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LIGHT UP YOUR CHRISTMAS WITH THESE DESSERT DELIGHTS

Christmas is a time to celebrate with music, festivities, and food, or should I say Christmas Desserts.

Desserts play a significant role in Christmas celebrations. Back in the day, the discovery of spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and pepper along with exotic dried fruits helped the rise of popularity of Christmas desserts immensely. And here we are today, unable to imagine Christmas without its signature pies, cookies, plum cakes and puddings.

Here are some of the Delightful Desserts that you can prepare for your family this upcoming Christmas!

Buttercream Cupcake

Your cakes, cupcakes, and cookies deserve the very best buttercream.

Buttercream is a sweet and fluffy frosting made by creaming butter and sugar. Other common ingredients include milk (to create the perfect texture) and vanilla (for simple, crowd-pleasing flavor).

Though vanilla is the most popular buttercream flavor, it's also commonly found in chocolate or fruit-flavored varieties. Food coloring is also added for aesthetic purposes.

Use buttercream as a frosting, decoration, or filling. Spread buttercream over cake layers, dollop it onto cupcakes, or create decorative patterns with a piping bag.

Ingredients

½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract

2 tablespoons milk

3 drops food coloring, or as needed (Optional)

Black Forest Cake

Bake a Sweet Black Forest Cake for a December to Remember!

This deliciously moist Black Forest Cake is a cut above the rest with homemade whipped cream, rich chocolate ganache, and sweet spiked cherries. Black Forest cake has multiple (usually 4) layers of chocolate sponge cake, cherries, and whipped cream.  It is frosted with whipped cream and covered with chocolate shavings and a few cherries for decoration.  Kirschwasser (cherry schnapps) is used to flavor the whipped cream.  The bottom layers of sponge cake are also brushed with Kirschwasser (cherry schnaps) to provide moisture and a little extra flavor.

Ingredients

1 box dark chocolate or devil's food cake mix (your favorite brand)

1 teaspoon red food coloring

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

3 cups heavy cream or whipping cream

1/3 cup powdered sugar (confectioners')

1/4 cup Kirshwasser (Cherry Brandy), divided

1 container whipped icing (cream cheese or vanilla)

1 (21-ounce) can cherry pie filling, divided

Maraschino cherries (for garnish)

1 to 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, shaved*

Leche Flan

Who doesn't love a good, creamy Leche Flan?

Leche Flan is a dessert made-up of eggs and milk with a soft caramel on top. It resembles crème caramel and caramel custard. This delicious dessert is known throughout the world. It has been a regular item in the  menu of most restaurants because of its taste, ease in preparation and long shelf life. It can also be added as a component to build other great tasting dessert creations.

Ingredients

10 pieces eggs

1 can condensed milk (14 oz)

1 cup fresh milk or evaporated milk

1 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Panna Cotta

No food ever made it to the bottom of the hole.

Panna cotta (Italian for "cooked cream") is an Italian dessert of sweetened cream thickened with gelatin and molded. The cream may be aromatized with coffee, vanilla, or other flavorings. Panna cotta means “cooked cream” in Italian, and that's essentially what the base is—heated heavy cream (often with a little half-and-half or whole milk) mixed with gelatin powder and flavored with vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste. The mixture is then poured into ramekins or small molds and chilled.

Ingredients

⅓ cup skim milk

1 (.25 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin

2 ½ cups heavy cream

½ cup white sugar

1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Pancake

Fill the house with Christmas cheer by serving up platters of pancakes on Christmas morning.

Pancakes make an ideal Christmas morning breakfast that are easy to make, and great to serve with a number of accompaniments – from whipped cream and ice cream to fresh fruit and yoghurt. You can accompany your pancakes with almost anything you choose, however, we think that teaming them up with new season fruit is a great place to start. If you think you won’t have time to cook them on Christmas morning, try making up the batter the night before and leaving it in the fridge overnight.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour. Great Value All-Purpose Flour, 5LB Bag.

3 ½ teaspoons baking powder.

1 tablespoon white sugar.

¼ teaspoon salt, or more to taste.

1 ¼ cups milk.

3 tablespoons butter, melted.

1 egg.

Strawberry Crepe

Make something BERRY special for your loved ones this Christmas.

These Strawberry Crepes will have you day-dreaming about them long after that final bite. Buttery, light crepes filled with a sweet and tangy, cream filling, then topped with fresh sliced strawberries are a feast for the eyes and will delight your taste buds. This recipe could easily be featured on a bistro menu, but are incredibly easy to make at home.

Ingredients

For the Crepes

4 large eggs

1 cup whole milk

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 tablespoon granulated sugar

1 cup all-purpose flour

4 tablespoons unsalted butter , divided, for pan

For the Cream Filling

8 ounces cream cheese , softened

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup cold heavy cream

1 cup powdered sugar , plus more for dusting

3 cups thinly sliced strawberries

Christmas is time for family, food, and fellowship. Wishing you nothing but the best that the season has to offer. Eat, Drink, and Be Merry!

Love, H.