Easy Valentine's Day Trick

[NJCher]

I bought a jar of cherries and blended them into an 8-oz package of cream cheese. I added some powdered sugar but not too much.

I was trying out a recipe for a Valentine's Day dessert for my husband. I made a pan of chocolate chip bar cookies with walnuts and used this for the frosting. It was very good--and very pretty.

This makes quite a bit of frosting so you'll have plenty to try on other items.





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[Lucinda]

1. Thanks for the tip!

Cherries and cream cheese are two of my favorite things! Might be nice on devils food cupcakes too. :)

[Phentex]

2. sounds pretty too!

Thanks for the idea.

[Tsiyu]

3. That sounds really good

Last year at Valentine's I was pastry chefin.' Came up with a dessert for the weekend.

Sponge cake (I learned jelly rolls/sponge cake from a Master -one trick is room temp eggs ;) ) cut into heart shapes, sandwiched with really nice raspberry mousse, drizzled with dark choc ganache and presented with raspberry coulis, mint leaf and raspberry garnish.

AH, I miss that kitchen. Owner says will open four months after insurance settles, whenever that is....sigh