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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 8:51 pm
Okay!! It doesn't suck!! It looks almost nothing like the picture and it sorta looks like a kid did it, but I like it anyway. And it was pretty fun! I'm not sure I'd do it again, though, because the glaze was a hassle and messy. It is in my fridge and I'll take a picture tomorrow (of the cake and the whole table with centerpiece and place settings).
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, December 19, 2005 - 3:06 am
OK. I have a dessert recipe to die for. Sis even requests it every year in place of a birthday cake. We all call it "Mare's Blueberry Stuff." But, if we need an official name for it, we could call it Blueberry Dream Cake. I'm not much one for exact quantities. I'm more of a "until it looks/tastes good" kind of person for the two specialty recipes in my repertoire. It depends on how much I make too. So, the below quantities are more of a ratio guideline, with a bit of give and take.... 2 loafs of angel food cake 1 8oz Cool Whip (in the bowl) 1 8oz Cream Cheese (the soft kind in the bowl) 1 can blueberry pie filling Slice each angel food loaf into 3 pieces, length and height wise. ie, you'll be slicing the top off the angel food loaf, and the bottom off as well, leaving a top, bottom and middle piece that is still the length and width of the original loaf. After slicing each loaf you will have 6 pieces. Blend the cream cheese and whipped cream together with a mixer. In a rectangular dish, layer three pieces of angel food along the bottom, side by side. Spread 1/2 of the whipped cream/cream cheese mixture over the first layer of the angel food. Then repeat with a second layer of angel food, and the remaining mixture of whipped cream/cream cheese. Top off with blueberry pie filling. Cover and store in fridge. I use one of those Rubbermaid rectangular containers. On the bottom, it says "17 cups" as the size of the container. The three pieces of angel food fit nicely side by side along the bottom of the container. Sometimes, I end up with spaces between the angel food pieces, so I often buy another loaf of angel food to cut up and fill in the spaces.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, December 19, 2005 - 12:07 pm
There's a similar recipe I've done, Who. I don't remember what it's called, but you tear up pieces of angel food cake into large bites. Put 'em into a large bowl and add an 8oz container of Cool Whip. Toss and turn out into a 9x12 cake pan. Top with cherry pie filling. Refrigerate till ready to serve. It's easy to make, not all that fattening (especially if use use nonfat Cool Whip). 
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Monday, December 19, 2005 - 12:49 pm
EASY CHERRY ANGEL FOOD DESSERT 1 angel food cake 1 can Comstock cherry pie filling 1 c. sour cream 1 1/2 c. milk 1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding (sm.) Break 1/2 cake into 9 x 13 inch pan. Spread 1/2 cherry filling over cake. Repeat with remaining cake and cherries. Beat remaining ingredients together and pour over cake. Chill overnight. Serve with topping of Cool Whip or whipped cream. Serves 12.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, December 19, 2005 - 3:36 pm
Annie, Ms. Stewart is doing the ultimate WOW dessert on her show today: a croquembouche. It's so WOW that I would never make it.....It's basically filled puff pastries arranged in the shape of a tree and lightly covered with spun sugar.
You can see the recipe for it here. I've only had it twice--and then only in France--but it's delicious and has an amazing WOW factor. I also think a bouche de noel is great for Christmas eve...it's a rolled cake with butter creme frosting and decorated to look like a snow-covered log. But I could never be bothered to make the meringue "mushrooms" they use to decorate the damned thing.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 19, 2005 - 3:40 pm
I am watching it on TLC right now! LOL I actually do a poor man's version of one with (horrors) frozen cream puffs and a styrofoam form. and the step monster change her mind so i don't have to make a dessert now i get to do 100 mini tomato caprese and a salmon something. i am going to do some kind of ice cream thing for Christmas eve, cause that's what my kids have decided on! i am filing all these wonderful recipes..thanks to everyone!!!
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Monday, December 19, 2005 - 4:11 pm
That looks nice. You can do something similar with strufoli (italian honey balls) if you didn't want to mess with the spun sugar.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 4:48 am
These desserts are great. I was looking for something light to serve for Christmas Dinner dessert, unstead of the usual pie, and these will fit the bill.
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 9:15 am
Here are some pics of the dinner party from last night. All went so well!

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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 9:17 am

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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 12:46 pm
Beautiful tables spy!!
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 2:51 pm
How Lovely! Where's the cake?
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 11:15 am
Annie, sorry I didn't get back here with the answer to your question before. It is a Betty Crocker brand gingerbread cake.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 1:49 pm
i will check it out!
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Jmm
Moderator
08-16-2002
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 1:53 pm
Spy, What a beautiful table setting, you really outdid yourself. You, of course, look lovely as ever and I hope you and Flyboy have a wonderful Christmas.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 2:27 pm
Tish big cheater here, but I make the croquembouche. Costco has a great frozen desert of the puff pastry balls filled with cream. I make a rich chocolate sauce, with grand marnier, use the chocolate to glue them all the bals together to create the tree, then pour chocolate down from the top of the tree. Yummy.
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Abbynormal
Member
08-04-2001
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 8:47 pm
SPY?? What is that cream cheese looking thing in the lower left corner of the goodie table. We have that the other night and it was fab, but the lady never told me what was on top of it. I tried to find it online but couldn't. I know it's some kind of jelly, but what kind please?
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 10:20 pm
Thank you guys! My brother-in-law took the pictures and he did not send all of them via email yet. They leave for Guatemala to get their baby (yay!!!!) at 4am today, so they were too distracted to send them all. I will post one when they send it. Abby, it is called "Red Pepper Jelly" and I just picked it up at the grocery store. It is specifically for the cream cheese and even says so on the side of the jar. 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 11:19 am
Spy's cream cheese thing is like that spiced cranberry that I posted for Thanksgiving... make the spiced cranberry sauce and dump it on a block of cream cheese. And everyone goes nuts. Pepper jellies (especially jalapeno) are also yummy on cream cheese!
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