Phillo Berry Cups

I don't know about you guys but I love any dessert made with Phillo Dough. These extremely thin sheets of dough turn to such a crispy, flaky, melt in your mouth, decadency after they're layered and baked so I knew I couldn't go wrong with this dish. I've actually never seen this dessert anywhere and kind of just made it up but let me tell you, they were so easy to make and better yet they taste just heavenly.

Here's what you'll need...

• 1 package of Phillo Dough Sheets (you can purchase the ready made Phillo cups if your in a time crunch)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 Package of strawberries and 1 package of raspberries (any fruit will work)
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 cup Nutella
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• Nuts to top

Step by step

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray cupcake pans with non stick spray.
• 2. Melt butter and brush onto one single sheet of Phillo Dough. Layer three more sheets of Phillo Dough on top of the first, for a total of 4 layers, and brush butter in between each. Cut your 4 layered dough into 12 squares (4x3).
• 3. Take three of the prepared Phillo Dough squares and create a shell within one cupcake mold. Repeat until 4 shells are created.
• 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you're desired amount of shells are created or until all of the Phillo Dough sheets are used.
• 5. Bake shells for about 10 minutes or until they are golden brown.
• 6. In a medium bowl whip together Nutella and heavy whipping cream on high speed for about 3 minutes. Refrigerate for 4 hours.
• 7. Cut up fruit and mix with sugar. Refrigerate for 4 hours.
• 8. Fill Phillo Dough shells with a dollop of Nutella cream, spoonful of fruit, and top with toasted nuts.

Enjoy!

 Tips

·         By using the premade Phillo Dough Shells you can skip steps 2 and 3. However, the premade shells are smaller, more expensive, and only come in a quantity of 15.

·         Phillo Dough Shells can even make great or d'oeuvres... fill with taco ingredients, spinach or artichoke dip, etc.

·         These Phillo Dough shells can be filled with anything so let your imagination run wild!

Triple Chocolate Cake

Yes... there are a million different chocolate cake recipes but this one... oh this one... is probably the most moist, most rich, and enjoyable I've come across. My sister is a chocolate fanatic so she insisted that we make a triple chocolate cake for dessert last week. She came across this recipe and, to be honest, I was a bit apprehensive because it started off with a boxed cake mix. However, after we added the additional ingredients, I have to bow down to her for her incredible chocolate intuition.

What you'll need

• 1 box devil's food cake mix
• 1 small package instant jello chocolate pudding mix
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs beaten
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups mini chocolate chips

Let's whip it up!

• Preheat oven to 350
• In a large bowl, mix together all ingredients minus the chocolate chips. (Batter will be very thick)

• Once ingredients are blended and smooth, fold in chocolate chips

• Grease baking pan of choice and pour batter in
• Since the batter is quite thick, baking time will need about 10 minutes additional to the baking time listed on the back of the cake mix box. To test, insert a toothpick and when it comes out clean that is when your cake should be taken out.

We used a 9 x 13 cake pan and it took over 50 minutes.

The cake had a slight mound on top when we first took it out of the oven but, once we let the cake cool, the mound actually flattened itself out which ( if you were using two separate pans) would make it great for layering. 

Now you can frost this cake with pretty much anything and it would still be the best chocolate cake out there. Like I said, my sister is a chocolate fanatic so naturally we went with more chocolate. Chocolate mousse!

Chocolate Mousse

• 3 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1 1/2 sifted confectioners sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• Dash of salt

Whip ingredients together in a chilled bowl until mixture holds a peak. Frost and enjoy!

There you have it! Maybe I should call it Easy Peasy Chocolate Cake. Call it what you may but at the end of the day, do yourself a favor and whip this baby up!