Tomorrow night is a fundraising party for our kids Catholic school. I volunteered to make a couple of desserts a couple of weeks ago, before the big challenge was underway. So....I want to make something easy to eat, while people are standing around socializing. I also, of course, have to make something that I already have the ingredients for here at home. Okay, so that's not really that difficult for me, as my pantry is always packed with all kinds of baking supplies........
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| (Understand the challenge even better, now?) |
I decided to go with an old stand-by and a new favorite. First I made Gooey Butter Cake, only I made it in muffin tins, so that they were individual. Here's that recipe
Ingredients
crust:
1Cake mix, yellow
1 egg
1 stick butter, melted
1 tsp. vanilla
topping:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
2 egg
3 3/4 cups powdered sugar (1 box)
1 tsp. vanilla
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix crust ingredients until moistened and press into bottom of 9" x 13" pan. (or press into 24 lightly greased muffin tins). Mix topping ingredients well and pour over crust mixture. Bake 40 minutes. Topping should be set, but slightly jiggly in the middle.
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| These are buttery and sweet. Very Decadent! |
Next, Ellie and I made cake pops. These are yummy little bon bons of cake on a stick. You bake a cake, following the directions on the box, cool, crumble and mix with 3/4 of a can of frosting. Roll into balls, chill and then dip in almond bark or candy melts. I saw them on another of my favorite blogs http://www.bakerella.com/. She even has a new cookbook out about all different kinds of cake pops. Ellie loves looking at it, but we have yet to make any more complicated than these:
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| Dip in melted almond bark and sprinkle!! |
They turned out really cute and are a total chocolate hit. It felt really good to be able to make 2 cute, yummy desserts and not have to spend a penny!
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