Tales of a Crafty Mommy

This Strawberry Chocolate Napoleon dessert has got to be one of my favorites. MMm chocolates, strawberries, and cream. Perfect. Combination!  The best part is that I get to share this recipe with you! Ingredients: Mascarpone Fresh Strawberries Puff Pastry Sheets Heavy Whipping Cream Confectioner's Sugar Fresh Vanilla Beans Steps: Prepare puff pastry according to instructions on the box. Rinse and slice strawberries Make a mixture of mascarpone, heavy whipping cream, confectioner's sugar, and vanilla beans. Once the pastry sheets have cooled,  prepare the napoleon in layers.  Each layer consists of puff pastry, with sliced strawberries, and cream mixture. Then start a new layer following the same steps.  Drizzle some chocolate sauce.  Enjoy! 

Red Velvet Cake Balls covered in Dark Chocolate  Lately, I have become a huge fan of Bakerella and the book Cake Pops. Cake Pops and Cake Balls are very similar. Really, the only difference is that the first one goes on a stick while the second remains as a ball. Pretty simple, huh? The design and flavor possibilities are countless! I already have a couple * on my to-bake list * for Christmas and my Daughter's Birthday.  In my opinion, Cake Balls / Cake Pops are really fun to make. Here is why:  Your children or friends could make them with you You could design your own shape of cake ball / cake pop You can mix any flavors you'd like  ---talk about doing things non-traditionally! This would be why I am so excited about making more Cake Balls / Cake Pops for Christmas and Birthday Parties. (My Daughter loves Mickey Mouse, so I will be trying my hands at cutting little Mickey and Minnie faces!)  Ingredients: Boxed Red Velve...

The following is a chocolate cake that my Hubby made for me since I love chocolate quite a lot!  Steps:  1.      He used a chocolate cake mix and baked it according to the instructions.  2.      Then he cut it into layers (I loved this part) and added chocolate mousse.  3.    Prepare the ganache - my Hubby knows how to make this by heart now since it also works GREAT on brownies or top cupcakes instead of using icing. Here is a good recipe for it from the Food Network :  http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/saras-secrets/master-ganache-recipe/index.html Basically do a double-boiler for the Ganache. Add the chocolate to the second bowl and add heavy whipping cream as you go. It makes the chocolate so perfectly creamy!  4.      Clean, cut/slice strawberries to decorate the cake.  5.      Do a white chocolate ganache to drizzle the cake.  6...