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Parade of Wedding Cakes

June 29, 2009 4 Comments

To conclude our series of wedding and shower posts, we have a collection of wedding cakes. I’ve included my own wedding cake here, along with some from other bloggers and website owners. I am absolutely amazed at the variety of cakes that I’ve seen. I hope you like them too!

My Wedding Cake

Diane’s Sweet Treats

by Cannaboe Confectionery

From chrliegrl

Photo by http://www.agaimages.com/

By Alixs Cakes

By Sugarcraft by Soni

By Janset1

By Glass Slipper Gourmet

-Jerri

Filed Under: desserts, party ideas

Berry Cheesecake

June 28, 2009 15 Comments

Next week I’ll be back with some of my own creations, but till then I have another great recipe from Taste of Home. It is a very scrumptious, delectable berry cheesecake. This is a perfect summertime treat complete with festive coloring for your 4th of July party.

Recipe for Berry Cheesecake:

Ingredients:

8 sheets phyllo dough (14 inches x 9 inches)

6 tablespoons butter, melted

2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs, lightly beaten

2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries

1/2 cup strawberry jelly

1 cup whipped topping

Sliced fresh strawberries and additional blueberries, optional

Directions: Place one phyllo sheet in a greased 9-in. pie plate; brush with butter. Repeat seven times; trim edges. Bake at 425° for 6-8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned (center will puff up). Cool on a wire rack. For filling, in a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Fold in blueberries. Spoon into crust. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes; cover edges with foil to prevent overbrowning. Bake 23-27 minutes longer or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. Refrigerate until chilled. In a small bowl, beat jelly until smooth; spread over filling. Spread with whipped topping. Garnish with strawberries and additional blueberries if desired. Yield: 6-8 servings.

-Jerri

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I’m posting a link to this post on the following sites:

Tempt My Tummy Tuesday is hosted by Blessed With Grace.

Homemaker Mondays is hosted by 11th Heaven’s Homemade Haven.

Making A Happy Home Monday is hosted by As For Me and My House….

Make Something Monday is hosted by Go Graham Go! and Jolly Mom and Diana Rambles.

Tasty Tuesday is hosted by Balancing Beauty & Bedlam.

I Am Blissfully Domestic is hosted by Blissfully Domestic.

Ultimate Recipe is Swap is hosted by Life as Mom.

Friday Feasts is hosted by Momtrends.

Works for Me Wednesday is hosted by We Are THAT Family

Hooked on Fridays is hosted by Hooked on Houses

Filed Under: desserts, Misc Holidays, Patriotic, Recipe of the Week

Sweet Thursday: The Cake Edition

June 18, 2009 10 Comments

Welcome everyone to another great edition of Sweet Thursday. As many of you know, this month’s theme is Cakes. And boy! Do I have some good ones to share with you! Thanks to all of our contributors. Without your great skills and creativity, this event would not be possible.

Adding Your Cake to the Round-Up – If you have a cake that you’d like to share with our readers, just leave a link to your post in the comments section of this post, and I will add you to the round-up as soon as I can.

Next Month’s Theme – Next month the theme will be “Cool Summer Treats.” This is pretty much wide open. You could post any of the following: pies, ice cream, pudding, gelatin, shakes & smoothies, parfaits, fruit desserts, mousse. There are so many possibilities! To have your dessert featured in the July Round-Up, just send a link to your post via email to simplysweethome@hotmail.com. Deadline: July 23

Chocolate, Strawberries, and Whipped Cream Frosting Cake by Frugal Creativity.
And Incredible Chocolate Cake by Frugal Creativity.

Boston Cream Cupcake by Snooky Doodle Cakes & More

Chocolate Chip Cupcakes by Snooky Doodle Cakes & More

Lemon Meringue Cake by B’s Huron lighthouse

Chocolate Lime Mousse Cake by Nina’s Recipes

Oreo Marshmallow Cream Cake Roulade by Nina’s Recipes

Peanut Butter Cup Cake by flint knit

Toadstool House Cake By ShamsD

Caramel Apple Cake from iSimmer

Couples Birthday Cake – Hearts & Wine Glasses by Sugarcraft by Soni

Chocolate Mud Cake by 4GoodnessCake

Winnie the Pooh Birthday Cake By crafty confections

Hello Kitty Cake by http://dragonflydoces.co.nr/

Cookie Dough Cupcake by Snooky Doodle Cakes & More

Romantic Almond Cupcakes by Snooky Doodle Cakes & More

Wonder Chocolate Cake or Dump Cake by Porch Days

5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake by Simply Sweet Home

-Jerri

Filed Under: desserts, Sweet Thursday

5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake

June 1, 2009 22 Comments

I got this week’s recipe back in March from the blog, Cynnamama’s Cafe. This is one of the blogs I found during the Ultimate Blog Party. At that time I’d never heard of the recipe, but since then it’s been on a lot of other blogs.

