Showing posts with label chocolate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chocolate. Show all posts

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Celebration Oreo Ice Cream Cake


Ingredients:
24 Oreo Cookies, divided
1 pt (2 cups) strawberry ice cream, softened
2 cups Cool-Whip, thawed, divided
1 pt. (2 cups) chocolate ice cream, softened
2 tbsp fudge ice cream topping
Directions:
Line a 9-in cake pan with plastic wrap, with ends overlapping the sides. Stand 14 of the cookies around the edge of the pan. Crush remaining 10 cookies. Reserve 1/2 cup of the crumbs and sprinkle the rest in the bottom of the cake pan. Spread the strawberry ice cream over the crumbs. Top with 1 cup of the Cool-whip and the 1/2 cup of reserved cookie crumbs. Cover with the chocolate ice cream.
Freeze for 4 hours or overnight.
Remove dessert from pan just before serving, using the overlapped plastic wrap edges to gently lift it from the pan. Carefully peel off plastic & place dessert on a serving plate. Let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes to soften. Top evenly with the remaining 1 cup of Cool-whip and garnish with Fudge topping. Store leftover dessert in freezer.

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake


Ingredients:
1 box chocolate cake mix
2 pkg cream cheese, softened
1 cup mini chocolate chips
1 jar maraschino cherries
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Dash of milk
1 large Hershey chocolate bar
1 small tub chocolate frosting
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Mix cake according to pkg directions and spread it evenly between 3 round, greased and floured cake pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire racks.
In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, milk, powdered sugar and vanilla. Set aside.
Drain maraschino cherries, then place them on a paper towel to drain some more. Chop the cherries FINE and place again on a clean paper towel to drain again. Set aside.
Begin building your cake. Place the first cake round on your cake plate or platter. Spread 1/2 of your cream cheese mixture on the cake, leaving a 1/4 inch edge unfrosted around. Sprinkle 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips and 1/2 the cherries on the cream cheese mixture.
Top with next cake round. Repeat the cream cheese, chocolate chip and cherry layers. Place the last cake round on top.
Frost the entire cake with the chocolate frosting. Using a vegetable peeler, peel shavings of the Hershey bar onto the top of your cake for garnish.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Chocolate Chip Blondies


Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
8 tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup mini milk chocolate chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with Non-stick cooking spray or line with muffin cups. In a small bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt; stir with fork to combine.

Melt butter in microwave. Remove and add brown sugar. Stir well to combine. Let cool slightly.

Add egg and vanilla, stir until smooth. Stir in flour mixture, then chocolate chips.

Portion a little less than 1/4 cup of batter to each muffin cup. To simplify, use an ice cream or cookie dough scoop.

Bake until just set, 15-17 minutes. Let blondies completely cool on a wire rack before removing them from pan.

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Dark Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients:
>1 (18.25 oz) pkg devils food cake mix
>1/2 cup strong brewed coffee (at room temp)
>3 tbsp butter, melted
>1 tbsp water
>1 large egg, lightly beaten
>1/2 cup milk chocolate minichips
>Cooking Spray

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350.

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium speed 2 minutes, stopping to scrape down sides. Stir in chocolate mini chips.

Drop by level tablespoons 2 inches apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 11 minutes or until just set. Let stand on pans 2 minutes. Remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely.

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