Desserts for special date :)?
My boyfriend and mine year and 8 month anniversary is coming up and I want a DELICIOUS dessert thats fairly easy to make. Keep in mind that well Im 20 and not a big cooker so dont expect me to make something so extravagant. But lol anyway does anyone have the recipes for something? THANKS!
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Very easy and simple to make:
Strawberry Whip:
1pkg.(250g) Philadelphia Cream Cheese
11/2 cups STRAWBERRIES ( frozen pkg. 375ml)thawed.
1/2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon orange juice (15ml)
1 cup Cool Whip dessert topping ( 250ml)
Beat cream cheese, sugar, and orange juice until very well blended; beat in strawberries. By hand fold in cool whip. Or you can use an electric mixer with the first 4 ingredients but fold in by hand the dessert topping.
I though I'd throw these in, since it's all about LOVE!!
It's said that legendary lover Casanova used this particular potion to boost his sexual prowess!
Casanova's Cocktail:
1/2 cup (125ml) grapefruit juice
1/2 cup apple juice
Bring to a boil, remove from heat and add:
1/2 tsp.(2ml) cinnamon
Stir well to blend. (EG.) Very Important: You have to sip this over the course of an evening!
In olden times, the tomato was called a " Love Apple ".
Love Apple Cocktail:
2 cups(500ml) tomato juice
1 teaspoon basil
1 bay leaf
pinch of dill
dash of Worcestershire sauce
Stir the ingredients together in a saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes. Chill & serve.
Cleopatra knew the secrets of love potions and used them all the time.
Cleopatra's Elixer of Love:
1/4 cup bananas, use ripe bananas
1/4 cup watermelon juice
1/2 cup " unripened " papaya juice
1/2 teaspoon powdered cloves
4 ice-cubes
Blend all together at high speed in blender until thoroughly mixed.
SINFULLY DELICIOUS DESSERT
FIRST LAYER:
1 c. flour
1/2 c. butter
1 c. pecans, chopped
Cut flour and butter, add pecans and press into bottom of 9 x 12 inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.
SECOND LAYER:
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 of lg. carton Cool Whip
Combine cream cheese and Cool Whip. Sliced bananas may be added.
THIRD LAYER:
1 lg. box vanilla instant pudding
1 lg. box chocolate instant pudding
3 c. milk (NOT 6)
FOURTH LAYER:
Top with rest of Cool Whip and nuts. May also top with chocolate shavings.
no sugar pecan pie: 3 eggs 5 teaspoons sugar substitute for baking 1 cup sugar free breakfast syrup 1/3 cup butter, melted 1 cup pecan halves Pie dough for a single 9-inch crust Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix the eggs with the sugar substitute. Stir in the breakfast syrup and the melted butter. Stir in the pecan halves. Line a 9-inch pie pan with the pie dough. Pour in the pecan pie filling mixture. Bake for 25 minutes with edges covered with foil. Remove foil from the edges and bake for another 25 minutes or until you can insert a knife and have it come out clean. Cool and cut into 8 pieces to serve.
SIMPLE: Brownie Ala mode
1) French Vanilla Ice Cream
2) Brownie in bowl
3) Whip Cream
4) Cherry on top
5) Chocolate/Fudge Syrup
Brownie in bowel first, ice-cream next on top, then fudge syrup on top of ice-cream then whip cream then cherry. SO GOOD
SIMPLE: Apple Pie Ala mode
1) Apple pie a slice
2) French Vanilla Ice-cream
Warm/Cold either way GREAT
CONGRATS ON ANNIVERSARY
if you want to go classy:
Vegan Pears in white wine with chocolate sauce
Serves 6
6 large pears, peeled and left whole
75cl white wine (make sure it is suitable for a vegan)
4oz sugar
4 cloves
1 cardamom, seeds removed
Pared lemon peel
1 vanilla pod
Chocolate sauce
4 oz plain chocolate
2 tablespoons golden syrup
4 fl oz water
Put the pears in a pan with the remaining ingredients.
Add water if necessary, to cover, bring to boil and simmer uncovered
for an hour or until tender but still hold their shape.
Lift out and put in a bowl.
Reduce the syrup, then pour over the pears.
Melt all the chocolate sauce ingredients gently together.
Place a pear in individual bowls, drizzle over chocolate sauce and
serve.
SOMETHING FUN YOU BOTH CAN DO:
Tempera Fried Bananas Treat
I recipe of tempura batter
2 ripe bananas
Ice-cream
Whipped Cream
Chocolate/ Caramel sauce
Dip the whole banana in the batter and fry until golden brown.
Immediately place on serving place add scoops of ice-cream, whip
cream, and sauce of your choice. Simple and great!
(you can buy the tempura flour in stores)
ps congrats
Very easy! If you two like peanut butter or reeses peanut butter cups--you will love this.
Peanut Butter Chocolate pie:
Graham cracker crust (ready made at any grocery)
1 box of instant chocolate pudding following directions on box for PIE.
3/4 cup peanutbutter , mix peanut butter well with pudding.
A hand mixer makes it easy............................
Pour into pie shell, cover with cool whip, refreg for an hour.
Emeril Lagasse's Chocolate Bread Pudding is easy to make, delicious and romantic. My husband loves it and brags about it often.
Go to Culinary Chef at http://www.culinarychef.com/ for recipes and special occasions menus.
Take vanilla bean ice cream, espresso or coffee, and chocolate covered espresso beans. Put a few scoops of ice cream in a bowl. Take the espresso (or coffee) and pour it over the ice cream. Then top it all off with 4 espresso beans! It's really yummy! Enjoy!
Cheese cake from scratch with strawberries and whip cream....maybe with homade vanilla icecream on the side