I am looking for a fourth of July dessert to make for our family get together, i am looking for something to?

Question

celebrate the 4th and just for that occasion, like an example for two years in a row i made an american flag cake out of jello , whip cream and strawberries and blueberries to make the flag but i am trying to find something different so i am not making the same old thing year after year, any suggestions or recipes? Thank you!

Answer 1

tgif fridays has some drink recipies alcoholic and non-alcoholic as well as ice cream drinks.

http://www.tgifridays.com/mixology/photos.htm

also you could make cupcakes and use different frostings, or red white blue sprinkles.


you could make cheesecake and dress it up with red whie and blue sauce toppings:

New York-Style Cheesecake with Choice of Toppings: Blueberry, Strawberry, Pineapple
Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2003

Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Medium
Yield: 1 (9-inch) cheesecake, 8 to 10 servings
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Ingredients:
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
2 1/2 pounds cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 lemon, zested
1 orange, zested
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
5 eggs
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup sour cream
Strawberry Sauce, optional, recipe follows
Blueberry Sauce, optional, recipe follows
Pineapple Sauce, optional, recipe follows
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Directions:
Butter the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. In a mixing bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar and mix well. Press onto bottom of springform pan and bake until golden, about 8 minutes. Set aside to cool.
When completely cooled, butter the sides of the pan. Increase oven temperature to 500 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, combine cream cheese, sugar, zests and vanilla and beat until light and creamy. Add the flour, then the eggs and yolks 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add the sour cream and mix until smooth. Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake for 12 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees F and bake for 1 hour more. Transfer cake to a cooling rack and let cool completely. Refrigerate cake overnight before serving.
To serve, top with sauce of choice. Slice with a knife dipped in hot water and wiped with a clean cloth, and serve.
Strawberry Sauce:
2 pints fresh strawberries
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
2 tablespoons kirsch or brandy
Combine berries, sugar, water and zest and cook until berries are soft and the liquid is thick, about 10 minutes. Stir in the kirsch or brandy and cook for 1 minute.
Remove from the heat and let cool. Spoon on top of the cheesecake and serve.

Blueberry Sauce:
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup fresh-squeezed orange juice
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier liqueur
1 1/2 teaspoons orange zest
1 1/2 cups blueberries, picked over and rinsed
1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
In a small saucepan over medium-high heat stir together the sugar, cornstarch, water, orange juice, and orange zest. Cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the blueberries and simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally, until the berries have burst, about 5 minutes. Add the butter and stir until melted. Remove from heat and let cool before pouring over the cheesecake.
Yield: 3 cups
Pineapple Sauce:
3 cups fresh 1/2-inch diced pineapple chunks
1/4 cup sugar, plus more to taste
1 cup water
1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
2 tablespoons light rum
Combine pineapple, sugar, water and zest, and cook until pineapple is tender and the liquid is thick, about 15 minutes. Stir in the rum, and cook for 1 more minute. Remove from the heat and let cool. Spoon on top of the cheesecake and serve.
Yield: about 3 cups


Additional topping ideas

May be served with any topping:
Caramel
Chocolate
Cheesecake Fruit Sauces


Lemon Blueberries
•1 pint blueberries
•1 lemon zested and juiced
•2 TBL sugar

In small saucepan add all ingredients and simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes or so until the fruit begins to break down slightly. Leave to cool before spreading on cheesecake.



Happy Strawberries
•1 qt strawberries, hulled and sliced
•2 TBL sugar
•1-2 oz Triple Sec or orange liquor

Combine all ingredients in bowl and mix.
Let sit for 15 minutes so strawberries can get “happy”



Vanilla Pineapple
•1 fresh pineapple
•2 TBL sugar
•½ good vanilla bean (whole bean if purchased from grocery store)
•1 oz light rum

Clean and cut pineapple into small cubes
Place all ingredients into saucepan and simmer over medium heat until pineapple softens.
Remove from heat and let cool. (vanilla will steep in pineapples) Remove ¼ - 1/3 mixture and puree it. Combine the puree with the chunks. Serve over cheesecake.

