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Cheesecake Filled Chocolate Easter Eggs

Cheesecake Filled Chocolate Easter Eggs
It's hard to believe Easter is just around the corner. This year is going too fast for me to keep up! I swear it felt like yesterday that I was laughing at how quickly the Easter displays went up to replace the Christmas stuff at the beginning of the year, it has managed to creep up on me. My days are getting busier and busier, so I am easily drawn to the simpler, quicker desserts that I can pull together at the last minute. This recipe could not be any easier; there's no baking involved and it takes hardly any time to create these cute Cheesecake-Filled Chocolate Easter Eggs with a 'yolk' made of passionfruit sauce. I took it as a compliment when Lisa (who hates eating eggs) said that these looked so much like real eggs that she was a little creeped out by them. I used my regular chilled cheesecake filling recipe for this, and made up a sauce using passionfruit pulp, apricot jam and a little bit of butter. Alright, I admit I may have taken a few too many photos of these little treats.

A Modern Take on the Doily - $850 Lamp for less than $50 A Modern Take on the Doily $850 Lamp for less than $50? Yes Please! Hello Pretty people! We are so excited to share a project we did this past weekend. A few months ago, I came across a ceiling lamp, I absolutely loved. To get started, you are going to need a few things to make this project successful. corn starchballoon (we used a 40” blown up until completely round, as pictured)upholstery thread (but any thread will do)twinedrop clothschool gluecheap paintbrushpetroleum jellylamp kit24+ doiliesstiff stuff We sewed the doilies around the balloon with the upholstery thread, very carefully. Make sure to create a space to place your bulb socket. Once you have sewn about ¾ of your balloon, stop and do the last ¼ separately. Lay down your tarp and hang your balloon from some twine above the tarp. Rub the balloon down with the petroleum jelly. When you are complete, let your doilies dry for about 24 hours, the pop the balloon! It should look something like the image above! I am Lana.

Soufflés de framboesa Soufflés de framboesa Ingredientes: 10 g de manteiga sem sal à temperatura ambiente 100 g de açúcar 250 g de framboesas frescas 4 claras grandes 1 colher de sopa de açúcar em pó Antes de se sentar à mesa, ligue o forno a 190ºC. Unte o interior de quatro formas de soufflé de 2 dl com a manteiga, polvilhe-as generosamente com açúcar, sacuda-as para retirar o excesso e coloque-as num tabuleiro que possa ir ao forno. Ponha as framboesas num passador e reduza-as a puré, junte o açúcar e misture. Quando acabar de comer o prato principal, bata as claras em castelo firme, mas sem deixar secar, e junte o açúcar em pó a pouco e pouco, batendo bem entre cada adição. Envolva cuidadosamente as claras no puré de framboesas, distribua pelas formas e, com uma espátula, alise o topo. Receita retirada do livro Cozinha fantástica em 30 minutos do Reader's Digest Confecção Margarida Delgado Fotos Margarida Delgado

Apple Pie Baked in the Apples | Chronicles of a Domestic Dilettante As you all know, I am very much a beginner in the kitchen. So when my friends assigned both appetizers AND dessert to me for this year’s Thanksgiving, I was in full panic mode as I didn’t want to ruin our entire Thanksgiving dinner. Dessert, afterall, is the most important part of the meal. Furthermore, I was instructed that store-bought items were not welcome – because we all know I was already planning a trip to Whole Foods. After consulting Pinterest for some Apple Pie recipes, I came across this recipe for Apple Pie Baked in the Apple – I thought it was a nice blend of simple instructions and a gourmet look. I’m always a fan of things that look more impressive than they actually are. Step 1: Cut off the top of 4 apples off and discard. If you’re a skilled interior apple excavator, salvage as much as you can so you can use it for Step 2. This recipe will make 4 baked apple pies (in the apple). Step 2: Remove skin from remaining apple(s) and slice very thinly. How neat does that look?

Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries. What? Yes! Um... ok. Why didn't I think of this?!?!?! Of course you can hollow out a strawberry and stuff it full of cheesecake. Of course you can!!! Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries Here's what you need: About 20 strawberries... this was a little over one carton for me. 8 oz pkg softened cream cheese 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 sleeve of graham crackers 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (optional) First you will want to wash the strawberries and cut off the tops. Now core them! A thin ended apple peeler.... And a small knife.... I liked the knife better! The easiest way to core the strawberries is to hold the entire berry in your hand (wrap your fingers around it) and literally just core out the center. Um... Now to make the filling.... Beat the cream cheese. Now to fill the strawberries!!! I didn't want to hurt my zip lock baggies feelings so I used one to crush the graham crackers in. Now fill the strawberries, leaving just a bit coming out the top... then sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs.

