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Main Dish: Dijon Chicken
Dessert: Harvest Cake
Beverage Bar: Sparkling Apple Rum Punch
Centerpiece: A Golden Fall
Music: George Winston, Autumn
Fall Harvest
Celebrate the season of plenty with the camaraderie of good friends and
good food. For music as crisp as the weather outside, play George Winston’s
Autumn CD, then give the table a taste of fall with A
Golden Fall Centerpiece. Use extra apples for candleholders; just
cut a hole in the top of each apple and fit a white candle snugly inside.
Scatter fall leaves (silk or real), mini pinecones and acorns down the
table, adding a fragrant touch with fresh fruit confetti. To make confetti,
use a zester to cut orange, lemon and lime rinds into colorful curls.
Perk up palates with a fall feast – bite-sized chunks of
Dijon Chicken, served on toothpicks, Harvest Cake (see recipe below)
and a big bowl of Sparkling Apple
Rum Punch.
Harvest Cake
Serves 8
| INGREDIENTS: | |
| 1 | (10-ounce) store-bought pre-made angel food cake |
| 2 | tablespoons cocoa powder, Hershey's® |
| 1 | (1 pound) can vanilla frosting, Betty Crocker® |
| 2 | teaspoons vanilla extract, Schilling® |
| 1 | teaspoon cinnamon, McCormick's® |
| 1/2 | can apple pie filling, Comstock® |
| 1 | package corn nuts |
| 1 | package pumpkin seeds, David's® |
| 8 | chocolate leaves |
Prep time: 12 minutes
PREPARATION:
- Place cake on a serving platter.
- Mix frosting with cocoa powder, vanilla, and cinnamon.
- Using a serrated knife, cut cake into 2 layers horizontally.
- Frost the top of the bottom layer.
- Place the second layer on top of frosted layer.
- Spread the remaining frosting evenly over the top and sides of cake.
- Fill center hole with apple pie filling.
- Sprinkle top and sides of cake with corn nuts and pumpkin seeds.
- Decorate with chocolate leaves.
