need a really cool.....
 

ok...i need a really cool desert. my SIL and I have this love/hate relationship. were nice to eachother but shes one of those loud ppl that says stuff thats really rude and doesnt bat an eye doing it...no matter who it is,....she always has a competion going with me on basically who cooks or bakes better and tries to out do me every year..... one year she actually made a competion out of our mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving :rolleyes: :eek: . i usually dont give in to her stupidness but this year im going to make a point and so im needing some help..im needing a awesome desert recipe. she brings the same stuff every year so....:rolleyes: let me see those ideas!!

iknow some of you probnably think this is soooo teenager but dammitt im trying to make a point and to get her to just shut the hell up! am I going about this wrong. SHe has treated me this way from the very beginning, i mean from day 1. ALWAYS in competion with me. when my first daughter was born we were at jeffs parents and candie came in and wouldnt even look at her or hold her....:mad: said..i gotta go and left....:mad: i have tried to get along with her and i will admit since shes left her first husband and got remarried shes alittle more relaxed but still has this way about her that drives me insane.....

anybody? :confused: :confused:

Ummmmm, I am thinking??!! There are lots of good recipes out there. You could always go to a bakery or somewhere (or even a frozen one) and put it in one of your dishes and call it your own! HA!
Do you have any ideas what you might be thinking of making??

My desserts are all pretty standard...

But my favorite standard one is a Jello Cake. Where you bake the cake and then when it cools put jello (still liquified) into holes you poked throughout, and then chill, and top with whip cream. It's super easy and tastes oh-so-good!

my SIL makes that and dirt dessert...im wanting something to knock her socks off...HA!! I love to cook and bake..and im pretty darn good at it if i say so myself.....i dont want anything wierd..LOLOL

I have two good ones! One is with pumpkin and one is chocolate, you want both?
What's dirt dessert?

sure..... dirt dessert is cool whip, vanilla pudding, and someother stuff mixed together and than it had smushed up oreos all over the top...its really good.....i dont let her know that though! :rolleyes:

Ok, I won't give the chocolate one because it is with pudding too and you don't want too similar so here is the pumpkin one. We call it pumpkin cake but it's not cake. It's like pumpkin pie but you crumble yellow cake mix on top and bake it and it's so sweet and GOOD you can only eat a little because it's so rich.
INGREDIENTS
6 eggs, lightly beaten
1 29 oz. can of pumpkin
1 1/2 cups usgar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
2 cups evaporated milk

TOPPING INGREDIENTS
1 Yellow cake mix
1 cube of butter


DIRECTIONS
Mix all ingredients together, accept for the topping ingredients. Pour into a lightly buttered 9x13 pan.
Cut cake mix with the softened butter making it all crumbly. Sprinkle this lightly on top of the batter.

Bake one hour at 350.
Serve with cool whip on top.

THis has become our family favorite!

HOLY COW!! Heck with the family, may just keep that for myself...:D :D

I have made something that sounds similiar, but we just call it an oreo pie or something! HA!

I will see what I have too............

I know what you mean about competition...it seems like some in our family have gotten worse about that too!

My FIL (yes, my father in law) is getting to be the worst! We all have classic cars and his is always the best OR he knows everything (thinks he does) OR he spent more of his whatever it is OR they did this or that, etc. It drives me freakin' nuts!

Then, my dear sweet sister!!!! Oh man, I don't even want to begin w/ that. Years ago, I bought a car, then she had to, then years later, I bought an SUV, she bought one. She whines alot too........."I don't have the money...blah,blah", but then she will go to town and drop $200 like it was nothing - but yet, she doesn't have the money to bring food for the holidays, to buy anything for anyone..........it is crazy!

In fact, everytime I talk to her, it is complaining about something...mainly money, but her kids too. Just this week, I called to chat and be nice (I pray every night to just be civil to her), she went on the no money topic......but then, she said she was going to buy her a new razor phone and when I asked if her phone was not working, she said no, she just wanted a new phone.

Then, she got mad because I didn't really want to watch her two kids for two weeks over the holidays. I offered several days, but told her that Katelyn would want time w/ her friends (w/o little kids being there) and that my DH was taking off some too, so we would be doing stuff.........anyway, she blew a gasket, so I reminded her that I always offer to watch them WITHOUT pay and that our mother and I have told her that she needed to find someone to watch them and stop trying thinking that someone in the family can watch them. She gets soooo mad! BUT, I get mad when she takes them to our grandmothers house (almost 90) to watch them, she lives alone, she has too much to deal w/ during this time of year.......and my sister doesn't even bat an eye over it! She just thinks of yourself!!! Aurgh!

Sorry for my rambling.....................

You gotta love your family (and I do), but you don't have put up w/ their BS!

well i just have to put up with my hubbys..

my dad....hes...difficult
my mom...sorry to say but is dead to me....
and than my other family i dont associate iwth except my nana but shes 10 hrs away!!:(

I have a REALLY good dessert and it's not difficult to make. It's a layered dessert so it looks pretty if you use parfait glasses (or you can even use wine glasses if you don't have parfait glasses.) You can layer it in a bowl, too but if you want the presentation to look nice, use glasses so you can see the layers.

It has strawberries, amaretti cookies and mascarpone cheese (sweet italian cream cheese). I'll send the recipe if you're interested

hmm..it sounds good...i dont know if i can get that cheese though...does every grocery store carry it?

I always have a hard time finding mascarpone cheese!!! Where do you get yours???
Around here, we don't have any good places for food...just Wal-Mart, Harps, etc.