Nesquik® Chocolate Whip Topping

I came up with recipe to wow my husband around our anniversary. Was looking for a sweet chocolate whipped topping that didn’t taste chalky. This worked in my favor and it’s been super secret until now. Top your favorite dessert item and store unused portion in the refrigerator in a covered dish. Enjoy.

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Home Made Rolled Fondant

Homemade fondant without the added expensive ingredients like glucose or glycerin. Works great for cake designs of all sorts such as modeling figures, covering cakes, decorating, etc. Add your choice of food coloring.

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Whipped Coconut Cream (Vegan Whipped Cream)

Here in the Northwest many friends are a) vegan b) avoiding dairy c) lactose-intolerant or d) all of the above. This recipe makes sure they don’t miss out on one of the best parts of dessert: whipped cream! Keep a can or two of coconut milk in your fridge so that you’re always ready to make this recipe! Variations on this basic version abound: add citrus zest, matcha (green tea) powder, cocoa, almond extract, pumpkin pie spice, mmm…! Plan ahead, because the coconut milk needs to chill overnight.

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Zucchini Mincemeat

I was trying to think up a creative way to use up zucchini from my mom’s garden. I concocted this recipe which tastes just like regular mincemeat. I hand-chopped everything; prep time would be cut down with a food processor.

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All-Natural Pink Frosting!

This is a great way to make your Valentine’s Day baking more colorful without the added harsh ingredients! And it adds an extra-brilliant flavor to complement a chocolate-based cake or vanilla! Voila! You have a deliciously colorful icing without the added chemicals or harsh ingredients! For different colors try blueberries, avocado, raspberries, blackberries, or anything really!

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Graham Cracker Icing

My mother used to make graham cracker cookies for us all the time. We usually just used left-over frosting from a cake. Her recipe was really good, only we usually had chocolate frosting just because that was our favorite. Just leave out cocoa for vanilla frosting.

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Buttermilk King Cake with Cream Cheese Filling

I grew up eating king cake in NOLA but never really LIKING it. I finally decided to give it a go myself and have to say that this is, hands down, the best I’ve ever eaten. A conglom of several recipes, it’s great with coffee, not too sweet, not too bready, with a rich, tender crumb and the traditional lemon/nutmeg flavors of a genuine NOLA king cake. Best eaten same day but pretty darn good the day after (if there are leftovers!). Enjoy, y’all!

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