Christmas brings us together and a beautiful dessert will create lasting memories. Here is a Christmas poem that I wrote when remembering wonderful past Christmas moments:

A whirl of fallen leaves stirs a distant Christmas memory
As autumn wishes to be evergreen – paint brushing winter’s dreary chill

Children laugh heartedly filling all with December’s goodwill
Each holds a special present – a gift of serendipitous glee
Kelly McBride Loft

Enjoy the sweet moments of the holiday season! Merry Christmas!

Bananas Foster
In a skillet, melt 1/4 stick of butter and 2 heaping tablespoons of brown sugar. Add a touch of heavy cream and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Stir in 1/4 cup of flamed Brandy into mixture. Add a touch of banana liqueur. Sauté linear sliced bananas until tender. Serve over vanilla ice cream.

Christmas Trifle
Angel Food Cake
Vanilla pudding – cooked on the stove, not instant
1 can of cherry pie filling
2 pints whipping cream
2 whole oranges, washed well
4 sugar cubes
Strawberries
Rub the sugar cubes against the outside of the oranges until the cubes absorb the orange zest. Place the cubes into a cup and squeeze a bit of orange juice onto the cubes to dissolve. Mash the cubes smooth. Whip the cream. Add the orange zest infused sugar cubes to sweeten the cream. To taste – only add more regular sugar as needed.
Slice the same oranges and line the edge of the trifle bowl. Cook the vanilla pudding. Break the Angel Food Cake into small pieces. Create layers while marbleizing by adding the vanilla pudding, the cherry pie filling and the orange flavored whipped cream. Same some whipped cream in reserve to smooth the top of the trifle. Add decorated strawberries to the top!