Cooking for Caregroup

Today the girls and I spent the day cooking and cleaning for Caregroup tomorrow night. I tried some recipes from one of the other doctor's wives, Joia. She started her own EnJOIAble Desserts Blog at http://jmddesserts.blogspot.com/ .

Mmmmoist Coconut Cake

Even if you're not a huge coconut fan, if you leave the flaked coconut off this one, you'll probably love it anyway, because it's such a moist, creamy cake!

Ingredients:
1 White cake mix
1 can of sweetened condensed milk
1 can of cream of coconut (for pina coladas, you'll probably find it in the soft drink aisle)
12 oz. Cool Whip
1 bag (7 oz.) of flaked coconut


Directions:
Bake the cake according to the package directions, in two 8 inch round pans. While cakes are baking, mix the sweetened condensed milk and cream of coconut. When cakes are done, remove from pans while hot and invert (one onto your cake plate and one onto a wax paper covered plate). With a large serving fork, poke holes all over the top of each cake. Pour the milk and coconut cream mixture over the cakes and let it soak in. Repeat this until almost all of the mixture is used (I usually have about half a cup left). When cakes are cool, spread Cool Whip on the one on the cake plate, put the other cake on top, and cover generously with Cool Whip. Top with flaked coconut. (You won't need nearly all of it.) Refrigerate until ready to serve.

The Easiest Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge

Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup of milk
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup of peanut butter
1 cup chocolate chips


Directions:
Put sugar and milk in medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil two and a half minutes. Remove from heat and add peanut butter, chocolate chips, and vanilla (I recommend adding the peanut butter and chocolate chips first, or the vanilla will react with the hot mixture and "spit" at you!) Stir just until mixed well. Pour into greased 8x8 pan. Cool and cut.

Thank you, Joia! I am always looking for new dessert recipes. I promise to share some of mine with you too.

Sugar Free/Fat Free Raspberry Pie

Ingredients:
1 large container of Non-Fat Plain Yogurt
1 large box of Sugar Free Jell-O (any favor)

Directions:
Mix the yogurt and jello in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave mixture for 3 minutes. Mix well. Pour into a greased pie pan. Refrigerate until it solidifies. We enjoy topping it with Non-Fat or Light Whipped Cream. You can make this using any flavor of Sugar-Free Jell-O. Our favorites include: Lemon, Raspberry, Peach, and Black Cherry. This is one of Madison's favorite desserts!

Don't worry not all of the snacks will be sweet. We will also have cheese, crackers, and summer sausage, as well as, chips and salsa. The girls and I also cleaned out the pantry and made banana nut muffins and white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at Caregroup tomorrow night. Make sure to bring your appetites!