This Week's Concoctions Ending 3/12

Here are some highlights of items that I made this week other than the "Weekly Cookie". This week was a little busy because I had two co-worker's birthdays. My first co-worker picked "Pineapple Angel Lush" (http://www.food.com/recipe/pineapple-angel-lush-114445). It is a three tier, Weight Watcher friendly angel food cake. Even though I hate making and eating angel food cake, I bought an angel food cake tube pan last year because I make about 2/year for the same two co-workers. She had asked me if I thought it was too much for the three tiers and suggested that I could make them into cupcakes instead, but I told her I was up for the challenge! After eating it, she said she was proud!

When it came out, it already had a huge indentation where I could make the first cut

2 Tiers

3rd Tier

"Frosting" - Crushed pineapple, cool whip and dry vanilla pudding mix

Voila! It actually was very good despite my dislike of angel food cake. It tastes much better after being in the fridge.

Avocado Dill Dip (green stuff) and green bean fries (from Schwann's)

My second co-worker requested her birthday treat be anything chocolate or cheesecake related. Because I had just made the cream cheese brownies a couple of weeks ago, I decided to make a super chocolate cake. I found this when I googled "chocolate sheet cake" (http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/the_best_chocol/). It was pretty easy although it is very important that the frosting is thick because the cake comes right up to the edge of the jelly roll pan and if it is too thin, it will overflow!

Chocolate Sheet Cake (if the frosting had been any thinner, it would've been a disaster for my kitchen floor)

The duck looks like chicken, doesn't it? Except it costs more ($4.29/lb) and smells funkier. It was very good and everyone (my mom, mother in-law and us) liked it although my father, who eats expired food, wouldn't try it.

Duck Breast from the slow cooker