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Day: May 12, 2016

  • Weekend Bites Berries Galore

    Weekend Bites Berries Galore

    Welcome to Weekend Bites! This week we’re featuring delicious recipes for all those berries coming into season. 

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    Black-blue-red-rasp berry. So many berries! I love this time of year when the berries start producing, and our desserts are a little healthier as we toss these delicious berries into just about everything. I made a special 2nd trip to Aldi this week just to get some of the blackberries on a 99cent special. At that price, yes I brought home a whole flat of blackberries. 3 cartons went in the freezer, and 3 went in the fridge. That was yesterday actually, and would you believe the 3 cartons in the fridge are already gone! We had one in our cereal this morning, and I used the other 2 to make this amazing dessert from Frugal Foodie Mama – Blackberry Lemon Almond-Oat Bars. 
     
    We had company over for dinner, and it was the perfect way to end a fabulous dinner that my neighbor cooked. Normally I won’t cook something I haven’t tried before, for company, but I couldn’t resist those blackberries. The frozen berries may easily find their way into Mom’s Messy Miracles Blackberry Cake Pops or as a nice refresher in the mocktail version of this Blackberry Moscow Mule from My Suburban Kitchen.
     
    If you’re more a raspberry fan, don’t you worry! The internet has you covered too! I am quite frankly in awe, and can’t stop checking out the Raspberry Brie Grilled Cheese from the Kittchen. Then there’s this Raspberry Amarillo Cheesecake Skillet Blondie from Lemons for LuLu. Or you can just toss all the berries in together for this Mixed Berry Grilled Poundcake Shortcake from The Gold Lining Girl.
     
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  • Chocolate Covered Strawberry Rhubarb Bundt Cake

    Chocolate Covered Strawberry Rhubarb Bundt Cake

    Add the flavors of spring to this decadent Chocolate Covered Strawberry Rhubarb Bundt Cake. With a secret ingredient, this cake goes from good to amazing! This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you click on and purchase through them.

    Chocolate Covered Strawberry Rhubarb Bundt Cake

    It all started when our Relief Society celebrated it’s 174th birthday back in March. As a committee, we decided to serve up bundt cakes. I thought for sure I was going to be in trouble because years ago I threw out my bundt pan because no matter what I did the cake always stuck inside. I agreed to make a cake, though and left with a few pointers for getting the whole cake out. 

    Chocolate covered Strawberry Rhubarb Bundt Cake

    First, I hit up Pinterest and found this recipe for White Chocolate Raspberry Bundt Cake at Baked in Arizona. I couldn’t pass it up! Next, I had to find a new bundt pan. We were browsing birthday gifts for Mark at Kroger one day, when would you believe it – Bundt pans were on a BOGO free sale! Someone knew I needed to make a bundt cake, and they must have known you’d like a chance at winning one too! So make sure you scroll down after the recipe and grab your entries to this giveaway!

    Chocolate Covered Strawberry Rhubarb Bundt Cake

    When I flipped that cake over and it actually came out I most definitely did a happy dance and squealed like a little girl. Who knew you had to let the cake completely cool first? OK, that’s not all I did but hang on for the next tip. First, I have to tell you about this Chocolate Covered Strawberry Rhubarb Bundt Cake. After we enjoyed the White Chocolate Raspberry Cake, my sister in law turns to me and says “Too bad you couldn’t make it a cheesecake bundt cake”. 

    Oh, she knows me so well! That got my wheels turning, and thanks to a not-so-secret ingredient, that’s exactly what this Strawberry Rhubarb Bundt Cake is! Well, at least as close as you can probably get to making a cheesecake in a bundt pan. The secret? Cheesecake flavored pudding!

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    2 Tips for Removing a Bundt Cake from the pan successfully

    1. You must let it cool completely! I always thought just until it’s warm was good enough. NOPE! Let that cake sit for a few hours until it’s completely cool to the touch. Time to learn a little patience. 
    2. Mix 1 TBS vegetable oil, 1 TBS shortening, and 1 TBS flour. Using a pastry brush, brush the mixture all over the pan, taking special care to get in all the grooves. I’ve tried finding where I got this tip from, and the video seems to have disappeared. This has worked like a charm, and so much better than greasing and flouring.

    Chocolate Covered Strawberry Rhubarb Bundt Cake
    A decadent bundt cake filled with the flavors of spring and covered in chocolate
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    Ingredients
    1. 1 box Vanilla Cake Mix
    2. 2 3.4oz boxes Cheesecake Flavored Pudding Mix
    3. 4 large eggs
    4. 1/2 cup Water
    5. 1/2 cup Oil
    6. 12oz bag semi-sweet chocolate chips, separated
    7. 21 oz can Strawberry/Rhubarb pie filling
    8. 4oz cream cheese
    9. 2 TBS butter
    10. 1 cup powdered sugar
    11. 1 tsp chocolate exrtract
    12. 6-8 strawberries
    Instructions
    1. Preheat oven to 325° F.
    2. Mix together cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, and oil. Set aside.
    3. Chop 1 cup of chocolate chips. Mix into the cake batter.
    4. Pour 1/3 batter into bundt pan.
    5. Layer 1/2 the pie filling.
    6. Repeat until cake batter and pie filling are all in pan.
    7. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes.
    8. Melt 1/2 cup chocolate chips in the microwave. Set aside to cool.
    9. Beat cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and chocolate extract until smooth.
    10. Add melted chocolate and beat until smooth.
    11. Set aside.
    12. Melt the last 1/2 cup of chocolate chips. Dip whole strawberries in and set aside to cool and harden.
    13. When cake is done, top with frosting, and chocolate covered strawberries. Enjoy
    Notes
    1. Grease bundt pan with a mixture of 1:1:1 mixture of oil, shortening, and flour. Let cake cool completely before removing from pan.
    Adapted from Baked in Arizona
    Adapted from Baked in Arizona
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    Decadent Chocolate Covered Strawberry Rhubarb Bundt Cake

     

    Giveaway

    Since I can’t physically send you this delicious Strawberry Rhubarb Bundt Cake, I’ll be sending one of you a brand new bundt pan so you can make it yourself! 

    Giveaway open to US 18+ Ends  5/31/16