If you haven’t tried it yet, I highly recommend it! It’s great for a quick snack, but I think if you needed to make a last minute dessert for company coming over, a few of these cakes would be great for that purpose as well.

*This will also be my entry for my Sweet Thursday Cake Round-Up in a couple of weeks. If you have a cake you’d like for me to include in the round-up, email your link to me at simplysweethome@hotmail.com. *

Recipe for 5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake

4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again. Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes. It’s okay if the cake rises above the mug. Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired. Serves 1-2 people.

I actually made mine in a little bowl instead of the coffee mug, because apparantly I have a problem following directions. lol. If you’d like to see what the cake looks like in the mug you can see it at Cynnamama’s blog.

Tips & Suggestions:

-As you can see, I cut my cake into fourths, and then I placed two of the fourths on to a bowl with ice cream for serving. The ice cream and chocolate syrup really added a lot, and made it look very attractive.

-I didn’t use the chocolate chips, but I bet they’d be delicious. I also think it would be good with white chocolate chips or peanut butter chips. You could also try adding a teaspoon of chopped nuts and even a couple of marshmallows for a rocky road cake.

-This cake reminded me a lot of Betty Crocker Warm Delights. Next time I make these, I plan on topping it with caramel or hot fudge before baking to see if it truly measures up to the warm delights.

-Jerri

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I’m posting a link to this post on the following sites:
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday is hosted by Blessed With Grace.
Homemaker Mondays is hosted by 11th Heaven’s Homemade Haven.
Making A Happy Home Monday is hosted by As For Me and My House….
Make Something Monday is hosted by Go Graham Go! and Jolly Mom and Diana Rambles.
Tasty Tuesday is hosted by Balancing Beauty & Bedlam.
I Am Blissfully Domestic is hosted by Blissfully Domestic.
Ultimate Recipe is Swap is hosted by Life as Mom.
Friday Feasts is hosted by Momtrends.
Works for Me Wednesday is hosted by We Are THAT Family

Filed Under: desserts, Recipe of the Week

Hubby’s Birthday Cupcakes

May 11, 2009 22 Comments

No recipe this week. Instead, I’m sharing the cupcakes that I made for my husband’s birthday last month. I decided to share these this week, so that I would have an entry for my own cupcake round-up this Thursday.

My husband is very easy to please in the dessert department. He’ll try just about anything, but he only has a few things that he just absolutely LOVES. This is both good and bad. It’s good because I don’t have to go out of my way and make anything very elaborate for him to like it, but it sort of puts a damper on trying new recipes when I know he’d rather have one of his old faithfuls.

Anyway, in the cake department, he likes coconut cake and yellow cake with chocolate icing. Last year I made a yellow sheet cake with chocolate icing, but this year I wanted to do cupcakes instead. (Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that I am no cake decorator by any stretch of the imagination (obviously), but at least I tried.)

I have to admit, there’s nothing like a plain chocolate iced cupcake! They looked so yummy, I decided to leave a few undecorated.
For the cupcake that would go at the top and center of the cupcake tree, I topped it with a Samoa Cookie and stuck a candle in the middle. My husband loves those cookies!

Here’s the tree. In the future I’d like to use ribbon/tissue and what not to make it a little more attractive, but seeing as we weren’t having a big birthday party, I saw no reason to do that this time.

In fact, my husband was impressed with the cupcake tree. He was with me when I bought it, but I guess he wasn’t paying attention or he didn’t remember it. So he was pretty wow’d by it, and was telling everyone about it later on.

For the other cupcakes, I used shredded coconut, candy sprinkles, and little Cadbury Mini Eggs.

I hope you all enjoyed these. I really enjoyed making them and EATING them!

