We've spent the last three holidays having layers desserts!
That's what happens when you are indecisive or creative, I guess
First up: Thanksgiving!
When we were trying to decide on a pie (really do you need more than one with just three people?!), I found a recipe for an Upside-down Cheesecake Apple Pie, topped with pecans. Really a pecan pie on the bottom...which becomes the top. We gave it a try. It wasn't pretty, but very tasty!! Recipe from here.
Next: Christmas!
Ian made up a dessert it wanted to try. He called it Dessert Lasagna, which I thought was interesting as he doesn't like lasagna (strange kid!). The layers went as follows: ice cream sandwiches, cheesecake, whipped cream, more ice cream sandwiches followed by more whipped cream, topped with strawberries and heavily 'drizzled' with chocolate sauce. He thinks next time he wants it to be more 'strawberry-y' adding strawberries between layers and swirled throughout the cheesecake, and using strawberry ice cream sandwiches. Scott and I thought we'd like the add the strawberries just before serving as they were distracting to the taste frozen.
Finally: New Year's Day!
I decided to make a small and medium-sized Baked Alaska. As you can tell from the ancient recipe, I've had it for a long time but haven't made it for years. I used a Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate brownie mix instead of following the recipe for the base layer. Next came peppermint ice cream. Topped with the meringue layer. Again, chocolate and/or caramel sauce was added. Another collection of sugars we enjoyed.
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