Decadent Desserts: Hot Fudge Cake

Happy Monday Friends!

I hope that you are all having a pleasant start to your week and that you are enjoying this fabulous weather!

I just love the start of Summer. Summer means no more classes, days spent on the lake, family trips to visit our relatives in Pennsylvania, and a new internship! I'd just like to take a moment to brag on myself; as a marketing student at Baylor University, I am very blessed to be working as an SEO Web Marketing Intern at a start-up company in Dallas called RankHammer.  If you don't know what SEO (search engine optimization) is, it's basically a fancy term meaning we help your company get more recognition on the internet. So if my posts start to get sparse this summer, I apologize!

But back to the goods. So as I mentioned before, my family takes a trip every summer to visit our relatives in Pennsylvania. In July we have a family reunion for which we all bring our favorite dishes to share. One of our favorite recipes to bring has become famous among our family: Hot Fudge Cake. It is made with super simple ingredients but tastes like a million bucks as it is super creamy, rich, and luscious. And because I love y'all, I'd like to share it with you! Yay!

Hot Fudge Cake

 

Ingredients:

2 small boxes vanilla instant pudding

3 cups of milk

1 tub of whipped topping

1 box of chocolate graham crackers

1 tub of chocolate frosting

 

Instructions:

This tastes best when made 24 hours ahead of time.

 

Mix the pudding and the milk until thickened (I used a hand mixer to speed up the process). Mix in the whipped topping. In a 13x9 inch pan layer the graham crackers with the pudding mixture, starting and ending with the graham cracker layers. Spread the frosting over the top layer of graham crackers. cover with foil and chill in the fridge over night. Serve cold.

 

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So thats all she wrote! I hope you guys love this as much as my family does. As always let me know if you liked it, hated it, or just have a general question/statement in the comments section below, or at keencuisine@gmail.com

 

Bon Appetit,

 

KK



Decadent Dessert: Albino Muffins

Happy Sunday Friends!

I'd like to share another one of my favorite recipes with you: albino muffins. Now, I'm sure you're thinking, "Why on earth would anyone name a recipe THAT?!" Well, it's pretty simple; because they're white!

These muffins are moist and sweet, but not dense like a traditional muffin. They are low in sugar and fat, so they satisfy your sweet tooth without sacrificing your skinny jeans. The batter is pretty standard so you can put literally anything in them: dried fruit, chocolate, nuts, candy, oats, granola, seeds etc. Plus they bake in 12 minutes so you don't have to slave away over a hot oven all afternoon (Huzzah! More time to watch Game of Thrones).

 

Here's the plan, man:

 

Albino Muffins

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups flour

3 tsp baking powder

3 1/2 tsp sugar

1 tsp real vanilla extract

1 large egg

1 cup milk

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 cup of your favorite mix-in (I used equal parts white and dark chocolate chips)

Cooking spray and/or muffin pan liners

 

Instructions:

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Prepare your muffin pan by spraying it with non-stick cooking spray and/or filling it with muffin pan liners.

 

In a large bowl sift all dry ingredients together. In a separate smaller bowl, combine all wet ingredients and mix well. Add wet mixture to dry mixture and whisk until well-combined (it will be a little lumpy). Add your mix-ins and stir until well-distributed. Spoon the batter into your muffin pan (each one should be about 2/3 filled). Bake for 12 minutes.

 

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That's it y'all! Easy peasy. Now you have a simple and yummy dessert, snack or breakfast that everyone will enjoy!

 

As always, feel free to share your comments, concerns, questions, praises and pitfalls in the comments section below, or at keencuisine@gmail.com.

 

Bon Appetit,

 

KK