Apricot Upside-Down Cake & Mango Mousse With Raspberry Jelly

Apricot Upside-Down Cake

We have seasonally fruits coming from family and friends all the time. This time we got apricots and cherries (used some cherries for the frangipani cherry jam and some for another dessert (coming soon)) everyone had their share while I wanted to experiment with mine was double minded wanted to try apricot jam or apricot upside-down cake, put it to vote and everyone preferred the cake. I found this recipe and it sounded good and the brown sugar addition was and picture was tempting.



As i was not in the mood to go looking for a 10 in skillet, I just used my good old trustee baking pan melted the butter and sprinkled the brown sugar, arranged the apricot halves and batter, everything turned out quite good the caramel didn’t burn, I left it to cool in my sister-in-laws room (actually was my sisters were hiding it from the unexpected guests who came to visit was) and we forgot about it till after dinner when the guests left and my sister-in-law went in her room, she came back with it all the while it was cooling the cake top had really sucked the caramel making it sticky and gooey while the lower was soft and crumby served it with homemade vanilla ice cream and not a crumb was left!


Mango Mousse With Raspberry Jelly

Here I made some mango mousse with raspberry jelly for my nieces and nephews who had some friends over. They wanted something cold and with mango, as usually I made more then they needed knowing very well my family just won’t leave the kids share alone, while I was still decorating them my mama picks up a glass and just walks away not looking back or saying anything…should I have stopped her? =/

then comes my older sister demanding one for herself, I said I didn’t make any for the you’ all older lot these are for the kids she said what!?! How could you do this to us! Then comes along her son “Humza” he like my mama grabs a glass and runs away! Now how do you stop a innocent looking face?? My sister tells me serves you right! =0

Mango Epidemic: 3

Mango Ice Cream

I have made ice cream before and quite enjoyed it; usually the flavors are what my 8 years old niece wants & likes, we made old fashioned vanilla ice cream, vanilla with chocolate chip, pistachio (mama’s favorite) and now Mango Ice Cream. Kids loved it and enjoyed it and fought over it, my little tasters who follow me like Mary’s lamb just didn’t wanted to share with anyone plus they didn’t let me take more photos, you can see the sad angry look on my 1 1/2 years old niece, and she certainly did not want me to take her pic! =)

Mango Epidemic: 2

Hazelnut Tart with Mango Mousse

Here is my second from the Mango Epidemic series, I have made tarts before but I wanted to make something with nuts, so I came across a recipe in dessertfirst I liked it so though to try it,

I used hazelnuts instead of macadamias nuts blended everything in the processor I used a bit more sugar then the recipe calls for, made the tart a day before and refrigerated it ‘cause it’s so hot here everything just melts and it’s really hard to handle pastry dough. Then next day after baking the tart shells blind I made the mango mousse with fresh mango puree and fresh dairy cream, filled the shells and let them set all the time my little niece was following me around like Mary’s little lamb, she helped me sprinkle the grounded nuts on top of the tarts. As always I usually give the first try to my mom, she is not much of a mango mousse or hazelnuts fan but in this case she says she loved it. =)

Mango Epidemic

White Chocolate Panna Cotta with mango sauce And Mango Panna Cotta with Kiwi Salsa

My favorite fruit is Mango, and there were so many mangoes coming from our mango orchard and many different varieties so I had this idea to try and make different varieties of desserts that I haven’t made before so here is the first one.
White Chocolate Panna Cotta with mango Salsa & Sauce and Mango Panna Cotta with Kiwi Salsa
I had fun making them and enjoyed watching my family eating them beside family I usually give to others so I would know if what my family say is true and beside that I usually have lots of critics.
I made the chocolate panna cotta first and it was very easy to do so as I left them to set I noticed that it didn’t set so well and made a mental note to add more gelatin or give more time to set, they tasted very good smooth and rich.

The mango panna cotta set very nicely and was smooth and refreshing, tasted great and I have the empty glasses to prove nothing was left! =)