From their Saturday morning bacon, scrambled eggs and biscuit breakfasts to the pans of Gamma Bettye's 11-cheese macaroni and cheese they whip up for our Sunday barbecues, my girls are constantly showing anyone who pulls up a chair at our table that they know their way around a kitchen. I don't mind bragging: They get their training during summer camp at our local Young Chef's Academy of Sandy Springs, and their kitchen intuition from their mama—skills that give Mari and Lila quite a bit of confidence in the kitchen, even at ages 11 and 8 respectively. So when they told us last week that they wanted to whip up a dessert based on a recipe they found in the latest issue of American Girl magazine, I let them have at it. They sent Nick to the store for the ingredients—all we knew was that chocolate, strawberries, vanilla pudding and whipped cream was involved. And in a half hour after dinner last Saturday, they turned this...
Into this...
And it was absolutely delicious!
I promise you that this dessert is easy peasy—simple enough for kids ages 5 and up to make (of course, the little ones will need your help; older kids, ages 11 and up, can handle it on their own so long as you supervise). There is no ice cream involved; each of the sundaes are made pudding and an assortment of dry ingredients layered atop each other to create a colorful dish. Enjoy!
SNOWFLAKE AND STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE SUNDAES
WHAT YOU NEED:
Pound cake, chopped into 1 inch cubes
1 box of vanilla pudding
crumbled vanilla cookie sandwiches
white chocolate chips
strawberries
whipped cream
strawberry syrup
four sundae dessert bowls or red wine glasses
HOW TO MAKE IT:
Strawberry Shortcake Sundae
1. In the bottom of your dish/glass, layer a handful of pound cake
2. Layer strawberries on top of the cake
3. Spoon vanilla pudding atop the cake and strawberries
4. Top with whipped cream and strawberry syrup
(Note: For a super sweet twist, Mari and Lila added chocolate kisses to my Strawberry Shortcake Sundae.)
Cookie Crumble Sundae
1. In the bottom of your dish/glass, layer a handful of pound cake
2. Spoon vanilla pudding atop the cake
3. Layer cookie crumbles atop the mixture
4. Top with whipped cream and vanilla chocolate chips
Makes four servings.
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