Almond Oatmeal Dessert in a Mug

"Lazy Dessert #2

This is what I like to call a 'cake cup.' A single-serve dessert that you can microwave in a mug (I transferred it to glass.)

Ingredients:

1. rolled oats
2. salt
3. sugar
4. cinnamon
5. almond extract
6. milk
7. chocolate chips

Pour about 3/4 cup oats, 1/2 t salt, 1 T sugar, a bunch of cinnamon, 1/2 t. almond extract, 1/2 cup milk. Microwave for about 1 min. 30 sec. Add chocolate chips and stir.

I usually don't measure. If you're not exact with the measurements it will probably turn out just great...that is except if you do something weird like double the salt and half the sugar. 

 

Healthy Chocolate Mousse in Under 5 Minutes

I've decided to do a "Lazy Dessert" series after not baking in a very long time. My goal is to create semi-healthy and yummy desserts from common ingredients. I say semi-healthy because I like incorporating healthy ingredients but I also like using fats and sugar. I hate artificial sweeteners and low-fat desserts usually don't taste good.

I'll be doing mostly single serve desserts because I'm the only one in my household that eats dessert every night!

This is a chocolate pudding/mousse and it took me less than 5 minutes to make

There are four ingredients:

1. banana
2. unsweetened cocoa powder
3. whole milk
4. honey

For this single-serve portion I mashed a small very ripe banana. Then added 1 T cocoa powder, 2 t. honey, and mixed in milk until I got a good consistency. 

Now I like a strong chocolate flavor so these measurements may not be your ideal but play around and you'll find the perfect mousse.

Enjoy!

Cake Pops

For my son's 2nd birthday, I finally broke down and attempted cake pops. They didn't go as planned but I'm still posting this because I improvised and they still tasted good.

Crumble the baked cake into a big bowl and stir in some frosting. Don't use too much or the cake becomes to thick. I used about three spoon-fulls or a little less than half the icing can.

Roll the cake/frosting into cake balls and set on some wax paper.

Now I didn't do the regular chocolate coating, mainly because the melted chocolate thickened and I did't have oil and so on...

So I improvised with powdered sugar and melted butter for the adhesive and the dipped some and sprinkled and others in the chunks of white chocolate.

I made the white chocolate chunks by melting a bag of white chocolate chips and adding a splash of cold milk. It became chunky as I stirred it.

Birthday Cake Pops (without the sticks)

1 box Devil's Food Cake mix

Chocolate frosting (I used store bought)

powdered sugar

melted butter

sprinkles

white chocolate (melted)

splash of milk