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Coconut Cream and Chocolate Dessert

April 17, 2012 by Tiffany King 4 Comments

I have a new thing for black bottom desserts. Chocolate layers are just so scrumptious.

First, there was Black Bottom Peanut Butter Pie.

And now there’s this dessert with a layer of coconut cream filling over over a chocolate cream cheese layer.

It’s a variation of a popular dessert that goes by many names. That recipe is often made with chocolate pudding, but can also be made with lemon. Both are wonderful. I decided to change it up by putting the chocolate in the cream cheese layer and using coconut cream pudding.

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more…] about Coconut Cream and Chocolate Dessert

Ingredient Spotlight: Coconut

December 14, 2011 by Tiffany King 12 Comments

This is our last Ingredient Spotlight for 2011. I’m working on a new list for the first few months of 2012. You are going to love the first ingredient on the schedule!

If you’ve got ideas for ingredients you’d like to have featured, leave a comment here and let me know. I try to go for common ingredients that many of us have recipes for. I love seeing what you link up each week!

The new schedule will be posted next Wednesday.

Now for coconut! Something about it reminds me of Christmas. Here are a few of my recipes that use coconut: [Read more…] about Ingredient Spotlight: Coconut

Ambrosia with a Twist of Lime – The Goodness of Sunkist Valencia Oranges in Summer

July 1, 2011 by Tiffany King Leave a Comment

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sunkist for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Ambrosia is a simple dish made from coconut and oranges. Something wonderful happens when you combine these two foods (kind of like the magic of peanut butter and chocolate together). I decided to give my Ambrosia a summertime flair by adding a twist of lime. So sunny and good.

Coconut Chocolate Chip Muffins with Cocoa Coconut Streusel

May 31, 2011 by Tiffany King 7 Comments

The other day, I posted a list of 28 Muffins You’ll Want to Try and Terri left this comment:

Hi,
I was looking at your muffin recipes. They look yummy! I’m also looking for a coconut muffin maybe with mini choc chips added. Have you ever heard of something like that? I thought maybe replacing the liquid with coconut milk then add either maybe a streusel with toasted coconut and a drizzle of chocolate. What do you think? Do you have any suggestions? I have tried a couple of your recipes and passed on your site to some friends.
Thanks,
Terri

Oh, what a good idea! I went into the kitchen and got creative right away. These are the result. The muffin is infused with coconut flavor and studded with mini chocolate chips. The streusel topping has cocoa and coconut. Oh yeah!

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German Chocolate Upside Down Cake

August 18, 2010 by Tiffany King 25 Comments

Jim loves German Chocolate cake. I usually try to make him one for his birthday. This year, my mom mentioned this recipe which she got from my aunt.

It’s not a beautiful cake, but it is delicious with gooey sweet filling studded with coconut and pecans.

Apparently, my oldest son likes German Chocolate cakes too. I’m pretty sure he ate half the cake. 9×13 pan gone in 24 hours. Come to think of it, I’ve been noticing our food disappearing very quickly. Like the huge watermelon I cut late one evening. It was gone by lunch the next day! My son said he only had 1 bowl of it, but I think he refilled that bowl 10 times.

Here’s what you’ll need to make the cake. Maybe yours will last longer than ours.