Cajun Cook-Out Menu - Part II + Bayou Boogie

With just a few days left to prepare for our cook out, I've been looking over my summer recipes and asking the gang what desserts they would like.They said that they would love to have these scrumptious desserts, below. Plus, I'm adding a Margarita cake that my dear friend,  B.J., over at Sweet Nothings, recently posted on her blog that her daughter made. I made it with a few changes and doubled the delicious glaze recipe, but you can see the original recipe here. Sinfully delicious, cher, and well worth the calories and so easy, too! Bon appetit!

 Margarita Cake

1 box lemon cake mix
1 small box instant vanilla pudding
4 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup tequila
2 tbs.'s triple sec or orange juice

Glaze

2 cups powdered sugar
2 tbs.'s tequila
4  tbs.'s triple sec
4 tbs.'s lime juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a bundt pan with Baker's Joy, baking spray. Mix all ingredients in large bowl and beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes.

 Pour into prepared pan and bake @ 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool for about 15 minutes on wire rack and invert onto cake plate.

Combine the glaze ingredients and whisk until smooth. Poke holes in cake and pour over warm cake.

 Out of this world!

 Enjoy!

I'll be sharing these at  Foodie Friday,  Saturday Night Special ,  Sweets for a Saturday,
Seaside Simplicity, Sunday Showcase, and Savory Sunday.

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They also requested these decadent desserts! Click on title to view recipe.

  Banana Pudding Pie ~

Pina Colada Bread Pudding w/ Rum Sauce ~

And for drinks, I will be serving the following. Click on title to view recipe.

A big batch of these cool, frozen Pina Coladas.

And a big pitcher of Southern Peach Tea.

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Bayou Boogie

We passed an absolute bon' ton' at the T.G.I.F. Friday night block party, at Downtown Alive last night.  It was a very warm evening, but it didn't stop this bunch of Cajuns from dancing up a storm in Parc Sans Souci.

Horace Trahan and the New Ossun Express were rockin' the crowd and there was a whole lotta dancin' going on! The fiesty crowd was loving this band and this "oldie but goodie" song.

Here's a little clip that I took of the dancers and there was a whole lotta fast jitter-buggin' going on. They were working up quite a sweat on this one. Crank it up and let the good times roll, cher!

Horace Trahan and the New Ossun Express

Wishing all of you a fabulous, fun weekend, filled with good times! Merci for stopping by!

Banana Pudding Pie + The Latest on the Spill

Here's a heavenly, Southern dessert that will have you going back for more! Luscious whipped cream, paired up with banana pudding and a vanilla wafer crust. It doesn't get any better than this, cher! This fabulous pie takes me back to Sunday afternoons, at my dear Nanny Bea's house. This was one of her specialties. So easy and perfect for those hot summer days. Oh, cest bon, cher! Guaranteed to please!

Banana Pudding Pie
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Crust
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1 1/2 cups vanilla wafers, crushed
1 stick butter, melted
1/4 cup sugar

Combine all ingredients and press into bottom and sides of a greased 9 inch pie pan. Bake @ 350 degrees, for 5 to 7 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Filling
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4 eggs
2 large cans Pet milk
1 cup sugar
Cinnamon for sprinkling
2 medium bananas, sliced

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Heat milk in medium saucepan and bring just to a boil. Remove from heat. Pour the eggs into the milk and return to low heat and add sugar. Continue cooking on low, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to thicken. Remove from heat and pour into prepared crust. Cover and chill for two hours.

Sprinkle with cinnamon and top with sliced bananas, and whipped cream. (recipe below)

Whipped Cream
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1 pint heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Place the whipping cream and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Stir in the powdered sugar and mix on low, with an electric hand mixer until peaks form. ( about 3 to 4 minutes) Cover top of pie with whipped cream and enjoy! Bon appetit, cher!

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The Latest

Hurricane season is here! Although we are no strangers to hurricanes, it is still a major concern for us, each time a storm enters the gulf. You learn, by the time that you're 3 years old, here in Cajun country, to have a healthy respect for hurricanes. I packed my hurricane kit on June 1st and sit prepared for the possibility of a major hurricane coming our way. And although it looks like we may dodge the bullet on Alex, we take nothing for granted, and know how fickle these giant storms can be. In the days before Hurricane Rita, they kept saying that the storm was going to Texas, that it was going to Texas. Over and over, they kept saying this.

But it changed course at the last minute, giving our coastal residents only 24 hours to evacuate. My dear friend Cleo had just moved from Abbeville to Cameron and was living out her dream, as a stained glass artist on the beachfront, at Holly Beach. Hurricane Rita destroyed her home completely and everything was washed away and she could not even tell where her property was, after the storm. Also, countless other people I know, lost everything, too, and some of these folks flooded again, despite having rebuilt their homes in compliance with new hurricane regulations, with Hurricane Ike, and lost everything again! And now this! It is all so mind boggling!

I shudder to think about what will happen, if we do get a big one, this year, considering the oil spill clean-up and continual gushing of raw crude, now at the rate of 1.5 million gallons a day, and that is a conservative estimate! Here is the latest from NBC news.

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Wishing ya'll a wonderful, happy week! Merci beaucoup for stopping by!