Eclair Cake Recipe

I wanted to share a recipe that I made the other day. I found this Eclair Cake recipe on FoodNetwork.com. It is so delicious and easy to make!

Photo from FoodNetwork.com

Ingredients:

• 1 (1-pound) box graham crackers
• 2 (3 1/4-ounce) boxes instant French vanilla pudding
• 3 1/2 cups milk
• 1 (8-ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
• Frosting
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1/3 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Directions

Butter the bottom of a 13 by 9 by 2-inch pan. Line with whole graham crackers. In bowl of an electric mixer, mix pudding with milk; beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Fold in whipped topping. Pour half the pudding mixture over graham crackers. Place another layer of whole graham crackers on top of pudding layer. Pour over remaining half of pudding mixture and cover with another layer of graham crackers.

For frosting, blend together sugar and cocoa. Add butter and milk, mixing well. Add corn syrup and vanilla. Stir until creamy. Cover cake with frosting and refrigerate for 24 hours.

Chocolate Bread Pudding Recipe Step-By-Step

I had never eaten bread pudding before, but I have always wanted to try it. Whenever I buy a loaf of french bread to go with dinner, we can never finish the whole loaf and it ends up getting thrown away, which bothers me to no end!

I had a loaf of french bread that I bought to go with our chicken tetrazzini, and I decided that I would search for a tasty chocolate bread pudding recipe to try. Here's where I got the recipe from: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chocolate-Bread-Pudding-107889. It turned out to be really good! And guess what...I took pictures of the process!

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cups whipping cream
• 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 cup whole milk
• 1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 4 ounces French bread with crust, cut into 1-inch cubes (about 4 cups)

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 325°F. Bring cream, 1/2 cup sugar, and milk to simmer in heavy medium saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat.

Add 1 cup chocolate chips and whisk until melted and smooth. Whisk egg and vanilla in large bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in hot chocolate mixture. Cool chocolate custard 10 minutes, stirring often.

Add bread cubes and remaining 1/4 cup chocolate chips to custard and toss to coat.

Transfer to 1 1/2-quart-capacity shallow oval baking dish. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar over mixture. Bake until custard thickens and center is just set, about 50 minutes. Serve warm.

Turkey Wraps

We found these awesome tortillas at Target, so for lunch today I made turkey wraps.

I just had to take a picture of them since they turned out to be so pretty (and delicious). I just used the spinach and herb tortillas and then spread some onion and chive flavored cream cheese over that and added shaved turkey breast, sliced Monterrey-jack cheese, tomato and lettuce, and wrapped it all up! It goes perfect with a nice little fruit salad too!

Oh yeah, an update from the last post: we went back to the land the next day, but there was no sign of the snake so I couldn't get a picture, and thank goodness we haven't seen any alive out there since then!

Black Forest Cake Recipe

My husband and I love this cake. The combination of chocolate and cherries is divine and it looks so fancy (like you spent the whole day making it), but in reality it is pretty easy to make!

Here's my recipe:

Black Forest Cake

2-20 oz. cans cherry pie filling
2-9 inch chocolate cake layers, baked and cooled
3 cups Cool Whip
1 can vanilla frosting

Split each cake layer in half, so you end up with four layers. Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Spread with 1 cup of the Cool Whip; top with ¾ cup of the cherry topping. Top with second cake layer, 1 cup Cool Whip and ¾ cup of cherry topping; top with third cake layer. Frost cake sides with the vanilla frosting; with the remaining frosting, place into a pastry bag fitted with a star pipe. Pipe around top and bottom edges of the cake. Spoon the remaining cherry topping over the top of the cake. Refrigerate any leftovers.

Etsy Cookbook from javajesspublishing

I was looking through the Promotions Forums on Etsy last night and came across an awesome project that javajesspublishing has going on right now.

She is collecting recipes for an Etsy Cookbook. How cool is that?! She will be using 25 Appetizer/Side Dish recipes, 25 Main Dish recipes and 25 Dessert recipes, and she still has plenty of spaces available.

You can read all about it here: http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6066857.

Not only do you get free promotion, she is also going to send each Etsian that she features a FREE pdf ebook version of the cookbook, so everyone help out and submit those recipes!

I submitted my Black Forest Cake recipe and let me tell you it is yummy! I can't wait to see all of the other recipes in the cookbook.