Desserts

My friend Jami grew up Kansas eating the same kind of food that my mother prepared for us. When she mentioned her own mother’s “Salad Dressing Cake” I had a flashback of this wonderfully moist chocolate cake that we used to have when I was a...

 I swiped this from one of my favorite Food Network Shows, “Down Home With The Neelys”.  It is almost effortless to make and the corn meal makes it very different from a traditional Upside Down Cake. It’s almost more like a sweet griddle cake. I topped...

 Frosting: 2 8 oz. packages cream cheese 1 cup butter (2 sticks) 4 cups powdered sugar 1/2 cup seedless strawberry jam 3/4 cup heavy cream Cake: 1 white cake mix prepared according to directions 3/4 cup strawberry jam 2 1/4 cup fresh strawberries sliced Instructions: Prepare...

I made these on Christmas Day because I just didn’t feel like the traditional pumpkin or pecan pie this year. You can pick up the decorating kits from any gourmet kitchen store. They come with 24 cupcake  liners and ornamental picks but you’ll only need to...

 My great grandmother taught my mom her technique for a fantastic apple pie. The secret to this pie is the lemon zest.  It’s the crucial ingredient so don’t skimp!  It makes the perfect apple pie. Ingredients: 2 prepared pie crusts 8 cups peeled and sliced granny...

Constance Jennings brought this cake to work for our annual physician’s Christmas luncheon.  It is the most delicious and moist cake ever, the perfect dessert! Ingredients (for the cake): 1 cup butter 4 large eggs 1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking soda 2 tsps. vanilla 2...

p Ingredients: 1 stick of butter softened 1 3oz. cream cheese softened 1 cup flour Filling: 1 egg beaten 3/4 C. brown sugar 1 TBSP. butter softened 1 tsp. vanilla pinch of salt 1/2 C. chopped pecans Instructions: Blend butter and cream cheese. Stir in flour,...

  Ingredients: 3 large eggs 8 large egg yolks 5 cups half and half 1 1/2 C. sugar 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1 1/2 C. raisins 6 croissants slice in half – the more dried out they are, the better Cinnamon and sugar Instructions: In a...