By the way, don’t forget to stop by on Thursday. I have several delicious looking cupcakes for this week’s round-up. There’s still time if you’d like for me to include you. Just send me a link to your cupcake post before Thursday or if you don’t have a blog, just email me your photo, and I’ll put them up. OR you can leave a link in the comments section of Thursday’s post, and I’ll add you to the round-up as soon as I can.

Next week I’ll be back with a new recipe. Have a good week!

-Jerri

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I’m posting a link to this post on the following sites:
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday is hosted by Blessed With Grace.
Homemaker Mondays is hosted by 11th Heaven’s Homemade Haven.
Making A Happy Home Monday is hosted by As For Me and My House….
Kitchen Tip Tuesdays is hosted by Tammy’s Recipes
Make Something Monday is hosted by Go Graham Go! and Jolly Mom and Diana Rambles.
Tasty Tuesday is hosted by Balancing Beauty & Bedlam.
I Am Blissfully Domestic is hosted by Blissfully Domestic.
Ultimate Recipe is Swap is hosted by Life as Mom.

Filed Under: cupcakes, desserts

Recipe of the Week: Pineapple Angel Food Cake

April 13, 2009 28 Comments

This week I’m sharing a yummy recipe for Pineapple Angel Food Cake. My mom made this a couple of weeks ago and gave me some slices to take home (hence, there’s no photo of the whole cake).

This is the perfect dessert for spring and summer. And this was very easy because it was made using an angel food cake mix. But of course, you could incorporate this into a homemade angel food cake recipe as well. Enjoy!

Recipe for Pineaple Angel Food Cake

Ingredients:

1 box of angel food cake mix

1 (15 oz) can pineapple chunks, drained

1/2 cup coconut

1/2 teaspoon ginger

Directions: Mix up angel food cake batter as directed. (The kind I used only required that you add 1 1/4 cups of water before mixing.) Then add ginger and coconut and mix. Fold in pineapple chunks. Pour into a tube pan or a 9X13 pan. Bake as directed on box.

Tips & Suggestions:

– Try serving this topped with whipped cream and additional pineapple chunks.

– Reserve the juice from the pineapple chunks and pour it over baked cake like a glaze.

-If you love coconut, I suggest adding more to this recipe.

-Jerri

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I’m posting a link to this post on the following sites:
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday is hosted by Blessed With Grace.
Homemaker Mondays is hosted by 11th Heaven’s Homemade Haven.
Making A Happy Home Monday is hosted by As For Me and My House….
Kitchen Tip Tuesdays is hosted by Tammy’s Recipes
Make Something Monday is hosted by Go Graham Go! and Jolly Mom and Diana Rambles.
Tasty Tuesday is hosted by Balancing Beauty & Bedlam.
I Am Blissfully Domestic is hosted by Blissfully Domestic.
Ultimate Recipe is Swap is hosted by Life as Mom.

Filed Under: desserts, Recipe of the Week

Sweet Thursday: Easter Parade of Goodies

April 9, 2009 9 Comments

Is everyone ready for Easter? The people who made these lovely desserts certainly are! Thanks everyone for allowing me to feature your lovely work here!

Next month’s theme is going to be a little different, and I’m sure you’ll all enjoy it. Next month we’ll be featuring Cupcakes! If you’d like to be included in the cupcake round-up just send your pic and/or link in an email to simplysweethome@hotmail.com. And let me remind you that it’s okay to submit a pic of cupcakes you’ve decorated, even without a recipe. In fact, you don’t even have to have a blog! And it’s okay to send in something from an older post.

Now for the due date: I will be posting the round-up on Thursday, May 14, so as long as you get your stuff sent in before then, you’ll be fine. For more information on Sweet Thursday, click here.

Thanks you guys and enjoy the Easter Parade!

Flower Power Brownies Five Star Sweets

Birds Nest Macaroons from Five Star Sweets

Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Eggs from ROOTSANDWINGSCO

Crunchy Critters from Georgikids

Rolled Fondant Sugar Cookies from The Parson’s Wife

Chocolate Dipped Peeps at Forever Wherever

Easter Cupcakes from Nina’s Culinary Creations

I found this the other day and wanted to share it here as well. It’s a Rich Chocolate Cake with Truffle-Egg Nest from Martha Stewart.

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I’m sharing this over at Ultimate Recipe is Swap, hosted by Life as Mom.

