are usually made the day before they are served," she writes. Certainly, I felt like I was at a party every time I ate Mom's Chocolate Whipped Cream Layer Cake. You will turn an ordinary meal into a party when you serve this creamy, chocolaty, and decadent dessert. Ingredients 1 10.75-ounce frozen pound cake 1 1/2 cups heavy cream 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin powder 2 tablespoons water 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup (Mom used Hershey's.) 1 dark chocolate candy bar Method Cut defrosted pound cake into three layers. Dissolve gelatin in water and set aside for five minutes. Combine powdered sugar and heavy cream in a small mixer bowl. Beat cream until it starts to thicken. Gradually add the chocolate syrup and dissolved gelatin. Continue beating until the cream makes soft mounds, but is not stiff. Frost the layers with the whipped cream mixture. Stack the layers and frost the outside of the cake. Garnish the top with shaved dark chocolate. Stick two toothpicks in the top of the cake (to protect the frosting) and cover with release foil. Referigerate the cake for at least four hours. For Coffee Whipped Cream Layer Cake substitute two tablespoons of cold, extra-strong coffee for the chocolate syrup. Makes 6-8 servings. Copyright 2008 by Harriet Hodgson Chocolate Whipped Cream Layer Cake is a Delicious and Cooling Summer Dessert

How to Make a Delicious Pineapple Dessert Pie

When it comes to making homemade dessert pies, you don't have to slave for hours making a recipe that is difficult and time consuming. This particular recipe was given to me 25 years ago by my grandmother and to this day, it is one of our favorites to make.

You can purchase two pre-made pie shells or make your own pie crust using your favorite recipe. Once the pie has completely cooled to room temperature, you will want to store it in the refrigerator.

When it comes to serving it, I recommend vanilla ice cream, vanilla yogurt or some whipped topping. If desired, you can place a few fresh cherries on top of your chosen topping right before serving.

Pineapple Pie Recipe

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3 tablespoons quick cooking tapioca

1/4 teaspoon table salt

4 cups fresh pineapple, chopped into pieces

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

2 unbaked pastry shells

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a small mixing bowl, combine the granulated sugar, tapioca and table salt. In a large mixing bowl, combine the chopped pineapple pieces and lemon juice. Gently stir the sugar mixture into the pineapple mixture to combine all ingredients together. Let this mixture stand at room temperature for approximately 15 minutes.

Pour mixture into an unbaked pastry shell and dot the top with butter or margarine. Use the second pastry shell to make a top crust, seal the edges with a tad of water if necessary.

Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 35 minutes or until done. Cool pie to room temperature and then refrigerate.

2 Delicious No Bake Banana Dessert Recipes

Are you looking for some great no baking involved dessert recipes? If so, I think you will enjoy these two recipes which use bananas, along with some additional ingredients.

I try to feed bananas to my family almost on a daily basis because they are healthy for us. They are high in potassium and low in sodium, making them the ideal healthy fruit. They are great for reducing depression, achieving bone and intestinal health, and for regulating high blood pressure.

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Bananas can be used in a variety of ways. You can eat them plain as a snack, make some bread, pudding, cakes or even a pie.

The following 2 recipes are great tasting and easy to make.

No-Bake Banana Split Dessert

4 large bananas

2 cups graham cracker crumbs

2 1/2 sticks of margarine, melted

3 cups crushed pineapple, drained

2 cups confectioners sugar

2 eggs

1 small package chopped nuts

1 large tub of Cool Whip

1 jar maraschino cherries

*optional* Chocolate Sauce

In a medium-sized bowl, combine the 1/2 stick of melted margarine and graham cracker crumbs. Spread mixture evenly into the bottom of a 9 x 13" baking pan and place in the freezer for 15 minutes. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, 2 cups of melted margarine and confectioners sugar. Mix those 3 ingredients together using a mixer for 10-15 minutes. Remove baking pan from freezer and spread this mixture over top of the graham cracker crumbs. Slice bananas on top and then add the drained crushed pineapple. Cover pineapple with Cool Whip and sprinkle chopped nuts and cherries on top. Cover pie and refrigerate for 6 hours before serving. If desired, you can serve chocolate sauce over top of the pie but don't add it until 15 minutes before serving the pie to your guests.

