A Peppermint Serving Tray. Christmas Ideas. Individual Crudites - Good Things for Spring Weddings - You're Engaged! - MarthaStewartWeddings.com. Eggnog-Truffles. Gingerbread Truffles (Gingerbread Cake Balls) Because I'm on a roll, here's one more posting that is a cake ball variation. These are gingerbread cake balls, and I've been dying to try them ever since last year. 'Tis finally the season, so here they are, in an abbreviated posting, because I'm sure everyone is familiar with the basics of cake balls by now. You start with gingerbread. From scratch if you'd like, but it really defeats the purpose of making an easy treat. I used 2 of these guys: They are 14 oz each, a little more than the average cake mix when put together, so they need a little extra time baking.
Combine the 2 mixes plus the ingredients specified on the box, and bake in a 9"x13" pan at 350F for about 45 minutes. Once the cake is done and cooled (same day, next day, whenever), mash it up with a tub of vanilla icing. Now comes the dipping. All in all, I am very pleased with the way these gingerbread truffles turned out. Our Best Christmas Candy from Better Homes & Gardens. Hot Chocolate Spoons for your dipping pleasure. By Marie LeBaron As January is here and the cold wintry season is in full effect, we’re warming up with some hot cocoa. But the best part is, dipping our Hot Chocolate Spoons into it! These spoons are easy to make and fun to eat, helping beat those winter blues! Supplies for Hot Chocolate Spoons: – spoons, plastic work best – chocolate chips, regular and mini chips – marshmallows – coconut, shredded and sweetened – peanut butter chips – butterscotch chips – crushed candy canes – wax paper – plate Have your supplies out ready to go.
Heat up your chocolate chips for spoon dipping first. Place a 1/2 cup of chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 1 minute. Take it out and stir, then continue to heat it for 20 second intervals until melted. Once your chocolate is melted, dip your spoon into the bowl. When you’ve got your spoons dipped, it’s time to decorate them. We made a few different kinds of dipped spoons. Going… gone! Now this is one tasty snowman! Chile and Cheese Spirals. Here is another easy and delicious appetizer. I can’t remember where I got this recipe,but it’s perfect for Christmas. You can use any type of tortilla to make them, but at Christmas I like to make them with green tortillas. I buy the Mission garden spinach herb kind. These are full of flavor and look festive. The other good thing is that have to be made at least 1 hour ahead of time.
I have made them the day before a party. There won’t be a post on Christmas so I hope you all have a fabulous Christmas and delicious food. Chile and Cheese Spirals This is the picture of the idea I saw for serving these. Chocolate Raspberry Forest Cake {Birthday} My husband is a quarter of a century old! Bahaha! I just love saying that, but I better watch it because I will be 25 before you know it! Yay! By Logan’s request, I made a Chocolate Raspberry Cake. Logan’s Chocolate Raspberry Forest Cake was: Dark chocolate cake layersDark chocolate ganache and raspberry fillingVanilla buttercream frostingDark chocolate trees Let me tell you something!
Just look at those amazing layers! This cake was so moist and with the tart flavor and crunch from the filling. Oh, and it’s just a fact of life that you must enjoy a slice with a scoop of vanilla frozen yogurt (for those of you ice cream lovers like me!). Anyway. Chocolate Cake Layers adapted from Smitten Kitchen Ingredients How-To Preheat oven to 300°.Grease and lightly flour 3 9″ cake pans.In a medium sized bowl, pour the hot coffee over the chocolate chips.
When you are ready to assemble the cake, begin by preparing the raspberry filling and chocolate ganache. Raspberry Filling Chocolate Ganache Chocolate Trees.