Desserts

Creamsicle Slushie

~ lindy

This is the best orange cream slush I’ve ever eaten.  Give it a try you will be glad you did!

Orange Creamsicle Slushie


*3 cups Simply Orange Juice

*Zest and Juice from 1 Orange

*1/2 cup Orange Cream Syrup, Victoria a snow cone syrup

*1 cup Simple Syrup (in a glass bowl add 1 cup boiling water to 1 cup sugar, letting sugar dissolve before adding to orange juice and orange cream syrup)

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** Vanilla Gelato or Vanilla Ice-cream, optional

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In a 4 cup glass measuring cup make the simple syrup and then add the remaining ingredients.
Then using a silicone bread pan, pour the liquid slush into bread pan (can use regular bread pan), cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 2 hours and then scrap with fork and then again scrap again when all the slush is frozen.

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Serve over gelato or ice-cream or plain as an orange creamsicle slushie. Verrry Yummy!!!

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We will be making more flavors of slushes so, be sure to check back!


        


Enjoy!

Lindy

Dark Chocolate Cake

~ lindy

Dark Chocolate  Cake

Cream together:

*3/4 cup Butter, at room temperature
*2/3 cup Granulated Sugar
*2 large Eggs
*2/3 cup Brown Sugar, packed
*2 teaspoons Vanilla

Add:

*1 cup Buttermilk, I used powder Buttermilk reconstituted
*1/2 cup Sour Cream, at room temperature
*2 tablespoons Water

Sift the following and then add to the above wet ingredients:

*1 3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
*1 cup Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Powder

*1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt
*1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda

Mix in a stand mixer all the above ingredients until well combined.  (I used a 1/2 baking sheet lined with sprayed parchment paper) Fill baking sheet three fourths full. Bake the sheet cake in a pre-heated oven at 350*F. for 18-20 minutes. Cool completely before cutting round circles with cookie cutter.  This recipe can also make 24 cupcakes, but it will depend on how full you fill each cupcake cup/liner with the batter.
Recipe adapted from Food Net Work


Strawberry Chocolate Cake Towers

  • 20 Strawberries, sliced, some whole for the topping
  • Dark Chocolate Cake Circles
  • Whipped Cream or 8 ounce Cool Whip Topping
  • Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup or Ganache
  • Dessert glasses or Jars, we used 8 ounce Ice-cream dessert glasses

Start with layering in glass jars:  sliced strawberries, cake circles and whipped cream/topping.  Repeat and top with whipped cream/topping.  Drizzle with chocolate and top with strawberry and dazzle more chocolate if desired.

We made 8 strawberry Chocolate Cake Towers.

    

Enjoy!

Lindy