| Simple and quick! These sweet treats are | | | | frosting over the heart-shaped cake pieces, |
| especially great for Valentines Day!1. | | | | covering the tops and the sides. Reuse the |
| Celebration Cake -- EASY, EASY! Looks | | | | drippings and reheat, if |
| beautiful and NO cooking at all!You'll need: | | | | necessary.Refrigerate until set (about 30 |
| 1 prepared angel food cake, 1 can pie filling | | | | minutes). Fill a zipper-seal plastic bag with |
| and 1 tub prepared cream cheese frosting. | | | | frosting, then snip a tiny corner of the bag |
| Place cake on a cake plate. Frost it! Pour | | | | and use it to pipe lacy designs on the tops |
| the pie filling in the hole in the middle of | | | | and sides of the heart-shaped cake pieces. |
| the cake. Serve slices of the cake topped | | | | Add candies to make different designs, then |
| with some pie filling. Decorate with added | | | | pipe messages on the tops with the decorative |
| coconut, nuts, or candies! Cherry pie filling | | | | chocolate frosting.3. Flavorageous Crispy |
| is perfect for Valentines Day!2. Love Cakes | | | | Treats -- Kid Tested!5 T butter or margarine |
| -- Extremely beautiful, yet simple to make!NO | | | | |
| cooking! You'll need 1 prepared pound cake, 1 | | | | 9 C miniature marshmallows (16 oz) |
| tub prepared vanilla frosting, some red food | | | | |
| coloring, 1 tube chocolate decorative | | | | 1 envelope Kool-Aid, any flavor** |
| frosting with a plain tip for writing, 1 (14 | | | | |
| oz) bag M&M'S Milk Chocolate Candies for | | | | 9 C Crispy rice cerealGrease a 10x15x1" pan. |
| Valentine's Day.Line a cookie sheet with | | | | Melt butter; about 45 seconds on high in the |
| waxed paper and top with a wire cooling rack; | | | | microwave. Add marshmallows; toss to coat |
| set aside. Cut pound cake into 1-inch thick | | | | with butter. Microwave on high 2 1/2 minutes |
| slices. Using a heart-shaped cookie cutter, | | | | or until smooth; stirring every minute. Stir |
| cut out cake using cookie cutter. Place the | | | | in drink mix. Immediately add cereal, mix |
| heart-shaped cake pieces | | | | lightly until well coated. Using greased |
| | | | spatula or wax paper, press into prepared |
| on the wire cooling rack. Spoon 1/4 cup of | | | | pan. Cool. Cut into desired shapes with |
| vanilla frosting into a zipper-seal plastic | | | | cookie cutters or cut into squares.**Favorite |
| bag and set aside. Tint the remaining | | | | Kool-Aid Flavors are Fruit Punch and |
| frosting to a light shade of pink using food | | | | CherryLeslie Sausage lives with her husband |
| color and spoon it into a glass-measuring | | | | in rural Texas. She is the mom of four grown |
| cup. Heat the pink frosting in the microwave | | | | children, a freelance writer and an |
| for 5 to 10 seconds, or until it can be | | | | elementary school teacher! She is the author |
| poured. DO NOT OVERHEAT. Pour the pink | | | | of several eBooks. |