Chocolate Trifle Newpaper Clipping

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This clipping is most likely from the Sun-Sentinel of Boynton Beach, Florida.


Ingredients for Chocolate Trifle Newpaper Clipping: Devil's Food Cake Mix, Rum, Cherry Pie Filling, Chocolate Custard, Whipped Cream, Powdered Sugar, Toasted Almond Slivers, Sugar, Cocoa, Salt, Eggs & Milk.


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Don't forget to use a pretty & simple trifle bowl like the Libby's Bowl below.

Cherry Crowns Cookies

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Ingredients For Cherry Crowns Cookies: Butter, Cream Cheese, Sugar, Egg, Almond Extract, Flour, Almonds & Candied Cherries.

Please note that the recipe calls for candied cherries; not maraschino cherries. Right mouse click the photo above to link to a french company named Les Fleurons d'Apt. They process many types of candied fruits & share their history and how candied fruits are made.

Cherry Bonbon Cookies

Each of these dainty looking cookies contain a single maraschino cherry. The first time you taste one, it is like a surprise to your taste buds, but it is no surprise that Memere chose to include it on her Holiday Goodies Tray. The photo above is from Taste of Home dot com, click on the photo to see their version of this favorite.

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Ingredients For Cherry Bonbon Cookies: Maraschino Cherries, Butter, Confectioners Sugar, Flour, Salt, Half & Half, Vanilla, Cherry Juice, Red Food Color.

What's Cooking America dot net has an interesting web page on the history of the Maraschino Cherry along with many cherry recipes. You can also check your local newspaper food section by going to their Newspaper columns tab. This is one of the most comprehensive food websites I have seen! Bravo to Linda Stradley for a job well done! Click on the cherries above to link to What's Cooking America.

Chocolate Covered Cherries

The reference to "Shortening or Wax" in this recipe refers to cooking grade Paraffin wax. Candle wax in not recommended. Paraffin wax can be found in the baking section of most grocery stores. If you can not find it locally you can always find it on line.

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Ingredients For Chocolate Covered Cherries: Butter, Confectioners Sugar, Half & Half, Almond Extract, Marischino Cherries, Chocolate Chips & Shortening.

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