Make it Monday: Kraft Triple Chocolate Tres Leche Cake

Recipe Below

After the holiday's I end up with an abundance of odds and ends in the baking department that need used...

I had Sweetened Condensed milk and Evaporated milk needing to get out of my cabinet so....

I made this:

Bake the boxed cake

Put your chocolate in a microwave safe bowl for melting.

The recipe states to use a blender...

I didn't at first...but then I saw where it might be easier to pour this mixture from the Carafe as opposed to a bowl.

Melt Chocolate as directions on pkg indicate

Blend milks and sour cream til smooth

Add melted chocolate to blender

Poke holes in Cooled, Baked Cake 

Pour some of the mixture over cake

Wait til some of it absorbs then pour more. Keep doing this til you run out of liquid in your blender.

Refrigerate and enjoy!!

Hubby said he would totally eat this again.

**I didn't make chocolate curls like the recipe said...no one seemed to care LOL

And I didn't add cocoa to the Cool Whip either.

Triple Chocolate Tres Leches Cake

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/triple-chocolate-tres-leches-138254.aspx

photo by:

kraft

what you need

1

pkg.   (2-layer size) devil's food cake mix

2

pkg.  (4 oz. each) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, divided

1

can   (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk

1

can  (12 oz.) evaporated milk

1/2

cup  BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream

1

Tbsp.  unsweetened cocoa powder

1

cup   thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

make it

PREPARE cake batter and bake in 13x9-inch pan as directed on package. Cool cake in pan 10 min., then pierce cake with large fork at 1/2-inch intervals.

MELT 7 oz. chocolate as directed on package. Blend milks and sour cream in blender until smooth. Add melted chocolate; blend well. Pour over cake, re-piercing cake if necessary until milk mixture is absorbed. Refrigerate 1 hour. Meanwhile, make curls from remaining chocolate.

STIR cocoa into COOL WHIP. Frost cake with COOL WHIP mixture; top with chocolate curls. Keep refrigerated.

kraft kitchens tips

FOOD FACTS

Tres leches means three milks in Spanish. It is a deliciously moist cake with a distinctive wet texture.

SIZE-WISE

Enjoy your favorite foods while keeping portion size in mind.

HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CURLS

Microwave unwrapped chocolate on HIGH for a few seconds or just until you can smudge the chocolate with your thumb. Hold the chocolate steadily and draw a vegetable peeler slowly across to form curls.

Foodie Friday: Rotel Dip

We had this for the first time in West Virginia last fall.

Well... Q had it before then and Hubby doesn't remember eating it since we were hopped up on happy pills....

So I had it for the 1st time then, Hubby had it the first time this time LOL

All this recipe consists of is:

1 Pkg of Cream Cheese

1 Can of Rotel

1 Pkg of Sausage

1.  Brown your meat

2. After the meat is brown, add the can of Rotel

3. Add block of Cream Cheese

4. Mix

5. Serve warm with tortilla chips

WIP Wednesday: Bernat CAL

Yea! It's complete =)

Can I not take a picture of a finished blanket without a cat laying on it???

Here is Spaz watching me weave in the ends...

Like how I have to put all my ends in a baggie...he would have fad a field day noming them ...

Ta-Dah!!!

He thinks he is sooo cute...

 Really???

" Heeheehee yeah Mom, really"

Stats: 

Stared:  Feb 24 2013

Finished:  April 14 2013

49 inches wide  (4 Ft)  = 131 sts across

69 inches long  (5.75 Ft) = 164 rows 

of alternating Double and Single Crochet

January started with Light Blue

March ended with Teal

Color Key

Black- Boarder and stitches inbetween months

Purple- Below 19*

White- 20*-29*

Light Blue- 30*-39*

Teal- 40*-49* 

Dark Green- 50*-59*

Light Green- 60*-69

The double Crochet represented the High for the day and the Single crochet represented the low for that particular day. 

Make it Monday: Cream Cheese muffins

Stop what you are doing and make these (well after you read the recipe of course) 

I got this recipe from Penzy's Spices catalog called:

Kris's Cream Cheese Cupcakes

If you have seen other posts you know we like to go there from time to time and the catalog always has some yummy recipes!

Preheat the oven to 350*

Ingredients: 

8 oz. cream cheese 1 egg 1/3 Cup sugar 1 tsp. baking soda 1/8 tsp. KOSHER-STYLE FLAKE SALT 6 oz. chocolate chips 11/2 Cups flour 1 Cup sugar 1/4 Cup COCOA POWDER 1/2 tsp. kosher salt 1 Cup water 1/3 Cup canola oil 11/2 tsp. apple cider vinegar 1 tsp. PURE VANILLA EXTRACT

 In a medium bowl, beat together the cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt. 

Fold in the chocolate chips and set aside.

In another bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, COCOA POWDER, baking soda and salt.

Add the water, oil, vinegar and VANILLA. Beat until well-blended.

Fill muffin cups lined with cupcake papers 1/3 full with chocolate batter. 

Top each one with 1 tsp. of the cream cheese mixture.

 Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes. 

These are DEFINITELY a keeper!

I see me making these again in the near future...

Foodie Friday: Cheerio Treats

Cherrio Treats

I had some stale Cheerio's that were just begging to be eaten...but there was no way I was going to eat them for breakfast that's for sure! I found a recipe for these, an alternative to Rice Crispy Treats.

1/4 Cup Butter

8 Cups Cheerios   **I don't believe I had this much

10 oz bag of marshmallows  ** I used marshmallow fluff

**I also added chocolate chips to the butter when melting so it was chocolaty

**Then when I scooped the mix in the Pyrex I added more chocolate chips to the top.

In large saucepan, melt butter. Add marshmallows and stir until melted and blended with the butter.

Remove from heat and add Cheerios. Mix until evenly coated.

Scoop into 13x9x2 greased pan. Cool for an hour or two, cut into small squares and enjoy!