Dump Cake What can be easier than a dump cake? Not exactly a “cake” but a great and easy dessert. Pass the cream! I always thought the name for this dessert was weird because it’s not exactly a cake, although it does use cake mix. The “dump” comes from that you just dump the ingredients…
Desserts
Sopapilla Crescents
Sopapilla Rolls A new twist on a timeless and dessert sweet. Easy too. I hadn’t thought of this dessert for ages. Then a friend posted about it on her Facebook page saying how much she enjoyed it and whenever a co-worker made it, how it would vanish into thin air immediately. Another mutual friend…
Caramel Graham Cracker Parfait
Caramel Graham Cracker Parfait Anyone who lives in upstate New York is familiar with a family-owned convenience store called Stewart’s Shops and their famous ice cream. They own and maintain their own dairies and have a stellar reputation in the area. One thing they are known for is their ice cream, and it’s many…
Caramel Apple Cheesecake Tart
Caramel Apple Cheesecake Tart What do you get when you combine a sweet pastry crust, apple pie filling, blobs of cheesecake, a crumb topping and caramel sauce? Caramel apple cheesecake tart, of course! And don’t let it’s look fool you–this is as easy as 1-2-3 and it’s not too bad calorie-wise either! The pastry…
Black Forest Mousse
Black Forest Mousse An excellent and easy dessert. With just two main ingredients, you can’t get much simpler than this and it’s low calorie too. First I started with a dark chocolate ready-to-eat pudding I got for free on a store promotion–the shelf-stable ones that come in the little tubs. I folded that into…
French Apple Pie Cobbler
French Apple Pie Cobbler How do you say pure heaven but purely easy? It’s this fantastic dessert that will have them begging not just for seconds, but thirds. Start with a single-layer cake mix, a can of apple pie filling and you can’t get simpler than that. I buy the Jiffy brand cake mixes…
Hot Cocaccino
Hot Cocaccino Nothing better for a cold and snowy day where a blizzard is going on outside your house. Very easy to make and most folks have all the fixings in their pantry. A lot better and cheaper than those trendy coffee shops too! Very easy to make and most folks have all the…
Copycat Entenmann’s Crumb Cake
Copycat Entenmann’s Crumb Cake I don’t think there’s anyone in the northeast who isn’t a fan of Entenmann’s famous crumb coffee cake.
Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Tarts
Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Tarts If one of your resolutions this year was to eat healthier and practice portion control, but you still miss a little treat now and then–keep reading! While no one professes that cheesecake is a healthy choice, it can certainly be part of a healthy eating plan. Portion control is the…
Chocolate Dipped Almond Biscotti
Chocolate Dipped Almond Biscotti Most elegant of Continental coffee cookies, but these are very, very easy. Maybe it has a couple of steps to the recipe, but they are all simple and most worth the time. Excellent served with after-dinner coffee for holiday guests. You can leave off the chocolate dip and have them…