-Jerri

Filed Under: desserts, Easter, Sweet Thursday

Recipe of the Week: Pistachio Dessert Salad

March 16, 2009 24 Comments

In the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day I wanted to post a green colored recipe. My mom used to make this Pistachio Dessert Salad every year at Christmas. Actually she called it Congealed Salad or Pistachio Salad. As a kid I always called it “that green stuff.” Actually I still call it that, but I think Pistachio Dessert Salad sounds a little more inviting.

In some cookbooks it’s also listed as Watergate Salad. In case your curious about this name origin I looked it up (proving once again that I’m one of the biggest nerds on the planet), and I found an article at Life123.com. It said that pistachio pudding was introduced by Kraft in 1976, and customers began making Pistachio Pineapple Delight. Then a Chicago food reporter named it Watergate Salad in her column. So there you go.

Today I’m sharing the recipe that I use and some variations on the recipe.

Recipe for Pistachio Dessert Salad:

Ingredients:

1 (8 oz.) tub Cool Whip, thawed

1 (3 3/4 oz.) pkg. instant pistachio pudding mix

1 to 1 1/2 c. miniature marshmallows

1 (15 oz) can crushed pineapple (drained)

1 c. chopped pecans (optional)

Directions: Combine pudding mix and Cool Whip. Add other ingredients and mix well. Chill 1 hour before serving.

Tips & Suggestions:

-This is a very easy recipe to customize for different occasions or for your own tastes. Here are some examples and suggestions:

Add a splash of color and flavor by mixing in OR topping with Maraschino cherries.
Substitute a can of fruit cocktail for the pineapple. Or if you like a lot of fruit, mix in the fruit cocktail in addition to the pineapple.
Another great item to subsitute or add to the mix is mandarin oranges.

-You can also change the recipe completely by using a different flavor of pudding or jello mix.

My mom makes a red/pink version of this using cherry or strawberry jello and Maraschino cherries.
If you want a green salad, but you don’t like pistachio, you can use lime gelatin instead.
Another version I’ve heard of uses orange jello, mandarin oranges, and/or pineapple.

Personally I love this pistachio version. What do you guys think?

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Please visit the following sites for more great recipes & other ideas:
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday is hosted by Blessed With Grace.
Homemaker Mondays is hosted by 11th Heaven’s Homemade Haven.
Making A Happy Home Monday is hosted by As For Me and My House….
Kitchen Tip Tuesdays is hosted by Tammy’s Recipes
Make Something Monday is hosted by Go Graham Go! and Jolly Mom
Tasty Tuesday is hosted by Forever Wherever.
I Am Blissfully Domestic is hosted by Blissfully Domestic.

-Jerri

Filed Under: desserts, Misc Holidays, Recipe of the Week

Sweet Thursday: St. Patrick’s Day Edition

March 12, 2009 4 Comments

I had a couple of things lined up for this month’s post, and they seem to have disappeared, and so I scrambled around the internet at the last minute to find some cute things to share with you.

And on Monday, I’m planning on sharing something that I made today, which would be perfect for St. Patrick’s Day or any spring/summer occasion.

Also, next month I’ll be featuring desserts for Easter and Spring. If you’d like to have your dessert featured here, just send an email to simplysweethome@hotmail.com.

I’ll be doing the post on April 9 (the Thursday before Easter), so please send in your stuff before then. For more information on Sweet Thursday, click here.

Pot of Gold St. Patrick’s Day Cookies from Nina’s Culinary Creations

Irish Treasure Cake from Familyfun

St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes from Family Corner

Irish Soda Bread Cookies from AllRecipes

Chocolate Mint Brownies from AllRecipes

To be featured in next month’s Sweet Thursday round-up, contact me at simplysweethome@hotmail.com. For rules and guidelines, click here.

-Jerri

Filed Under: desserts, Sweet Thursday

Sweet Thursday: Happy Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2009 9 Comments

Today we have a great collection of Valentine Sweets from our fellow blogger friends. These will definitely make your mouth water!

Thanks again to everyone who submitted or gave permission to use their stuff!

As for next month’s round-up, I have had the most difficult time deciding on a theme and corresponding date. Finally I decided on two themes: St. Patrick’s Day & Mardi Gras. And the due date to send in your goodies will be March 11. This date will be a little early for St. Patrick’s Day and a little late for Mardi Gras, but hopefully they can meet in the middle, and we get at least a handful of delicious treats.

To be featured in next month’s Sweet Thursday round-up, contact me at simplysweethome@hotmail.com. For rules and guidelines, click here.