Powdered Sugar Magic!

You can work a little magic in the kitchen with some powdered sugar! Have you ever tried this? For me, it's a "WHY didn't I think of that?" trick!

CHOCOLATE POWDERED SUGAR

2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa

In a small bowl stir together powdered sugar and unsweetened cocoa.

NOTE:
Chocolate Powdered Sugar is quite light in color.
Dark chocolate cookies show it off best.

OTHER VARIATIONS:
Make strawberry with strawberry quick powder.
Make lemon with lemonade mix.
Use koolaid packets to make rainbow colors with just a hint of flavor!
Add a pinch of cinnamon to the chocolate mix if you like!

This is just toooo simple and should be fun! Enjoy!

Pudding Mix with Variations

Pudding Mix

1/2 C. cornstarch

1 C. flour

1 1/2 C. Sugar

1 tsp. salt

Mix ingredients well and store in sealed container.

Vanilla Pudding:

3 C. Milk

3/4 C. pudding mix

2 eggs, beaten

2 Tblsp. butter

2 tsp. vanilla

In medium saucepan, beat eggs and add rest of ingredients. Bring to boil, stirring constantly with wire whisk. Cook for 1 minute.

 

Chocolate Pudding:

3 C. Milk

3/4 C. pudding mix

2 eggs, beaten

1/4 C. sugar

2 Tblsp. butter

2 tsp. vanilla

5 Tblsp. cocoa

 

In medium saucepan, beat eggs and add rest of ingredients. Bring to boil, stirring constantly with wire whisk. Cook for 1 minute.

Who doesn't like pudding? The Jello mixes DO come in sugar free and I LOVE them. Pistachio is my fav and I really like the Watergate salad with it, SF whipped topping and crushed pineapple! But now and then, we are out of the convenience packages or would like to make our own from scratch. So I hope these recipes can help you out. I think I should try it with Splenda!

ENJOY!

I found a couple recipes that are pretty much identical for a diabetic friendly fudge! YUM! Being diabetic, it's been one of the things I've missed being able to have a few bites of. NO MORE! I'm trying this! I have a package of my soft goat cheese thawing to make this. This one even has some nuts in it.

SUGAR FREE FUDGE

Ingredients
2-8 OZ. PKGS REDUCED FAT CREAM CHEESE
2-1OZ SQS. UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE-MELTED AND COOLED
SUGAR SUBSTITUTE EQUAL TO 1 CUP SUGAR
1 TEASPOON VANILLA
1/2 CUP PECANS CHOPPED

Directions
In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, chocolate, sweetener, and vanilla until smooth. Stir in pecans. Pour into an 8 inch square pan lined with foil, cover and refrigerate overnight. Cut into 16 squares. Serve chilled.
Yields 16 servings
Source: Diabetic Connect

RED DEVIL MAGIC MAYONNAISE CAKE & DEVIL'S FOOD FUDGE FROSTING

Here's another tasty treat fit for Valentine's Day. 

Due to the mayo, this should be a rich, moist cake that is slightly heavier. I LOVE a mayo cake!

RED DEVIL MAGIC MAYONNAISE CAKE

2 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. mayonnaise
1 c. sugar
1 c. cold water or cold coffee for mocha flavor
1/3 c. unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all cake ingredients in bowl and whisk until smooth. Pour into 2 greased and floured 8-inch cake pans. Bake 25-30 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes in pan, turn out and cool completely on wire rack.

DEVIL'S FOOD FUDGE FROSTING:

3 c. powdered sugar
1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 c. butter, softened
3 tbsp. water or cold coffee
1 tsp. vanilla

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and beat until smooth and creamy.
Source: www.Cooks.Com

German Chocolate "Dump" Cake

It's time for a few Valentine's treats! And THIS one should be just the thing!

I love the ease of making a dump cake, but even though this isn't what I would consider a dump cake it sounds DELISH! Then at the end of the recipe it refers to the cake as an earthquake type cake. I don't know where the recipe came from (an am not trying to bash it!) I do think I'll give it a try. Then I think I'll add some of my frozen sweet cherries as part of the decoration. If it works out as I expect it will, I'll probably add cherry pie filling dolloped over the unbaked cake to add to it. I love a "typical" cherry dump cake and think the addition of the coconut and frosting will make this something very holiday like. Can't you see it "dressed" up for Valentine's Day or Christmas?

GERMAN CHOCOLATE DUMP CAKE

2 c. chopped nuts
1 can coconut
1 pkg. German chocolate cake mix

ICING:

1 stick butter
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese
1 box powdered sugar

Butter oblong 9 x 13 inch pan. Pack pecans in bottom of pan. Press coconut on top of pecans. Mix cake by directions on the box and pour into pan on top of coconut and nuts.
Melt 1 stick butter, add cream cheese and powdered sugar. Pour over unbaked cake. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour. This cake is sometimes called earthquake because it falls in center when baked.

Today is National Chocolate Milk Shake Day!

Do you prefer a chocolate milk shake or a chocolate malted shake? I prefer the malted shake. Do you prefer homemade or have a favorite spot to buy one? I prefer homemade. I'm pretty much a home made type of gal for all my food! Both are yummy and I'd not be able to refuse either!

This week is also recognizing National Waffle Week, National Biscuit And Gravy Week, and National Vegetarian Awareness Week.

Why do we have a National Waffle Day and a National Waffle Week? And why are they recognized in August and September instead of spread out a bit? It seems a tad bit redundant to me!

I'm going to make note to include these yummy items to the menus for this week! Are you?