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from: Everyday Food, Jan/Feb 2003

Ingredients
10 tablespoons (1 ¼ sticks) unsalted butter
¾ cup light-brown sugar
2 small pink grapefruit
1 ½ cups flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¾ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
½ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup milk
whipped cream (optional)

Directions
Preheat oven to 350. Put 4 tablespoons butter in a 9-inch round baking pan. Place the pan in the oven just long enough to melt the butter. Remove pan from oven; scatter ½ cup brown sugar evenly over the melted butter.

With a sharp knife, peel the grapefruit, removing all pith (the white stuff). Slice into small rounds. Arrange the slices to cover the bottom of the pan. In a bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and allspice. In a separate bowl, using an electric mixer, beat remaining butter until creamy. Add granulated sugar and remaining ¼ cup brown sugar; beat until well combined. Beat in eggs one at a time. Beat in vanilla. Alternately add dry ingredients and milt to butter mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.

Pour batter over grapefruit in pan. Bake 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; turn cake out onto serving plate. Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream if desired.

from: Everyday Food, Jan/Feb 2003

Ingredients
1 ½ pints strawberries, rinsed and hulled
½ cup confectioners’ sugar
1/3 cup water

Directions
Place all ingredients in a food processor and process until chunky. Pour half mixture into a bowl. Process the rest until smooth. Pour into 3 ounce molds or plastic cups and insert sticks or wooden spoons. Freeze until solid – at least 8 hours.

from: Martha Stewart

Ingredients
6 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
¼ cup sour cream
1/3 cup sifted confectioner’s sugar
1 tablespoon grate lime zest
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice, plus more for glasses
2 tablespoons tequila
2 tablespoons triple sec
½ cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
4 graham crackers
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
coarse salt for glasses

Directions
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add sour cream, confectioners’ sugar, lime zest, lime juice, tequila, and triple sec; beat until combined. In another bowl, whip heavy cream until stiff peaks form; fold into cream-cheese mixture. Cover with plastic wrap; freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.

Pulse graham crackers and granulated sugar in the bowl of a food processor and process until finely chopped. Stir in butter.

To serve, place lime juice on one plate and salt on another. Dip rims of glasses in juice, then salt. Remove mixture from freezer, and scoop into glasses; sprinkle with topping. Let soften slightly before freezing.

from: Jessica Nichols

Ingredients
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs, beaten
¼ cup butter, melted
3 tablespoons Bailey’s Irish Cream
1 ¼ cups sifted flour
½ cup unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon baking powder

Directions
Heat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9-inch square pan with cooking spray. Combine the sugar, eggs, butter, and Irish cream. Combine flour, cocoa, and baking powder; stir into sugar mixture. Spoon into the prepared 9-inch pan and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

from: Jess Nichols

Ingredients
¾ cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt
5 cups water
1 cup milk
12 oz can evaporated milk

Directions
In a large saucepan, combine sugar, vanilla extract, and salt. Slowly stir in water and bring to a boil. Add milk and evaporated milk and heat thoroughly. Ladle into mugs.

from: 103

Ingredients
pudding
1 18-inch loaf of french bread
2 tablespoons vanilla
4 cups milk
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup raisins
2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons butter

sauce
1 stick butter
1 egg, beaten
1 cup sugar
¼ cup bourbon

Directions
Break bread into bite-size pieces in a large bowl. Cover iwth milk and soak 60 minutes. Mix well. Add egg and sugar. Stir in vanilla, cinnamon, and raisins. Melt butter in a 9X13X2 inch baking dish, tilting to coat all sides. Pour pudding into dish. Bake at 375 for 60 minutes. To prepare sauce, heat butter and sugar in the top of a double boiler. Slowly whisk in egg. Cool slightly. Add bourbon. Serve warm over pudding or in a sauceboat on the side.

from: Zack Newton

Ingredients
1-8oz. pkg. brownie mix
2-8oz pkgs. cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. sugar
1 teas. vanilla
2 eggs
1 c. milk chocolate pieces, melted

Directions
Preheat oven to 350. Grease bottom of 9″ spring-form pan. Prepare brownie mix according to package directions. Pour batter evenly into pan. Bake at 350 for 15 min. Combine cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla, mixing at medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

Pour over brownie layer. Spoon melted chocolate over cream cheese mixture; cut through batter with knife several times for marble effect. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan: cool before removing rim of pan. Chill.