You may even want to let your young guests get in on the act — bake a bunch of cupcakes, put out icing, sprinkles and other decorations
like chocolate candies and let them get to work creating a
culinary masterpiece.
In a land where desserts are made of mildly sweet ingredients
like almonds, anise and apricots, Gumbo's jumbo homemade American
masterpieces like peanut butter pie, chocolate - banana cream pie and a perfectly moist (and spiced) carrot cake are the
culinary equivalent of Hollywood blockbuster films.