Chocolate Lover's Torte
3 eggs, separated
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoon granulated sugar
Filling:
6 egg whites
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon dark rum
6 egg yolks
12 ounce milk chocolate chips, melted

Grease and flour the bottom and sides of a 10-inch springform pan. In large bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. In a small bowl, beat yolks and sugar. Add the flour and baking powder. Fold the yolks into the whites. Pour the batter into pan. Bake at 350-degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden. To prepare the filling: In a bowl, whip the egg whites until stiff; set aside. In a small bowl, beat the butter, powdered sugar and rum until light. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, and beat until light and lemon colored. Add the melted chocolate. Fold in the egg whites. After base of cake is baked, dip the vanilla wafers into rum to moisten. Place them with top side out, standing upright around cake base (to make pretty edge of torte). Pour the filling onto the base. Top with the whipped cream. Freeze for at least 1 hour before serving. Garnish with vanilla wafers and whipped cream, if desired, and sprinkle with rum. Serves: 12 at 426 calories per serving. (Note) This recipe! calls for the use of raw eggs. This is a known health hazard. Please check your eggs for freshness before using.

Add the applesauce. Pour 1/2 of the Jell-O mixture into a mold. Chill until set. Prepare

filling: In a mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, celery, nuts and salad dressing.

Mix well. Spread the filling over the Jell-O that has been set. Pour the remaining Jell-O

over the filling. Refrigerate until completely set. Unmold.
 

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Chocolate Fondue
2 packages (6-ounce size) semisweet chocolate pieces
1 can (13-ounce) evaporated milk, undiluted
1/2 cup kirsch or rum

For dipping in Fondue:
Apple slices, orange or tangerine sections, dates, seedless green grapes,
pineapple chunks, marshmallows, squares of pound cake or angel food cake
In heavy saucepan, combine chocolate and milk. Cook over low heat, stirring

constantly, until the chocolate is melted. Stir in the kirsch or rum; remove from

heat. Serve warm in fondue pot, surrounded by fruit and cake for dipping.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.

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Valentine Fruit Punch
1 package Cherry Kool-Aid
1 package Strawberry Kool-Aid
2 cups sugar
2 quarts water
4 cups Vodka
6 ounces Orange juice concentrate
6 ounces Pink Lemonade concentrate
1 quart Ginger ale

In a large punch bowl combine the Kool-Aids, sugar, Vodka and water.
Add the juice concentrates; mix until thawed. Add the ginger ale just before

serving. Serves: 25 at 3/4-cup servings.

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Valentine's Day Punch
2 cups grape juice, chilled
4 cups orange juice, chilled
8 cups ginger ale
1/4 cup sugar
2 oranges

In a large punch bowl combine all of the ingredients except for the oranges. Peel the

oranges and remove all of the seeds. Float the orange pieces on top. Chill and serve.

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Chocolate Truffles
10 ounces semisweet chocolate
3 egg yolks
3-1/2 tablespoons heavy cream
2-1/2 tablespoons anisette liqueur
2 ounces unsalted butter, softened
Cocoa, for dusting

In the top of a double boiler, melt the chocolate over simmering water. Remove from heat and add the egg yolks. Whisk until smooth. Add the cream, a tablespoon at a time. Whisk until smooth. Add the anisette and whisk until smooth. Place back over hot water to heat through. When warm, whisk in the butter, a tablespoon at a time. Refrigerate until firm. Roll into small balls and dust with cocoa. Makes about 30.

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Valentines Day Candy House
Get your family together and make these adorable Valentines
Day houses.

Each person will need the following:
a sturdy paper plate to sit their house on,
a small square box such as a pint size milk or juice carton enough graham crackers to cover their boxes

Everyone will need easy access to the following:
Melted white chocolate to use for glue
Arrangement of bowls of candies and other edible decorations such as: Conversation hearts, chocolate kisses, pretzels, red, pink & white sprinkles, colored sugars, red hots, coconut,

How to Put the House Together:
Simply paint the crackers and the box with the melted white chocolate and put the crackers where you want them on the house in order to cover it. For the roof it is easier to just lay the graham cracker down flat instead of trying to angle 2 together for the roof.

Then use the melted chocolate to adhere the candies to the house. Sprinkle with powdered sugar for a frosting of light snow.

Display your Valentines Day town for all to see.
Don't forget to get some pictures of the cute houses and the fun time making them.

Easy Valentine Cheesecake

Graham cracker pie shell
1 can cherry or strawberry fruit pie filling or topping
8 ounce cream cheese, softened
8 ounce non-dairy whipped topping
1/4 cup powdered sugar

In a bowl mash the cream cheese with a fork. Add the whipped topping and powdered sugar. Beat until smooth. Pour the mixture into the pie shell and refrigerate. Add the fruit topping and refrigerate until serving.

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Valentine Fruit Salad
1 can pears
1/2 cup cinnamon red hots
3 tablespoons vinegar
Lettuce
1 can sliced pineapple
1/2 cup nuts, chopped
1-1/2 cups cream mayonnaise, recipe below

Drain the pears, to pear syrup add the cinnamon red hots and vinegar, bring to a boil. Trim each pear half into heart shape and simmer in the syrup 20 minutes, remove from heat and refrigerate. Place pear half, hollow side down, on a lettuce leaf. Cut the pineapple in small sections and arrange around pears. Sprinkle the nuts around the edge of the salad to give a lacy effect. Serve the mayonnaise in a separate bowl.
Cream Mayonnaise
Fold Mayonnaise into 1/3-cup heavy cream, whipped.

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