Here I've set a table for exactly that kind of lunch, with butternut squash soup in
small dessert cups, turkey with brie and apples on fresh country bread and sweet potato chips for some crunch on the side.
Pour the mixture into
small dessert cups.
Not exact matches
While a
small half -
cup serving of this PB, chocolate and banana shake might be an acceptable
dessert, it doesn't qualify as a healthy breakfast or snack in any size.
If you'd like to include these darling lemon yogurt parfait as part of a large brunch menu, serve them in
small, clear, plastic
dessert cups with mini wooden or plastic tasting spoons.
Butter cake from Modern Classics Book 2: Cookies, Biscuits & Slices,
Small Cakes, Cakes,
Desserts, Hot Puddings, Pies & Tarts (Morrow Cookbooks) Cake: 1/2
cup + 1 tablespoon (127g) unsalted butter, very well softened 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1
cup + 1 1/2 tablespoons (218g) caster sugar 3 eggs 1 1/2
cups + 1 1/2 tablespoons (225g) all purpose flour, sifted 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, sifted 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, sifted pinch of salt 1/2
cup (120 ml) whole milk, room temperature Icing: 1
cup (140g) icing sugar, sifted 1 - 2 tablespoons lemon juice or water Preheat the oven to 160 °C; butter a 20 cm (8in) round cake pan, line the bottom with baking paper and butter the paper as well.
Plus, if you make these in
small cups like I did they are a perfectly acceptable
dessert portion (which I can not say when I am left to my own devices at a do it yourself fro yo joint).
White chocolate cupcakes with candied kumquats slightly adapted from the always beautiful and so delicious Bon Appetit
Desserts Candied kumquats: 1/2
cup (120 ml) water 1/2
cup (100g) superfine sugar 12 kumquats, sliced and seeded Cupcakes: 225g (8oz) high - quality white chocolate, chopped 1 3/4
cups (245g) all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1
cup (200g) superfine sugar 3/4
cup (1 1/2 sticks / 170g) unsalted butter, room temperature 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 3 eggs 1/2
cup (120 ml) canned unsweetened coconut milk Frosting: 125g (4 1/2 oz) high - quality white chocolate, chopped 168g (6 oz) cream cheese, room temperature 6 tablespoons (84g) unsalted butter, room temperature 1/4
cup (35g) icing sugar, sifted 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract pinch of salt Start by making the candied kumquats: stir water and sugar in
small saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
Bake it in a large pie plate or in
small ramekins (even coffee
cups), and you'll have a crowd - pleasing
dessert.
For each person, top two grilled pineapple rings with a
small scoop (~ 1/4
cup) of the Piña Colada frozen
dessert.
These would be so cute on an Easter
dessert table, especially because of the tiny individual
cups I used, but you could also use any
small dessert glasses you have on hand.
Layer a
small bowl or
dessert glass with one - third
cup of vanilla yogurt, one - quarter
cup of chopped fruit, and a few berries or banana slices.
In many cases their origins spiral back around to those
small daily decisions — the fries instead of a salad, the syrupy hot drink with whipped cream instead of a simple
cup of coffee or tea, or the ice cream or pie for
dessert instead of a little fruit (or, gasp, no
dessert).
They make the perfect afternoon treat or crowd - pleasing
dessert, and you can even create mini
cups using
smaller molds.
In most cases their origins spiral back around to those
small daily decisions — the fries instead of a salad, the syrupy hot drink with whipped cream instead of a simple
cup of coffee or tea, or the ice cream or pie for
dessert instead of a little fruit (or, gasp, no
dessert).
Serving sizes for sweets and
desserts: cake or pastry 1
small slice or 1
small, cookies 2
small or medium or 1 large, ice cream 1/2
cup.
1 ripe, but firm avocado, pitted and peeled 1
cup pumpkin puree, chilled 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 1/3
cup sugar 1 13.5 - ounce can coconut milk, chilled 1 tablespoon powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon coconut butter, such as Nutiva coconut manna (optional) 5 sheets of Graham crackers, crushed into
small pieces 4
dessert glasses or
small jars
A half -
cup of pineapple instead of three
small cookies cuts your
dessert calories in half without missing out on a sweet finish.
It was absolutely delicious, very rich / filling
dessert after that BIG meal (I would probably use a
smaller cup next time)!