Awesome Dessert Recipe Needed

We are going to a relatives house for dinner on sunday and i need a recipe for something that is just awesome.

I have never been to this IL's house b4 so i want to come with something really good.



TIA

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Try Ina Garten (barefoot contessaa)! She has the most amazing chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache! They are TO DIE for!

They're on the food network recipe. Make sure you try the ones with the coffee powder added. EWW, right? That's what I thought.. but I made them and you can't even taste the coffee... it just enhances the flavor of the chocolate and makes it SO much richer!

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here's my secret weapon recipe:
verlet's apricot tart

It's WONDERFUL.... not sweet... just buttery... tastes the way a european pastry should (The apricots must be fragrant, though)

serve it along with some homemade whipped cream with vanilla......

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Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bars


½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
1 (14 oz) can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk (Not evaporated Milk)
1 cup (6 oz) Hershey’s Butterscotch Flavored Chips
1 cup (6 oz) Hershey’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 1/3 cups Mounds Sweetened Coconut Flakes
1 cup chopped almonds

Preheat oven to 350 (325 for glass dish). In 13x9 in baking pan, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle crumbs over butter; pour Eagle Brand evenly on top of crumbs. Top with remaining ingredients in order listed; press down firmly with fork. Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Chill if desired (TASTE BETTER CHILLED). Cut into bars.

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Brownie Swirl Cheesecake

Ingredients:
-8 oz (1 Pk) Brownie Mix
-16 oz Cream Cheese (softened)
-1/2 cup sugar
-1 tsp vanilla
-2 Large Eggs
-1 cup milk chocolate chips (melted)

Directions:
-Grease bottom of 9 inch springform pan
-Prepare basic brownie mix as directed on package; pour batter evenly into springform pan
-Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes
-Combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.
-Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition
-Pour over brownie layer
-Spoon chocolate over cream cheese mixture, cut through cheese and chocolate mixture several times to achieve a marble effect.
-Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
-Loosen cake from rim of pan, cool before removing rim of pan.
-Chill.

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Death by Chocolate

This is a HUGE crowd pleaser and it's super easy...I replace the coffee with Kahlua and it's awesome!

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Strawberry Ice Cream Parfait

9 inch pie crust (i like the graham cracker crust)
1 pkg. strawberry jello
1 pt. vanilla ice cream
1 package frozen sliced strawberries

Heat frozen sliced strawberries in pot until heated thoroughly, stir in the package of strawberry jello and stir until dissolved. Spoon in ice cream and stir until melted. Pour the miixture into baked pie shell. Chill until firm.

I like to serve topped with cool whip/whip cream So Yummy & Light!!

Message edited 4/4/2009 1:30:23 AM.

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Im going to bring this to Easter:

Trifle with fresh berries

But here are some other ones that look yummy:

Rasberry Lemon bunny cake

Truffle tarts with Rasberries

Easter Pie( like cheesecake in Phyllo dough)

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I don't have a recipe that I've made myself yet, but red velvet cupcakes are my new fave!!!! I'm making them to bring to my IL's for Easter.

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When I need a WOW dessert, i make this fruit tart...

FYI - Double the recipe for the pastry cream below. The original recipe doesn't yield that much.


Ingredients:

For the pastry:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/8 tsp. salt

8 Tbs. (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into
1/2-inch pieces

1 egg yolk, beaten with 2 Tbs. heavy cream



For the vanilla pastry cream:

3 Tbs. granulated sugar

1 Tbs. all-purpose flour

1 Tbs. cornstarch

2 egg yolks

2/3 cup milk

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract


4 cups mixed berries, such as blueberries,
raspberries, strawberries and blackberries

Confectioners’ sugar for dusting


Directions:

Position a rack in the lower third of an oven and preheat to 425ºF.

To make the pastry, in the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour, granulated sugar and salt and pulse a few times to mix. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the egg yolk mixture and pulse until the dough holds together when squeezed. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead a few times until it comes together in a ball. Shape into a 5-inch disk, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, make the pastry cream: In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the granulated sugar, flour, cornstarch and egg yolks on medium speed until thick and pale yellow, 2 to 3 minutes.

In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the milk and vanilla and bring to a simmer. While stirring, pour half the milk into the sugar mixture until combined. Then pour this mixture back into the pan with the remaining milk and place over medium-low heat. Cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture thickens and starts to bubble, 1 to 2 minutes. Be sure to scrape the sides and corners of the pan while whisking to prevent scorching. Pour the pastry cream into a clean bowl and cover the surface with parchment paper. Let cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for 1 hour.

On a floured surface, roll out the dough into an 11-inch round. Transfer to a 9-inch tart dish and trim the edges to make them flush with the rim. (If the dough starts to break, just piece it together in the dish.) Reduce the oven temperature to 350ºF. Using a fork, poke holes in the bottom of the crust. Bake until the crust is golden, 15 to 20 minutes more. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool for about 1 hour.

To serve, spoon the pastry cream into the crust, arrange the berries on top and dust with confectioners sugar. Serves 8.