Chocolate Cherry Cake with Fudge Icing

I got this recipe from a website I frequent to get good recipes, sisterscafe.com.  This cake is so yummy and easy.  My son loves anything with cherries.  I always make it for his birthday, and this year, I made it for my mother in laws birthday.  Hope you enjoy!

Chocolate Cherry Cake

Ingredients:  1 box Devils Food Cake Mix

2 Eggs

1 can Cherry Pie Filling

1 tsp Almond Extract

Preheat oven to 350.  Grease a 9x13 inch pan.  In a large bowl, combine all ingredients until well blended.  Please only mix by hand, if you use an electric mixer, it will break up the cherries.  Poor into pan and bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Fudge Icing

Ingredients:  1 cup Sugar

5 Tbsp Butter

1/3 cup Milk

1 cup Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips

In a small saucepan, combine sugar, butter, and milk.  Bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes while continually stirring.  Remove from heat and stir in chocolate chips until smooth.  Immediately pour over partially cooled cake.

Chocolate Pudding Cake

Yummy, yum, yum, yum!   Whenever I'm craving chocolate, I always turn to this cake.  It is so simple to make, and I always have the simple ingredients on hand.  Make sure you eat it while it is still warm.  Of course, it would be excellent with some vanilla ice cream.  Hope you enjoy!

Chocolate Pudding Cake

Ingredients:  3/4 cup Sugar

                  1 cup Flour

                  2 tsp Baking Powder

                  2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder

                  1/2 cup Milk

                  3 Tbsp Butter, melted

                  1 tsp vanilla

                  1/2 cup Sugar

                  1/2 cup Brown Sugar

                  1/4 cup Cocoa Powder

                  1 1/2 cup Warm Water

Preheat oven to 350.  Mix together first 7 ingredients in a 8x8 or 9x9 baking dish.

Combine next 3 ingredients together and sprinkle on top of batter.

Pour water over entire mixture.

Bake for 45 minutes.

Peanut Butter Pie

I am a HUGE peanut butter and chocolate fan.  In fact, my favorite ice cream is peanut butter and chocolate.  This recipe came from my son's teacher at school.  This pie is wonderful and so simple to make.  If you love peanut butter and chocolate, you will love this.  Hope you enjoy!

Peanut Butter Pie

Ingredients:  1 cup Peanut Butter, smooth or crunchy whichever you prefer

                   8 ounces Cream Cheese

                   1 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar

                   16oz tub Cool Whip

                   1 Chocolate Cookie Pie Shells

Mix together peanut butter and cream cheese until well blended.

Mix in powdered sugar until well combined.

Fold in Cool Whip.

Divide into pie shells.

Refrigerate for 1 hour before serving. 

I sprinkle some chocolate chips on top.

Cherry Pudding Cake

I made this recipe for my son, who loves cherries.  This is super yummy and warm.  I got this recipe from a website that I visit often,  thepioneerwoman.com.  Hope you enjoy!

Cherry Pudding Cake

Ingredients:  Cake- 1 cup Sugar

                              2 Tbsp Butter, softened

                              1 whole Egg

                              1 cup All-Purpose Flour

                              1 tsp Baking Powder

                              1/8 tsp Salt

                              1/2 cups Whole Milk

                              1 can (15oz) Cherries in Syrup, drained, juice reserved

                              1/2 cups Pecans, finely chopped

                  Sauce- 1 cup Juice from Cherries (add water to make one cup if needed)

                              1 cup Sugar

                              1 Tbsp All-Purpose Flour

                              1 Tbsp Butter

                              1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

                             

Preheat oven 325.  Generously butter a 9x9 square baking dish.

Cream together butter and sugar.  Add egg and mix well.  Sift flour, baking powder, and salt.

Add flour mixture to mixing bowl, alternating additions with milk.

Add cherries and pecans and mix. 

Pour batter into baking dish, smooth out top and bake for 40 minutes.

While the cake is in the over, combine cherry juice, sugar, and flour in a small saucepan.  Bring to a boil and boil for 8 minutes or until the sauce is thick.  Turn off the heat and add butter and vanilla. 