No-Bake Banana Pudding Dessert

1 (12 ounce) box vanilla wafers

4-5 bananas

2 (4-ounce) boxes vanilla or banana cream instant pudding mix

3 cups of cold milk

1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

1 (14-ounce) tub Cool Whip, thawed

Line a 13 x 9" baking dish with a single or double layer of vanilla wafers, then add banana slices. In a large bowl, prepare instant pudding mixes according to box directions and using the 3 cups of cold milk; mix in the sweetened condensed milk and then fold in the thawed Cool Whip. Pour this mixture immediately over the sliced bananas and vanilla wafers. Refrigerate dessert for 4-6 hours before serving.

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Traditional Cuban Dessert Recipes

If you enjoy South American sweet treats, you will love Cuban dessert recipes. A lot of them are similar to easy Mexican recipes for desserts, which you have perhaps already made at some point. Lots of tropical fruits grow in Cuba, including bananas, mango, soursop, pineapple, tamarinds, coconuts and guava, which means that fruity desserts are especially popular.

Well loved Cuban desserts include rice pudding and merenguitos, which are sweet meringue puffs. Torrejas are like French toast. They are sweet fried bread slices served with syrup and raisins. In Cuba, French toast is served for dessert rather than breakfast. Cubans also like to make cookies and pastries using the locally sourced fresh fruit. Fruit turnovers and parfait desserts are really popular there.

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Flan, which is also known as creme caramel, is very popular in nearly all Spanish speaking countries, including Cuba and Mexico. This delicious egg custard is flavored with vanilla and has a smooth, silky texture.

An Easy Recipe for Boniatillo

This sweet potato pudding is popular during the holidays in Cuba. The pudding is flavored with cinnamon, cream, lime juice, vanilla and more and everybody will love the delicious flavor of this wonderful and traditional Cuban dessert. Chill it for a couple of hours or serve it hot. It tastes great either way! This recipe makes enough to serve four people.

What you will need:

2 cups brown sugar 1 1/2 lbs sweet potato 2 limes 1 stick cinnamon 1 cup heavy cream 1 teaspoon salt 3 egg yolks 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon or grated cinnamon stick Water, as needed How to make it:

Peel and chop the sweet potato and cover it with water in a pan. Add a teaspoon of salt and boil it for twenty minutes or until tender. Drain the potato and mash it using a fork, blender, or food processor.

Peel the limes and save the fruit for another use. Put the peel in a big pan with the brown sugar, cinnamon stick, and two cups of water. Cook the mixture over a moderate heat until it reaches 250 degrees F, stirring it all the time. You will need a candy thermometer to gauge the temperature.

Take out the peel and cinnamon and turn the heat down to low. Add the mashed sweet potato and keep stirring the mixture until it is smooth. Take it off the heat. Beat the cream, butter, egg yolks, and a pinch of salt until smooth, and then add this to the sweet potato mixture.

Cook it over a low heat for a couple of minutes, then take the pan off the heat and stir in the vanilla. If the mixture is too runny, you can mix a quarter cup of cornstarch with a quarter cup of water and add this. Divide the sweet potato pudding between serving bowls and garnish each one with a little ground cinnamon.

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If you enjoy Cuban food, you will also enjoy making easy Mexican recipes. South American desserts, and Mexican food desserts especially, feature a wide range of delicious ingredients such as chocolate, fresh fruit and more, and they finish off a meal perfectly.

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Delicious Wedding Dessert Buffets

Every wedding deserves a sweet ending. Instead of ending your reception with a boring old cup of coffee, why not have a dessert buffet? It is a very hot trend, and with good reason - guests love it!

I once attended a wedding that featured a dessert buffet. The couple had the classic wedding cake, with the special moment when the bride and groom cut the cake. A little while later, the doors were opened to an adjacent room, and a magical dessert fairyland appeared before our very eyes (if you didn't guess, I have a serious sweet tooth!). It was an incredible surprise and it definitely wowed the guests.

