...and had to use the deck to keep everything cold.We did an eight course tasting menu. Yes, you read that right, 8 courses.
The menu varied from shrimp and grits to ribs. Everything was delicious.
My duty was dessert.
Are you ready?
1. Cake Truffles. Red Velvet and White Chocolate & Devils Food Cake and Dark Chocolate.Ingredients
- 1 standard cake mix (homemade or pre-packaged)
- 16 oz of the frosting/filling of your choice
- 4 oz Chocolate (dark, semi-sweet, or white) to coat the truffles
Bake the cake in a 9x13 pan as directed by the recipe/package selected. Tear the cake into small pieces while still warm (do not let the cake cool completely). Add the cake and frosting to a bowl and combine. Do not over mix - the cake/icing mixture should not be homogeneous. Use a spoon and form the mixture into balls. Let cool completely. I actually put mine in the freezer for about an hour to help them harden. Melt the chocolate over a double-boiler and use two forks to roll the truffles into the melted chocolate. Place the truffles on a cookie rack or a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper to rest. I put them back in the freezer/refrigerator until we were ready to eat them.
2. Apple Dumplings. Don't judge the ugly plates, they were really cheap and we needed 8 of them!
Ingredients
- 1 10-ounce can refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
- 2-3 apples, cored
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Roll each biscuit into a circle about 6 inches in circumference. Place 1/2 of an apple onto each circle. Wet the edges of dough, then pinch them together with your fingers. Place dumplings in an 8-by-8-inch square pan. Combine sugar, water, vanilla and butter; bring to a boil. Pour syrup over dumplings. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until dumplings are golden. Baste the dumplings with the syrup a few times throughout the cooking process.
