Yumm-O!

Just thought I would share some of the goodies we've had recently. They are all treats that work through the holidays. I must say the cakes pop are my favorite, they are hard to eat because they are so beautiful!


First up is my Mini Cherry Cheesecakes. They are so good I almost hate making them. Seriously they can even fully cool before they are gone!

 Ingredients:

12 Vanilla wafers
2 Packages (8oz) Cream Cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup cherry pie filling

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Place 1 wafer in bottom of each of 12 paper-lined medium muffin pan cups; set aside.

Beat the cream cheese and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing just until blended after each addition. Spoon evenly into prepared muffin cups, filling each cup 2/3 full.

Bake for 30 minutes. Turn off oven; open oven door slightly. Let stand in oven 30 minutes. Remove from oven; cool completely. Top with pie filling. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving. Store leftover cheesecakes in refrigerator.

 

 

Next up are these super cute and scrumptious Pumpkin Pie Bites. I found them over at Bakerella. Click here for the recipe.





 

 

Last, I share my cake pops with you. These are made the "old school" way. By crumbling the cake and mixing in the icing. No cake pop moulds here folks!

 

What you'll need:

 

• A cake mix of your favorite flavour
• A tub of your favorite frosting
• Chocolate melting wafers
• A big piece of Styrofoam at least 2" thick
   

Here's what you do:

 

• Bake a boxed cake, following the instructions. Then crumble it all up nice and fine, this takes a while, but be patient, it's so worth it!
• Soften a can of frosting a little bit.You don't want it liquidy, just nice and soft.
• Using a spatula or wooden spoon mix the frosting into the cake crumbs.
• When it's finished it will be the texture of a gooey, dense brownie.
• Roll it into 1" balls. Insert your candy sticks most of the way through.
• Refrigerate
• While the balls are cooling melt your chocolate wafers (any colour you like)
• Once melted  you can pull out your cake pops and dip them into the melted chocolate.

Get creative! The ideas are endless!