What is your favorite dessert? (please include a recipe)?

I am not a big fan of fruit in desserts, so if you have a recipe with fruit you can post it, but it probably won't win best answer.What is your favorite dessert? (please include a recipe)?
Chocolate Eclair Cake


2 boxes graham crackers, you can use plain or cinnamon


2 ounces Chocolate Pudding


3 cups of milk


1 8oz container of cool whip


1 16 oz container of chocolate frosting





Line the bottom of a 9x13inch pan with graham crackers, in a large bowl combine mix and milk. Stir well. Stir in whipped topping to the pudding mixture over the graham crackers. Top with another layer of graham crackers and the remaining pudding mix. Continue layering until pudding mix is gone. Remove the lid and seal from frosting and microwave at 20 second intervals stirring until frosting is pourable, (about 1 minute.) Spread frosting evenly over the top, refrigerate 24 hours beforwe serving. CAN BE MADE WITHOUT THE FROSTING.


Or my other fave is





Baklava


1 (16 ounce) package phyllo dough


1 pound chopped nuts


1 cup butter


1 teaspoon ground cinnamon


1 cup water


1 cup white sugar


1 teaspoon vanilla extract


1/2 cup honey





DIRECTIONS


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F(175 degrees C). Butter the bottoms and sides of a 9x13 inch pan.


Chop nuts and toss with cinnamon. Set aside. Unroll phyllo dough. Cut whole stack in half to fit pan. Cover phyllo with a dampened cloth to keep from drying out as you work. Place two sheets of dough in pan, butter thoroughly. Repeat until you have 8 sheets layered. Sprinkle 2 - 3 tablespoons of nut mixture on top. Top with two sheets of dough, butter, nuts, layering as you go. The top layer should be about 6 - 8 sheets deep.


Using a sharp knife cut into diamond or square shapes all the way to the bottom of the pan. You may cut into 4 long rows the make diagonal cuts. Bake for about 50 minutes until baklava is golden and crisp.


Make sauce while baklava is baking. Boil sugar and water until sugar is melted. Add vanilla and honey. Simmer for about 20 minutes.


Remove baklava from oven and immediately spoon sauce over it. Let cool. Serve in cupcake papers. This freezes well. Leave it uncovered as it gets soggy if it is wrapped up.What is your favorite dessert? (please include a recipe)?
Homemade fudge makes for a great dessert - heat it up and serve over ice cream.





This is a variation of Fantasy Fudge that is even better than the original. If you use vanilla extract in place of the liqueur, you have the Original Fantasy Fudge recipe.





Irish Cr猫me Fudge





I also use other liqueurs in place of the Irish Creme such as Kahlua, bandy, Kirsch, spiced/flavored rum and the new flavors of Kahlua mixing and matching nuts, coconut and dried fruits to match the liqueurs. You can use 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract in place of the liqueur.





3/4 cup of butter


3 cups sugar


2/3 cup evaporated milk


1 7-ounce jar Kraft marshmallow cr猫me


12 ounce bag semi-sweet chocolate chips


1 bottle (airline size or nip) or 1 shot Irish Cr猫me


2 cups walnuts or pecans - optional


2 8-inch square pans sprayed with non-stick spray





In a heavy 3 quart sauce pan - I prefer an enameled cast iron -melt butter, sugar and evaporated milk. Bring to a boil, turn down heat to a low boil and cook for 5 minutes.





Turn off heat and mix in marshmallow cr猫me. Once that is incorporated, mix in the chocolate chips until mixture is an even chocolate color then add the Irish cr猫me and nuts, mixing thoroughly.





Pour mixture into pans and cool thoroughly before cutting into squares and serving.





These cookies also make a nice dessert:





CORELLIAN COCONUT OATMEAL COOKIES DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE - Wedge





1 cup Flour


1 tsp Baking Powder


陆 tsp Baking Soda


1 tsp Salt


戮 cup Butter, softened


1 2/3 cup Sugar


2 Eggs 鈥?large or bigger (I prefer to use Jumbo)


1 陆 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract


2 陆 cup Quick Oats


1 cup Flaked Coconut


16 oz Milk Chocolate - Melted (I prefer Droste a Milk Chocolate candy bar from Holland)





Preheat oven to 375 F.





Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in flour mixture, vanilla and oats. Add coconut. Bake for 10-15 minutes, or until lightly browned at the edges. Cool on a wire rack. One cool dip half of each cookie in the melted chocolate and let harden. Makes about 60 cookies. Cookies will spread when baking.








SAC
This is soooo delicious and easy to make.





Death by Chocolate


1 box chocolate cake mix


4 sm boxes of Instant Choc. pudding


4- 8-oz. cool Whip


* oreo cookies crumbs (optional)


* melted chocolate (optional)


* chopped heath bars (optional)


* chocolate chips (optional)


This really looks nice in a glass pyrex dish or a trifle bowl.


Bake cake according to directions.


and prepare pudding according to box.


When cake is cooled.


Layer as follows:


half the cake - crumbled


half the pudding ( 2 boxes prepared)


16 oz. cool whip


Optional ingredients


Repeat-


* If you want you can sprinkle oreo crumbs, heath bars, and chocolate chips on the cool whip layers. On the final cool whip layer you can drizzle melted chocolate and sprinkle oreo crumbs and chocolate chips. I added oreo cookie crumbs and leftover melted chocolate in between the layers.
Here are two really good ones. The cupcakes are easy to make and the moouse tastes so good.





CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES





100 g butter


2/3 cup caster sugar


1 teaspoon vanilla essence


2 eggs, lightly beaten


1 cup self raising flour


1/3 cup cocoa


1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda


1/2 cup milk





1. Preheat ovn to 180 degrees celius or 160 if fan forced.


2. Lay out about 30 patty cases.


3. Cream butter, sugar and vanilla until light and creamy. gradually add eggs and mix until combined.


4. sift flour, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda. add to creamed mixture with milk. stir until just combined.


5. spoon in patty cases. then cook for about 20 mintues or until skewer comes out clean. cool and then spread tops with chocolate butter cream





Chocolate buter cream


60g unsalted butter, softened


1 1/4 cups icing sugar, sifted


1 tablespoon cocoa, sifted


1 tablespoon milk





Combine all ingredients in a food processor and proces until smooth.





CHOC-HONEYCOMB MOOUSE





Serves 4


1/2 cup thickened cream


250 g milk chocolate, chopped


1/4 cup sugar


2 teaspoons gelatine


1/2 cup water


2 x 35g chocolate coated honeycomb bars,chopped





1. Heat cream gently in a small pan


2. Add chocolate. Take off heat and stir until it melts


3. Pour into mixing bowl. Put aside to cool.


4. Mix sugar, gelatine and water in a small pan. Stir until sugar dissolves


5. Turn up heat and boil. Take off heat and pour into mixing bowl


6. Beat on medium speed 10 mins until thick and fluffy


7. gently mix chocolate through. spoon moouse into four dishes.


8. put in frige for 30 mins. Sprinkle honeycomb over and serve.





Delicious!!
Here's one I'll bet you've never had- but you'll love:





Get some really ripe plantains- the skin should be black. You should have one or maybe two per serving.





Peel and slice lengthwise and arrange in a glass baking dish, or individual ramekins.





Sprinkle with brown sugar- about 2 tablespoons per plantain- and dot with plenty of butter.





Bake at 400 until it's bubbly and serve hot, topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on each serving.
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