Drizzle 1/3 of the sauce on the cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.  Spread the sauce over the top of the cake and allow to soak into the cake.  Let the cake sit for 10 minutes.  Serve the cake in bowls and pour more sauce on top.

I topped mine off with some ice cream.



White Chocolate Bark

All I really have to say about this is, this has to be the easiest thing, ever, to make.  My kiddos loved crushing the peppermint and sprinkling it on top.  Hope you enjoy and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

White Chocolate Bark

Ingredients:  1 package of Vanilla Candy Coating

                   3-4 Candy Canes, crushed

Melt candy coating according to package directions.  Pour onto wax paper and spread out even.  Sprinkle on the crushed candy canes.  Allow to cool until hardened and then break into pieces.

Nutter Butter Truffles

Boy, are these good!  I LOVE peanut butter and chocolate together any which way I can get it.  These are super easy to make and are perfect to pass out for Christmas.  Hope you enjoy!

Nutter Butter Truffles

Ingredients:  1 package Nutter Butter Cookies

                   8 oz Cream Cheese at room temp

                   1/2 cup Peanut Butter

                   Chocolate Candy Coating

Place Nutter Butter cookies into food processor and process until cookies are fine crumbs.

Add softened cream cheese and peanut butter to crumbs and mix well until everything is combined.

Using a tablespoon or small ice cream scoop, make mixture into balls.

Refrigerate cookie mixture for one hour on a foil lined cookie sheet.

Melt chocolate candy coating.

Roll balls in chocolate and place on cookie sheet to dry.

Keep truffles in an air tight container in fridge.

Dessert Quesadilla Take 2

Didn't take a picture of this one, but I just wanted to let ya'll know that I made more quesadilla's for my boys and they ate them up.  This time I didn't have any marshmallow, so I substituted banana's.  A little healthier version, I guess.  It's hard to beat peanut butter, chocolate, and banana's. 

By the way, I was just interested to know if anyone has tried out any of the recipes.  I would love to hear some feedback.  Thanks!

Dessert Quesadilla

Oh my!  This is delicious!  I got the idea after watching one of the many Food Network show that I watch.  It was about a grilled cheese truck that makes a dessert grilled sandwich, so I just took the idea and put it in a flour tortilla.  Peanut butter, chocolate, and marshmallow!  But, of course, you can change it up.  I think I might add some fruit in next time.  Strawberries and chocolate would be good, bananas, the possibilities are endless.  Hope you enjoy!

Dessert Quesadilla

Ingredients:  Peanut Butter 

                   Chocolate Chips

                   Marshmallow Fluff                                                        

                    Flour Tortilla                                                          

Spread peanut butter and marshmallow fluff on flour tortilla then sprinkle with chocolate chips.  Fold in half and microwave for about 30 seconds or grill as you would a grilled sandwich.  I prefer the grilling, I like the crunchy outside.

A Different Take

I just wanted to show you a different take I did on the Red, White and Blue Trifle.  I made this for Halloween, and it was just as good!  I substituted chocolate angel food cake for the regular angel food cake, orange juice for the lemon juice, and I only used strawberries.  I also tinted the cream cheese mixture orange, in order to be a little more festive.  Everyone loved this version as well as the first one.  This is just a small example to show you how you can take a simple recipe, change a few things, and have a different version of something delicious.

White Trash

Yummy stuff!  This recipe makes a ton!  Next time, I will probably cut the recipe in half.  I did dye the white chocolate orange (for Halloween), so instead of white trash, it is orange trash.  This stuff is rich, so don't overindulge or you might regret it.  Hope you enjoy!

White Trash

Ingredients:  4 cups Pecan Halves, roasted

                   1 cup Mixed Salted Nuts

                   1 large can Potato Sticks

                   1 pound White Chocolate

                   2 12oz pkgs White Chocolate Chips

Mix first three ingredients together in a large bowl.  Melt chocolate over double boiler until smooth (or if you're daring, in the microwave).  Pour over ingredients in bowl.  Mix together and pour onto wax paper.  Mash flat with another piece of wax paper.  Allow to cool over night.  Break into pieces and enjoy.

