Candy Cane Pudding Parfaits

Candy Cane Pudding Parfaits

 This week I wanted to make a fun and easy dessert for our family to enjoy after dinner.  I had a box of candy cane pudding and a carton of Cool Whip frosting that I wanted to use together.  Another search of my cupboards and I also found some mini candy canes and some candy cane Oreos hiding in the very back.  Don’t you hide cookies too?  If I keep them in plain sight, my family will eat them before I have a chance to get creative with them.

I even found these cute parfait glasses that I had forgotten about.  (You know you have a prop addiction when you can’t remember when you bought the said cute glasses.)  But when they are only $.50 a piece, it is an ok addiction to have for the time being.   Something else I would like to become addicted to are the gorgeous serve ware pieces at Nambe’.    I am so excited for today’s giveaway because one lucky reader is going to win the gorgeous wood tray that the parfaits are sitting on.

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Lemon Cheesecake Cake

cheesecake with lemon cake, lemon cheesecake cake

 My husband likes to push my buttons and get me all worked up.  And he usually succeeds before I realize that he is just joking.  This weekend we hosted a dinner for our church’s praise team.  While we discussed our dinner menu, my dear hubby made a comment about buying dessert.  That just got me going because I already had plans to make this lemon cheesecake cake.

 ”WHAT?  Are you kidding me?  I love to make dessert and there is no way I can show my face if we buy a store dessert.”

Then I looked at him and realized he was grinning.  He knows I will never let him buy dessert because I have way too much fun playing in the kitchen with sugar.   [Read more...]

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