Dessert Recipes From Cindy

Here you go girls!! The recipes that you requested... I sure hope that I can explain things properly, as my recipes are pretty scant on instructions as they have been handed down many times and are made more by instinct than recipe. Good luck!

Orange Chiffon Cake

(325 degree oven )

2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup cooking oil
1 cup egg white ( 7-8 eggs needed), reserve 5 egg yolks
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
2 tbsp. grated orange peel
juice of two oranges plus water to equal 3/4 cup liquid

angel food or chiffon cake pan required

Measure and sift the following dry ingredients: flour, b. powder, sugar and salt

Whip until stiff: 1 cup egg whites, cream of tartar

Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add: oil, egg yolks, grated orange peel, juice mixture. Mix by hand to make a smooth batter.

Gradually pour batter over egg whites, while gently folding.
Bake 70 minutes at 325 degrees.
Invert to cool.

Orange Sauce For Chiffon Cake

*** make only half of this recipe if you don't plan on serving the entire cake at one time. It makes alot of sauce!!!!

2 cups water
3/4 cup orange juice concentrate
1 package instant vanilla pudding
1 cup whipping cream, whipped until stiff

In a mixing bowl, combine everything but the whipping cream. Whisk briskly, until slightly thickened. Add whipping cream and fold together. Serve over cake slices, vanilla ice cream is optional. Store leftovers in fridge.

Fruit Pizza

- this is not for the faint of heart - but we do not count calories at scrapbook events, do we girls???

(350 degree oven for crust)

Crust
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda

Cream butter and sugar together, add beaten egg.
Sift flour, b. powder and b. soda together.
Add to creamed mixture and mix on low speed until smooth.
Add:

1 tsp vanilla
1 cup coconut
1 1/2 cups rolled oats

Mix together.

***** Only use 3/4 of this batter for the crust - or you will be sorry!!! This is way too much dough for one pizza pan full of fruit pizza!!!!!!!!!! I'm warning you - oven cleaning will be required!

Spread on greased pizza pan or baking sheet. Moisten fingers with water to work the dough into the pizza shape.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 15-17 minutes, or until cookie is set in the center. Cool.

Cream Cheese Sauce

1/4 cup white sugar
8 oz. cream cheese, softened

Mix together and spread on cooled cookie crust. You want to spread within an inch and a half of the outside edge of the crust, so that some of the crust shows around the edges.

Arrange fruit on top of the pizza. We used: grapes, kiwi, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, canned orange segments. All that matters is that you have a good variety of fruit shapes, sizes and colors. See, you can use scrapbook design techniques to decorate your dessert!!

Glaze
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup orange juice, fresh or frozen concentrate
1/4 cup water1 1/2 tsp corn starch

Heat glaze in the microwave until thick and bubbly. (couple of minutes)
Cool
Drizzle over fruit pizza, trying to cover fruit so that it will not dry out.

Remember to tell everyone that loves this dessert that you got the recipe from the Monday Night Class Summer Scraptacular!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to everyone for coming out and spending the day with our crazy team. We loved seeing you all and look forward to seeing you again at the Jingle Bell Crop in November!!

Happy Baking, Cindy