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Showing posts with label No Bake Dessert. Show all posts

Friday, July 18, 2014

Pudding Popsicles

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A simple way to turn your favorite pudding into a frozen treat.


Pudding Popsicles:  A simple way to turn your favorite pudding into a frozen treat.



I live in a small apartment.  Did I mention that this apartment is in Hawaii?  All apartments and houses are small here, unless you are a millionaire.  That's okay because it's just me and my husband and the small apartment works for us and we get to live in Hawaii.  Anyway, I mention this to tell you that the outside facing wall is all window and sliding glass doors leading out to the lanai (porch/balcony).  We live pretty high up so we can leave our sliding glass doors open all the time (it's too high for bugs and too high for criminals).  I love it.  The temperature is usually perfect and there is typically a nice breeze so it hardly ever gets too hot.  But sometimes it gets kind of hot.  We get the afternoon sun shining in our windows so that's usually when the temperature rises a bit.  I could close up, pull down the blinds, and turn on the air but I like the city noise and fresh air so, when needed, I cool down with cool drinks and frozen treats.

Pudding Popsicles:  A simple way to turn your favorite pudding into a frozen treat.

I've been seeing many posts about cute popsicles made out of all kinds of things but my favorite treat is chocolate.  I also don't have any popsicle molds so I have to improvise.  That's why this pudding popsicle is so great.  The pudding comes in it's own container, you just add a popsicle stick and freeze.  Nothing could be simpler.  I used Jello pudding cups but any brand would work and any flavor.  I also used the sugar free pudding because I can't tell much difference so why eat unnecessary sugar.  This isn't so much of a recipe as a method but it makes a great frozen treat.  There is no excuse not to have some of these in your freezer at all times.

Pudding Popsicles:  A simple way to turn your favorite pudding into a frozen treat.

Pudding Popsicles


Individual pudding cups
Popsicle sticks

Pudding Popsicles:  A simple way to turn your favorite pudding into a frozen treat.

Leaving the foil cover on the pudding cup, pierce a small whole in the top.  Side a popsicle stick into this whole and give the bottom of the pudding cup a couple of wacks on the table or counter top to help settle the pudding.  Place in the freezer and freeze for 2-3 hours before enjoying.

To remove the popsicle, take off foil cover, dunk in warm water and pull and twist on the stick until it the frozen pudding slides out of the cup.

Easy peasy and you can use any type or flavor of pudding even use homemade pudding in your own popsicle molds.  Have fun and experiment.  Enjoy.

Pudding Popsicles:  A simple way to turn your favorite pudding into a frozen treat.



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Friday, January 24, 2014

Chocolate Pound Cake Tiramisu

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Chocolate pound cake soaked in rum and espresso layered with a whipped cream and mascarpone mixture.


Chocolate Pound Cake Tiramisu: Chocolate pound cake soaked in rum and espresso layered with a whipped cream and mascarpone mixture



I prefer my desserts to be chocolate.  The only exception is tiramisu.  Tiramisu is usually ladyfinger cookies that are soaked in rum and espresso layered between a whipped egg and mascarpone cream.  This decadent dessert tastes a little different everywhere but my favorite has a strong coffee flavor and plenty of rum.  This recipe combines my two favorite dessert flavors by using chocolate pound cake in place of lady fingers.  My nearest grocery stores didn't carry ladyfingers and I didn't want to waste time running all over town to find them so I looked for alternate ideas and came upon this Martha Stewart recipe.  This recipe was my baseline for my chocolate pound cake tiramisu.

Chocolate Pound Cake Tiramisu: Chocolate pound cake soaked in rum and espresso layered with a whipped cream and mascarpone mixture

Chocolate Pound Cake Tiramisu

Ingredients:
Slightly modified from Martha Stewart's Pound Cake Tiramisu

1 loaf Chocolate Pound Cake
3-4 oz rum
1/2 cup strong coffee, chilled
8 oz mascarpone cheese
1/4 cup powdered sugar
8 oz whipping cream

Chocolate Pound Cake Tiramisu: Chocolate pound cake soaked in rum and espresso layered with a whipped cream and mascarpone mixture

Slice the pound cake into about 12 even slices (about 1 cm to 1/2 inch thick).  Layer half of the slices evenly and tightly along the bottom of an 8 x 8 inch pan.

Beat the mascarpone, sugar and cream together until it forms stiff peaks; set aside.

Mix the rum and coffee together in a cup and brush or sprinkle half of the liquid evenly on top of the cake slices (it should absorb readily).

Layer half of the cream mixture on top of the first layer of cake and top with the last half of the pound cake.

Again brush or sprinkle the last of the coffee mixture on the top layer of cake and top with the last of the cream mixture. You can sprinkle cocoa powder and/or shaved chocolate on top.

Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving.  Makes 9 servings.  Enjoy.

Chocolate Pound Cake Tiramisu: Chocolate pound cake soaked in rum and espresso layered with a whipped cream and mascarpone mixture




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