. Red, White and Blue Fruit Pizza .

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Happy 4th of July, everyone!!!

Time to celebrate with some fun in the sun, barbeque, fireworks and DESSERT! For this holiday, I wanted to try out a fruit pizza, except I used a few fruits, most especially red, white and blue ones. Well technically, whipped cream, cream cheese & white chocolate aren't fruits, but for today, let just say they are. Hehe.

Red, White and Blue Fruit Pizza

Ingredients:

For the crust:

• 9-inch pie pan
• Your favorite sugar cookie recipe (I was pressed for time so I went the semi-homemade route and used store-bought dough;)
• 1/2 cup melted white chocolate

For the filling:

• 1 8-oz. package cream cheese (light cream cheese is fine)
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

For the topping:

• 1 pint strawberries, washed, hulled, sliced, and patted dry
• 1 pint blueberries, washed and patted dry
• 1/4 cup dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preparation:

 For the crust:

Grease the bottom and sides of your pie pan.
Flatten sugar cookie dough in pie pan, forming a pie crust.
Bake according to the package direction, or until golden brown.
When crust is cooled, spread the melted white chocolate over it. Be sure all of the crust is covered.
Place crust in fridge for a couple of minutes until the chocolate has hardened.

For the filling:

Use an electric mixer fluff your cream cheese.
Whip the cream and powdered sugar until medium peaks form.
Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese and combine well.
Spread the cream cheese mixture over the cooled crust.

Assembling the topping:

Arrange the berries as desired over the creamy topping. Place the chocolate chips in a microwavable bowl and heat in the microwave for 20 seconds at a time, stirring after each time until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth.
Pour chocolate in a heavy duty zip top bag.
Cut a small corner off the bag and drizzle the chocolate over the berries.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.

(adapted from: ourbestbites.com)

The white chocolate acts as a barrier between the crust and filling, preventing the crust from

becoming too soggy. Plus it adds more yumminess!

Red, white and blue...and a little bit of semi-sweet chocolate too:)

I really liked this recipe and its versatile for any occasion. All you have to do is change the fruit! the filling is really yummy. If you like, you could just skip the cookie crust and just use the filling and fruit to create a parfait.

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I also made some festive cookies as well. I just used that same sugar cookie dough.

I also melted more white chocolate, dipped the cooled cookies half-way, then sprinkled some red and blue colored-sugar on them.
Yummy and cute!

God Bless America!

. Royal Wedding Cake Pops .

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Its like a fairytale <3 ......

Imagine being swept away in a glass, horse-drawn carriage to a beautiful church, where the prince of your dreams is waiting to see you walk down the aisle in your breath-taking couture wedding gown. He waits anxiously, longing for the part when he hears, "I now pronounce you , man and wife," and most importantly, "you may now kiss the bride," Then afterwards you both ride off in your carriage, back to your enchanting castle, to live happily ever after. :) *sigh....

Well, imagine no more because its happening TOMORROW!! woohoo!!! Not for me of course, but for Prince William and Kate Middleton! I really wish I was in London to witness this historic event. All this media coverage has gotten me hyped up. I was too young to watch the wedding of Diana and Charles, so being able to see this ceremony is really exciting for me! Even if I'm only able to watch it on tv.

I plan on having a tea party with my daughter to help celebrate:) We are going to have tea, little cucumber sandwiches, biscuits (or "cookies" for all you non-british folk. lol) and most importantly, WEDDING CAKE!

I saw this really cute idea awhile back from Bakerella. She is the cakepop queen, if you havent already heard. Haha! I said, "cakepop QUEEN!" Get it? I'm talking about the royal wedding, and I called her a queen! lol!! Ok, nevermind (-_-')

Anyway~~~ she has the most incredible ideas and she is SO talented! She did a couple of cakepops in the shape of a wedding cake and I thought that it would be highly appropriate for our "royal wedding teatime" tomorrow!

Here's how they turned out:

I used flower-shaped cutters for molding the cake inside so after dipping them, they came out kinda lumpy and not quite as pretty and Bakerella's.

I had to do some taste-testing. lol. The red velvet was sooo yummy. Definitely fit for a princess:)

Here's to the bride and groom~ wishing them many years of happiness and sweet, sweet love.

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I can't wait for our tea time and to watch the wedding tomorrow!!

How are you going to celebrate?