Showing posts with label desserts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label desserts. Show all posts

Saturday, June 9, 2012

First birthday party menu and treats!

Q's first birthday party is done, which means I finally get a break from the kitchen.  Between lunch and sweet treats, I've lived in the kitchen for the past month.

Menu:
Pulled BBQ chicken with peach barbecue sauce
Homemade meatballs and "gravy" (for all you non-Northerners, that's tomato sauce)
Homemade mac and cheese (thanks, Mia!)
Corn and blueberry salad
Pasta salad
Dips, dips, and more dips - homemade guacamole, homemade hummus (thanks, Jill!), salsa, veggie dips
Veggie tray




Cake and favors (check out sweets and stuff for recipes!):
Hello Kitty cake
Strawberry lemonade cupcakes
Hello Kitty cake pops







Saturday, March 31, 2012

Carrot Cake to Carve

Looking for a good carrot cake recipe to use to make a carved first birthday cake.  I'd really like for it to be a little lower in sugar, but I don't want to sacrifice taste/texture/firmness. 

Anyone have any recipes?

This is what I've found:
Carrot Cake Recipe

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Chocolate Macaroons

I wanted to make dessert to bring with me to lunch tomorrow.  I'm really trying to get back on the healthy eating bandwagon, so I decided to make macaroons so I wouldn't eat any.  They are very good, according to Matt!

1 pkg. (14 oz.) BAKER'S ANGEL FLAKE Coconut (5-1/3 cups)
2/3 cup sugar
6 Tbsp. flour    I used part cocoa powder, part flour
1/4 tsp. salt
4 egg whites    I used egg whites from the carton
1tsp. almond extract

PREHEAT oven to 325°F. Grease and flour baking sheets; set aside. Combine coconut, sugar, flour and salt in large bowl. Stir in egg whites and almond extract until well blended.
 DROP coconut mixture into 36 mounds, 2 inches apart, on prepared baking sheets, using about 1 tablespoonful of the coconut mixture for each mound.
BAKE 20 min. or until edges are golden brown. Immediately remove from baking sheets to wire racks. Cool completely. Store in tightly covered container at room temperature up to 1 week.

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