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So, what should you include in your dessert buffet? Well, the options are almost endless; it depends primarily on your budget and space. If you have a relatively small area for the buffet, put out a collection of beautiful little treats. Options could include petit fours, iced sugar cookies (with your monogram, of course), and clear glass cylinders filled with candies. The personalized M&Ms are really cute, and you could also have other favorites like red licorice twists and gummy bears. You can also use the display as your wedding favor by putting out pretty little bags for guests to fill with candy and take home. Make the bags special by adding a sticker that says something like, "Thank you for coming to our wedding. Enjoy a sweet treat for later. Love, Susie and Mark".

Some couples decide to do the dessert bar in a very big way. A great way to do it is to have stations like people do for the meal. Have one with a variety of cookies, one with the candies, and so on. Other tasty treats you can include are brownies, cupcakes, truffles, and seasonal pies. Chocolate dipped strawberries are always an excellent idea. When deciding on your desserts, think about what sweets go well with coffee or champagne, which is what your guests will likely be drinking.

Speaking of drinks, it is a great idea to set up a mini bar station next to the dessert buffet. Serve up fresh cappuccino and espresso, along with regular coffee and decaf. Offer guests liqueurs, such as Bailey's Irish crème or Kaluha to spice up their drinks. Next to the coffee station, you can set out trays of champagne, because it does go so well with those chocolate covered strawberries - yum!

To make your dessert buffet truly impressive, add specialty stations like a funnel cake machine, an ice cream sundae bar, fresh candy apples, and everyone's favorite, the chocolate fountain. For those who do not crave sweets (do they exist?), hire a popcorn cart. Your guests will be in heaven!

You will want to coordinate the dessert buffet with the rest of your wedding, especially if it is in a separate room. For instance, at the wedding I attended, the bride wore crystal bridal jewelry, so she had white and silver centerpieces dripping with Swarovski crystal briolettes on the dinner tables and in the dessert room. It was a fabulous effect, and tying the décor to her crystal bridal jewelry made the whole wedding look very pulled together. If you do not have the budget to decorate another space, you could consider having servers bring around carts with desserts instead of setting up another display.

Everyone wants their wedding to be memorable and unique. One way to ensure that is to end it on a high note. Surprising your guests with a decadent dessert buffet is an excellent way to end a festive celebration and thank them for coming. It will make your wedding one that they never forget.

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Refreshing Summertime Dessert - Key Lime Mini Tarts

"Summer time and the livin' is easy!" That is especially so when you make these delicious light and tasty tarts for family and friends. These Key Lime Mini Tarts are quick and easy to make, so easy this is a perfect recipe for a beginning cook. Fool your guests my making them think you have been working hard on this luscious dessert! And for the busy cook, they are the perfect dessert for the brunch buffet, busy party, etc. as they can be made a day ahead and refrigerated. And don't we all love any dessert that is made with sweetened condensed milk?

KEY LIME MINI TARTS

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12 Graham cracker mini tart shells
14-oz can sweetened condensed milk
3 egg yolks (save whites for another use)
1/2 cup Key lime juice
Grated zest of 1 Key lime
1/2 pint whipping cream
1 tsp powdered sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place tart shells on a cookie sheet and bake about 12 minutes. Remove shells from oven and allow to cool while you make the filling. Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat together the milk, egg yolks, lime juice and lime zest. Beat until thoroughly blended making sure to keep pieces of zest turned back into the mixture. Pour the filling into the cooled tart shells. Return tarts to the oven and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Remove tarts from oven and allow to cool.

Just before serving, whip the whipping cream in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Add powdered sugar and vanilla while the beaters are running. Whip until soft peaks form. Add a dollop of the whipped cream to each tart. Sprinkle with some finely grated lime zest, if desired.

Note: You may make the tarts 1 day ahead and refrigerate until serving time, if desired. Be sure to cover with plastic wrap and add the whipped cream right before serving.

Enjoy!

Refreshing Summertime Dessert - Key Lime Mini Tarts

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Filipino Recipes for a Delicious Dessert

Filipino food is a diverse style of cuisine, drawing both on its traditional Asian roots and the more modern Western influences. Filipino food often provides contrasting flavours, mixing the sweet with the salty, so we're going to take a look at a couple of recipes for desserts, Filipino style, to see if this even applies to their puddings!

