I don't normally buy coconut because I don't like the texture. I love the taste, I love the smell, but not the texture. My friend Kimberly gave me an extra bag of it to cook with and it's been sitting in my fridge for awhile, just waiting for inspiration to occur. Lucky for us, it occurred last week in the form of a dessert recipe. Growing up, my neighbor Cathy used to make us a dessert called dump cake. This is a very easy pie/cobbler dessert where you just dump everything into a cake pan and bake. I took that idea and used the coconut to make a cherry cream cobbler. It is delicious and very simple to make. It is a perfect summer dessert: fast, easy, and unforgetable :)
Cherry Cream Cobbler
Ingredients:
For the Crust:
1 Cup Almond Flour
1 and 1/2 Cups Pecan Meal
1 Cup Coconut
1 Stick of Butter
For the Filling:
1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 Can Cherry Pie Filling
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 11" deep dish baking pan.
2. Take out 2 bowls. In one, mix together almond flour, pecan meal, and coconut. In the other, mix together milk and cherry pie filling.
3. Spray pie pan. Pour milk and cherry pie mixture on batter. Spread out evenly. Pour flour and coconut mixture on top.
4. Melt butter. Drizzle over the top of the cobbler. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. Top will be golden brown when finished. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
Last night Andy and I got to go out and hang out with other adults and play games- Woohoo! Woohoo! We had a fabulous time at our friend Mike's surprise birthday party. We left Celia and Charlie at home with a sitter. I wanted to make sure they had a special night too, so I made them a yummy dessert, which took me a total of 7 minutes to make!!!! It was great. You can easily serve this at a large party by doubling the recipe. I put my Fluff on top of slices of angel food cake, but it would also be really good on those dessert cups or pound cake. Let me know what your family thinks when you try this recipe :)
Sweet Cream Fluff
Ingredients:
1 Cup Fruit Cocktail in Pear Juice (Use fruit and juice)
1/2 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 Cup Vanilla Soymilk
1 Pack Instant Vanilla Pudding
2 Cups Chopped, Fresh Strawberries
1. Mix together fruit cocktail, sweetened condensed milk, soymilk, and instant pudding.
2. Add chopped strawberries and mix.
3. Put Fluff onto large slices of Angel Food Cake and serve. Makes enough for 6 to 8 cakes.