Christmas Lights in 8 Bedrooms Posted by rd on Thursday, November 3, 2011 · Countdown begins before Christmas! And timely enough I’ve found these beautiful Christmas lights adorned bedrooms. [source: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight] + foodcoloring!! Crack Pie Recipe at Epicurious photo by Christopher Griffith yield Makes 10 to 12 servings active time 40 minutes total time 15 hours (includes baking, cooling, and chilling time) Anyone who has taken a bite of this Milk Bar best seller immediately knows the reason for the sassy name. Once you start eating this rich, salty-sweet pie with its oat cookie crust, you won't be able to stop. Preparation For oat cookie crust: Preheat oven to 350°F. Using hands, crumble oat cookie into large bowl; add 3 tablespoons butter and 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar. For filling: Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Sift powdered sugar lightly over top of pie.

Rainbow Cake in a Jar at Family Kitchen I’ve always had a penchant for sunshine in a jar. Doesn’t the very phrase itself, “sunshine in a jar,” roll off your tongue and fill your mouth with magic? While I’ve never yet found myself a sunshine in a jar, I think we may have just concocted it in our kitchen tonight. In this simple recipe, a basic white cake is turned into a slew of bright colors, baked to perfection, then topped with a creamy white frosting. Cakes baked in jars can be topped with traditional metal canning lids and stored in the fridge for up to five days. Rainbow Cake in Jar 1 box white cake mix made according to package instructionsNeon food coloring in pink, yellow, green, turquoise, and purple3 one-pint canning jars1 can vanilla frostingRainbow sprinkles Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Scoop about 1/2 cups of cake batter into five small bowls. Spoon about 3 tablespoons of the purple batter into the bottom of each jar. For even more great desserts in a jar, check out our slideshow “Contain Yourself!

Easy Easter DIY DIY Tutorials - 10 Awesome Ideas! Posted by ScrapHacker.com on måndag, april 2, 2012 · 2 Comments How do you take your eggs? Today’s post serves a delightful dish of 10+ hacky Easy Easter DIY ideas brought to you from the blogosphere. The selection features a range of doable DIY egg hacks with Neon Dip Dyed Eggs, Chocolate Birds’ Nests, a ready-to-download-and-print Easter Bunny Garland + lots of other awesome ideas to have up your crafty sleeve when the Easter bunny comes knocking! Link to tutorials under each pic - Have fun! DIY Yummy Easter Placecards by Janis Nicolay of Pinecone Camp for PoppyTalk, TUTORIAL HERE! DIY Leaf Print Eggs from Disney Family fun, TUTORIAL HERE! DIY Chocolate Birds’ nests from ‘The Curvy Carrot’ TUTORIAL HERE! DIY Easter Garland, download printable rabbits here! DIY Secret Message Egg from PoppyTalk, TUTORIAL HERE! DIY Neon Dip Dye Eggs from OhJoy, TUTORIAL HERE! DIY Washi Tape Easter Stickers from Creatures of Comfort, TUTORIAL HERE! DIY Egg & Cherry Blossom from Decor8, TUTORIAL HERE! CMYK Eggs

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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Truffles Thursday, October 30, 2008 Pumpkin Cream Cheese Truffles **UPDATE** I originally made these in 2008, back in my early stages of blogging. There seems to be a renewed interest in them, and since it had been 3 years since I made them, I decided to make them again and have a new photo shoot. You get new pretty pictures to look at, I get to eat these truffles again. It’s a win/win situation. I tried to come up with a creative/catchy title for this post. The mixture is really soft, and I highly suggest putting it in the fridge before for 30 minutes or so until you roll them into balls. PrintSave Pumpkin Cream Cheese Truffles Yield: Approximately 18, depending on how large or small you roll them. Ah yes… the old point & shoot pictures.

Peanut Butter & Chocolate Cake While I'm away in California, I've decided to detox from the internet. I've spent a lot of time writing up posts for the eight weeks I'm away. I left it late in all the chaos so there were several nights where I found myself eating peanut butter off a teaspoon at 3am while staring at my laptop, desperately willing the posts into existence. I often feel that normal recipe posts I schedule somehow lose their heart and end up a bit flat. So instead of trying to recreate my normal posting (as I did for my finals, for instance), I thought I would try something a bit different. Enter the Foundations series. I know it's not exactly a novel idea in the blog world and there are lots of great guides out there. There will also be two 'Best of...' posts focusing on some favourite summer ingredients. I really hope you enjoy the posts I've organized, I've put a lot of effort into them. For today, however, I have cake. I've been waiting for Joy the Baker's book to arrive for ages. Anyway.

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