First up is some simple ice cream, Filipino style:

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Mango Ice Cream

Ingredients

1.5 pounds of fresh mango pulp
7 ounces of sugar
3 tbsp of mango nectar
250ml cream

Start by processing the mango into a puree, and then add in the sugar and nectar, stirring the mixture until it's all dissolved. Whip the cream into a bowl into stiff peaks, mixing with the mango, and place in a tart mould, covered and placed in the freezer for a couple of hours.

Pour the mix into a bowl and whip it into a fine paste. Add to the mould, cover and freeze, then remove the ice cream 15 minutes before serving up.

Well, ice cream is all well and good, but for something more interesting, how about bibingka, a coconut rice dessert?

Ingredients

2 and 1/2 pounds of mochi rice
400ml coconut milk
1 pound of brown sugar
Banana leaves

Start off by cooking the rice in a pan as normal, and after 10-12 minutes add in the coconut milk and one and a quarter cups of brown sugar. Cook it over a medium flame, stirring constantly, for 20 minutes, until it thickens up.

Line a baking tray with the banana leaves and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Put the cooked rice in a large bowl, stirring the rice and spreading the brown sugar on and throughout the hot rice evenly.

Place the preparation in a deep dish to mould it, then cover with half a cup of the remaining coconut milk. Bake it for 20 minutes, and then place under the grill for 5 minutes. This will give you one large dessert, chop them into individual pieces, and you should get 4 or more servings.

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Easy Chocolate Dessert Recipe

Chocolate is one of the oldest processed foods enjoyed over the past millennium. It came from the tropical tree called cocoa. This tree is native to South America, Central America and Mexico. The seeds of the cocoa tree are dried and fermented and finally grounded and liquefied. As a result of these processes, pure unsweetened chocolate is formed.

There are different kinds of chocolate. Each is classified according to its composition and color. Milk chocolate is the combination of sugar, cocoa butter and milk. It is considered not a true chocolate because of the absence of cocoa solids formed from the processes involved in production of pure chocolate. White chocolate can be consumed by animals. The addition of sugar and fats makes up the third kind of chocolate. Dark chocolate has high cocoa content and is believed to have health benefits by reducing the occurrence of heart attack. One example of dark chocolate is semisweet chocolate which is used in cooking recipes. Sometimes vanilla is added for a more pleasing aroma.

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Chocolate is enjoyed in a wide variety of preparations nowadays. If one would go to a nearby restaurant, cafeteria or snack bar, one would definitely come across chocolates in various attractive servings ranging from breads, cakes, drinks and ice creams.

Below is an easy chocolate dessert recipe that you can enjoy doing. It's a recipe on how to make your ice cream richer, creamier and attractive when served after a sumptuous meal. It is very easy to prepare.

Chocolate Caramel Sauce
Ingredients:

½ gallon vanilla ice cream of any flavor
10 caramels
¾ cup of Nestle Carnation Evaporated Milk
1 ¾ cups of Nestle Toll House Milk Chocolate Morsels

Directions: Combine caramels, 1 ½ cups morsels and evaporated milk in a saucepan under low heat. Continuously stir until mixture is smooth. Serve as a topping on ice cream.

This easy chocolate recipe has an estimated cooking time of ten minutes. It yields to seven servings of ¼ cup each. In case of left over, refrigerate and reheat in saucepan while continuously stirring.

You can also use this sauce to add flavor to your brownies and cheesecakes. You can even add peanut butter chips, colored chocolate chips to make it more attractive for kids. This stuff is heavenly and your friends will compliment you for its rich and tempting taste.

This is just an example of an easy to prepare chocolate recipe. Other recipes vary from their ingredients, procedures, cooking time, skill level and the number of servings. Nestle, a multinational packaged food company, offers a wide range of easy chocolate recipes for you to choose from to fit your interests. With its line of chocolate products, dairy products, and ice cream you can surely select a wide variety of easy recipe suggestions to satisfy your eagerness to learn more about easy chocolate recipes.

These easy chocolate recipes let you spend little time in your kitchen yet let you delight anybody's taste buds. These are easy to follow recipes that you alone can enjoy doing even on a busy day. Enjoy the chocolates. Enjoy the recipes.

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