Apple Dip

This is THE best apple dip!  I could sit down with the whole bowl and eat the whole thing.  I would probably feel ill after though.  Every time I make this super simple dip, everyone raves about it and gobbles it down.  I like to make mine the night before so it tastes extra good.  Hope you enjoy!

Apple Dip

Ingredients:  8oz package Cream Cheese softened

                   1/2 cup packed Brown Sugar

                   1/2 cup Sugar

                   1 tsp Vanilla

                   1 package Toffee Chips

                   Sliced Apples

In a bowl, beat cream cheese until light.  Add brown sugar, sugar, and vanilla.  Beat on medium speed until well combined.  Stir in toffee chips.  Serve with sliced apples and enjoy.

No Bake Cookies

I'm sure everyone has there own recipe for these no bake cookies.  I thought I would share mine.  These cookies are always a favorite with everyone, and super easy to make.  I usually always have the ingredients on hand.  Hope you enjoy!

No Bake Cookies

Ingredients:  1/2 cup Butter (one stick)

                   2 cups Sugar

                   1/2 cup Milk

                   1/4 cup Cocoa Powder (unsweetened)

                   1/2 cup Peanut Butter

                   3 cups quick cook Oatmeal

                   1 tsp Vanilla

                   1/2 cup nuts (optional)

Melt butter in saucepan.  Add sugar, milk, and cocoa.  Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute.  Remove from heat and add all other ingredients.  Mix well and drop by spoonful onto wax paper.  Allow cookies to cool and enjoy.

Red, White & Blue Trifle

     This is so light and yummy!  I will admit, when I first decided to try this recipe, I wasn't so sure about it.  It sounded way too simple and easy to be good.  I took it over to the family cookout for Labor Day, and everyone loved it!  The tartness of the blueberries makes it.  I also thought it would be great to substitute fresh peaches for the blueberries and strawberries.  The ideas are endless.  Even a chocolate version would be good. Hmmmmmm.....gonna have to try that next.  Hope you enjoy!

Red, White & Blue Trifle

Ingredients:  1 Angel Food Cake, sliced

                   1/4 cup Water

                   1/4 cup Lemon Juice

                   1/4 cup Sugar

                   2 packages Cream Cheese at room temp

                   2 cups Heavy Cream at room temp

                   2/3 cup Sugar

                   2 pints of Blueberries

                   2 pints of Strawberries, sliced

1. In small saucepan, combine water, lemon juice, and 1/4 cup sugar.  Heat on stove until sugar is dissolved.
2. Slice angel food cake into 1 inch slices.  Brush both sides of slice with lemon juice mixture, then cut cake into 1 inch cubes.
3. Beat cream cheese and 2/3 cup sugar together until light and fluffy.  Add in heavy cream and beat until it reaches the similar consistency of whipped cream.
4. Place half of cake into bottom of trifle dish.  Next, layer blueberries, half of cream mixture, half of strawberries.  Repeat this layering:  cake, blueberries, cream, strawberries.
5. Cover and chill for at least one hour before serving.

PEACH COBBLER!!!!!

This is one of my all time favorite desserts!  It is also one of the easiest to make.  I hope you love it just as much as I do.  I learned this recipe from my mom and grandmother.  I hope to pass it down to my kids as well.

                Peach Cobbler

Ingredients:  5-6 Peaches         1 cup Sugar

                     1 Tbsp Sugar        1 cup Flour

                     2 Tbsp Water        1 cup Milk

                                 1 Stick of Butter

1. Remove skin from and slice peaches.
2. Place peaches in pan with 1 Tbsp of sugar and water.  Bring to boil and let simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Melt butter in small casserole dish.
4. Mix together 1 cup suger, flour, and milk.
5. Pour mixture into casserole dish with melted butter.
6. Scatter peaches and juice on top of batter.
7. Bake at 350 for 30-45 minutes until golden brown.

Serve warm.  To make it even better, serve with ice cream.