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Lemon Cream Cupcakes

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Ruthanne

Delicious white cupcakes filled with a lemon cream and topped with lemon buttercream and a scoop of whipped topping! Yum!!!

I love lemon- but in moderation. A dessert that is overwhelmingly lemon isn’t my favorite (which is why you see very few lemon recipes on this blog!) These are the perfect creamy mix of white cake and sweet lemon flavor though. I love them! I’ve become a big fan of putting a scoop of whipped topping in the center of a cupcake and surrounding it with a flavored buttercream. It cuts the sweetness and the flavor. These also have a creamy lemon filling that is sooooo yummy.

Ready for the recipe? Here you go. (printable version here)

INGREDIENTS:

One boxed white cake mix with eggs, water and oil to make according to package
One small package of instant lemon pudding (with 2 cups of milk to make according to package)
2 tubs of Cool Whip topping (frozen)
2 sticks of butter (softened)
1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
2 teaspoons of lemon extract
Yellow food coloring
Lemon drops and sprinkles (optional for decoration)

DIRECTIONS:

Make cake mix according to package and bake in 24 cupcake liners placed in a muffin tin. Cool completely.
Make pudding mix according to package. Spoon about 1/3 cup into a small zip-top bag and set aside.
Add 1/2 of one container of Cool Whip, to remaining pudding, mixing until well- combined. Place in a zip-top bag and set aside.
In a medium bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar, lemon extract and yellow food color together on high until light and fluffy. Place in a zip-top bag with a circular decorating tip inserted into one corner. Set aside.
Remove a core from each cupcake. You can use a knife or a cupcake corer to do this, but save the top of this core.
Clip a corner off the pudding/Cool Whip mixture bag and pipe this into the center of each cupcake, setting the top of the core back on when filled.
Use a medium cookie scoop, melon baller or ice cream scoop to spoon a rounded ball of frozen Cool Whip onto the center of each cupcake.
Pipe lemon frosting around the edges of this scoop by squeezing small circles of frosting all around the edge.

Cut a small(!) corner off the bag of plain pudding and drizzle this over the top.
Decorate as desired. If you use a lemon drop, add this just before serving so it doesn’t get sticky.
Keep these cupcakes refrigerated until serving.
Enjoy!!!

My thoughts: These are truly delicious. They are light and refreshing and just the right blend of lemon and sweet. A perfect summer dessert! I really hope you enjoy them! ~r

Other light and refreshing summer treats: (click on a photo to see the recipe)

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Mud Pie!

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Ruthanne

A layer of dense cake, topped with fudge, chocolate mousse and whipped cream. Yum.

Life is mud right now. At least if you live in the midwest and regularly walk a dog. My pup’s little white paws and belly are just caked in mud after every trip down our walking trail. There’s one kind of mud I don’t mind though- the edible kind!

Have you ever tried Mississippi Mud pie? I feel like there’s not an “official” recipe for this pie- sometimes pudding, sometimes marshmallow…I just put several things I love into an Oreo crust and called it mud. And it is delicious. I really think you’ll like it!

Here’s how we did it: (printable recipe)

INGREDIENTS:

One pre-made Oreo crumb crust

Cake layer:

1/2 bag of Nestle dark chocolate chips (this ends up being just a little less than 1 cup)
2 egg yolks
2 Tablespoons vanilla
3 Tablespoons of heavy cream
3 Tablespoons of powdered sugar

Fudge layer:

remaining 1/2 bag of Nestle dark chocolate chips (this ends up being just a little less than 1 cup)
1/2 cup of heavy cream

Chocolate Mousse Layer:

1 Packet of Dream Whip
1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 cup powdered sugar

White whipped topping:

1 packet of Dream Whip
1/2 cup milk

DIRECTIONS:

Cake Layer:

Unwrap Oreo crust and preheat oven to 350F degrees
Melt chocolate chips in the microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between until smooth.
In a separate bowl combine eggs, cream, vanilla and powdered sugar.
Add cream mixture to chocolate and blend well. Pour into crust and bake for 20 – 25 minutes until center is set. Cool completely.

Fudge Layer:

Melt remaining chocolate chips and cream together in microwave in 30 second increments, stirring between until melted and smooth.
Pour all but about 1/8 cup over cooled cake and allow this layer to firm up (I placed it in the refrigerator while I made the remaining 2 layers).
Pour remaining 1/8 cup into a small zip-top bag to use later for drizzle.

Chocolate Mousse Layer:

Add all ingredients to mixing bowl and beat on high for 3-4 minutes until light and fluffy.
Spoon on top of fudge layer and spread to edges.

Whipped topping:

Add all ingredients to mixing bowl and beat on high for 3-4 minutes until light and fluffy.
Spoon on top and spread to edges.
Take your small bag with 1/8 cup chocolate fudge filling (The one you set aside earlier), clip corner of bag and drizzle over the top. (I added a little shaved chocolate too)
Enjoy!

My thoughts: This is really as good as it looks…dense fudge bottom topped with the creamiest chocolate toppings. I usually eat that one bite I take off for a picture and give every bit of the rest away. But I ate the whole piece. Bad day for the diet, but a wonderful day to really savor this rich chocolate dessert. This is on my list of “must-make-again” recipes! I hope you get a chance to try it and enjoy it as much as I did!!!! Enjoy! ~r

Is chocolate the only way to do dessert in your house? Here are some other incredible chocolate treats from Easybaked~ just click on the photo to see the recipe!

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German Chocolate Pie

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Ruthanne

This rich chocolate pie is filled with creamy chocolate and coconut, and it is SO easy to make!

My apologies to those of you who have commented or asked questions here in the past few weeks~ the holidays got the better of me this year. I got terribly sick on Christmas day and my sweet little Casper got sick a week later. We are both still recovering, but SO much better! As one of my friends said, “You can tell she’s really sick when she doesn’t even want to bake!”

Poor Casper in his cone of shame!

This recipe just couldn’t be easier, and easy is what I needed this week! Our family likes to eat at a wonderful Amish restaurant called Das Dutchmen Essenhaus and they have a german chocolate pie there that is AMAZING. It is by far my favorite pie. I’ve been looking for recipes that come close to recreating this pie and so far I’ve had no luck duplicating it. This recipe is worth noting though, as it is easy and really yummy. It is sooooo rich- serve it with ice cream or whipped topping, and in small slices.

(this slice is too big!!!)

INGREDIENTS: (recipe taken from here)

1 8-ounce package Baker’s semi-sweet chocolate
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 13-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1-1/3 cups shredded coconut
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 cup sugar
1 9-inch unbaked pie shell (you’ll need a deep-dish)
whipped cream or ice cream (optional, but this is so rich, you’ll need it)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 400F degrees.
In a saucepan, melt chocolate and butter over medium heat.
Add sweetened condensed milk, coconut, eggs and sugar. Stir until blended.
Pour into unbaked pie shell (I used a frozen one, and the filling came all the way up to the top!)
Set pie on a cookie sheet and bake in a preheated 400 deg oven for 30 -40min.
Cool or serve warm with a dollop of whipped cream or ice-cream.
Store in refrigerator.

German Chocolate Pie!

My thoughts: A simple and delicious dessert, this is a great “need something at the last minute” recipe to have on hand. Enjoy!!!! ~r

Other pie recipes you might enjoy from Easybaked: (click on the image to be taken to the recipe)