Mother's Day Extravaganza

Strawberry Cream Mini Cupcakes and Cake Pops

 Strawberry cupcake recipe here

With the leftover cupcake scraps, I made cute little cake pops for all the moms in my life! Super simple and cute. The straws are from the $1 section at Michaels. 

Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Whipped Cream and Phyllo Filling 

3 layers of vanilla cake

1 box of phyllo dough, baked in 10-12 thin sheet layers

LOTS of whipped cream

Fake flowers from Michaels

Strawberry Mango Ice Cream Pie

It was Beth's birthday, and the third birthday dinner we had, so I decided to go simple and elegant with this wonderful Strawberry Mango Ice Cream Pie. It's great for a smaller audience since it's much smaller than a BIG ice cream cake.

I actually made this up myself! It's really easy!

Just take 3 flavors of ice cream: I used Strawberry Ice Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, and Mango Sherbet.

Then get a graham cracker pie crust from the supermarket. I used Keebler's 9 inch Graham Cracker crust. Then layer the pie, freezing in between each layer for about 10 minutes. This allows the ice cream to set before you add the next layer.

Strawberry Mango Ice Cream Pie

1 Keebler's Graham Cracker Pie Crust- 9 inch

1 pint Haagen Daaz strawberry ice cream

1 pint Haagen Daaz vanilla ice cream

1 pint Mango Sherbet

1 cup heavy whipping cream + 2 tbls powdered sugar

a couple of fresh strawberries sliced in half

Layer the bottom of the pie with mango sherbet. Freeze for 10 minutes. Then layer the strawberry ice cream, then the vanilla, freezing in between each layer. 

Whip up the cream until stiff peaks have formed. Place into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip and pipe onto the edge of the pie. Then add fresh strawberries on the border to garnish. 

Freeze for at least 3 hours before serving.

Enjoy! Happy Summer!

-B