Amaretto Peaches
•1 can peaches drained and sliced
•2 TBL sugar
•½ tsp cinnamon
•1 – 2 oz amaretto

Place all ingredients into saucepan and simmer over medium heat until peaches are soft.
Remove ¼ - 1/3 of sauce and puree it. Mix the 2 together and serve over cheesecake.

Answer 2

Here's a recipe for an American trifle, which I got from recipesource. I haven't tried it, but it sounds delicious.

Have fun at your get together!

Barb


AMERICAN TRIFLE

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
2 pt Blueberries (reserve 1 cup
1 t Vanilla
-for the topping)
24 Ladyfingers
2 pt Raspberries (reserve 1 cup
-for the topping)
1/4 c Rum
1 Sponge or Pound Cake
2 tb Orange Liquor
1/4 c Orange Juice
1 tb Honey
2 tb Vodka
2 c Ricotta Cheese
1 c Heavy Cream, whipped
1/2 c Sugar

Mix ricotta, sugar and vanilla together and set aside.
Combine the orange liquor and honey, toss with the
berries. Slice cake and then cut slices into triangle
pieces. Line the bottom of a 8-inch spring form pan
and sprinkle with rum. Line the sides with
ladyfingers. Spread half of the ricotta mixture over
the cake layer on bottom. Sprinkle with some berries.
Place another layer of cake down and sprinkle with
orange juice and vodka mixture, ricotta cream and some
berries. The last layer should be a layer of cake.
Cover with whipped cream. Decorate with the reserved
berries. Chill over night.

Source: "The Yankee Kitchen" 03-18-93 (#4) [Dora]



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Answer 3

Save money -

By Funfetti cake mix - bake a cake
Cool Whip Frosting
use Strawberries and Blueberries to make a flag ontop

Serve cold

Answer 4

If it doesn't have to be red, white, and blue you could make what my family calls "orange stuff".

you just need:
8 oz small curd cottage cheese
3 oz orange jello
11-15 oz. can mandarin orange segments
1 small can crushed pineapple
12 oz. cool whip

mix cottage cheese and jello. drain oranges and pineapple and add them to the jello and cottage cheese. add the cool whip and stick it in the fridge until you need it...it lasts about 1 week in the fridge and it's easy to double or even triple the recipe if you have a lot of people to feed. It's a nice cool side that is relatively healthy and it tastes good too! (i love this dish and I don't even LIKE cottage cheese!)

Answer 5

Ice cream Sundaes. Vanilla ice cream with strawberry topping and whipped cream tinted blue. Add a cherry on top with a little flag stuck in it.

Answer 6

Instead of doing those fruits in a cake use champaigne glasses put equal amounts of red fruit, blue fruit, then whipped cream on top quick easy looks good and it really empresses everyone

Answer 7

PATRIOTIC CUPCAKES

1 PKG WHITE CAKE MIX
½ TEAS BLUE FOOD COLORING
½ TEAS RED FOOD COLORING
1 CAN VANILLA FROSTING OR MAKE YOU OWN
RED WHITE AND BLUE SPRINKLES
WHITE CUPCAKE LINESE SO THE COLORS SHOW THROUGH

PEPARE CAKE BATTER ACCORDING TO PACKAGE DIRECTIONS. IN A SMALL BOWL, COMBINE 1-1/3 CUPS BATTER AND BLUE FOOD COLORING. IN ANOTHER BOWL COMBINE 1-1/3 CUPS BATTER AND RED FOOD COLORING. LEAVE REMAINING BATTER PLAIN.

FILL PAPER LINED MUFFIN CUPS WITH 2 T. RED BATTER, 2 T. PLAIN BATTER AND 2 T BLUE BATTER. BAKE AT 350º FOR 20-24 MINUTES OR UNTIL A TOOTHPICK COMES OUT CLEAN. COOL FOR 10 MIN. BEFORE REMOVING TO WIRE RACKS TO COOL COMPLETELY. FROST WITH VANILLA FROSTING DECORATE WITH SPRINKLES. 1-1-½ DOZ

Answer 8

get a roasted turkey or chicken and stick a lot of flags on it....
=)