Berry Cream Fruit Tart

Hi! This is my first post and I hope you like it! I saw this recipe the other day on "Good Things Utah" and made this for a neighborhood barbecue and it turned out really good. Super easy to make too!

Ingredients:
1 (18.25 oz) box yellow cake mix
1 stick butter
1/2 cup coconut
3 cups berries, rinsed and drained ( I just used frozen, mixed berries from Costco- blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries)
2 TB sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 cup sour cream

Directions:
Chop up cold butter, and mix together with cake mix and coconut.
Press into the bottom of a 9x13 casserole dish.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven and arrange fruit over the crust, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Whisk egg and sour cream together and spread over the top.
Bake 15 minutes more or until crust is a delicate brown.
Cool to warm and cut into squares to serve.

Fruit Smoothies

1/4 c. frozen strawberries
1/4 c. frozen blueberries
2 c. vanilla low-fat frozen yogurt; just slightly softenend
1/2 c. milk
6 oz. strawberry yogurt

Put everything in your blender and blend until desired consistency.

Delicious, Refreshing, and Good For You!

This serves about 4....unless you are like me and in that case, it only serves 1. And it is also a "learning tool"....your kids can help you in the kitchen and you can teach them that Red (strawberries) and Blue (blueberries) makes PURPLE! Pretty cool, huh!?!

Fruit Dip Recipes

Hooray for recipe sharing! I'm new to this blog (thanks Shally) and wanted to share some fruit dip recipes:

Bit O' Honey Fruit Dip

8 oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
English toffee bits (Skor)

Beat cream cheese, sugars, and vanilla together until smooth and creamy. Stir in Skor bits (available by the chocolate chips). It's also yummy with Heath bits which have chocolate!

Yummy Fruit Dip

1 7 oz. jar marshmallow cream
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 to 2 cups powdered sugar
1 to 2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. almond extract

Use a hand mixer to blend marshmallow cream and cream cheese. Blend in powdered sugar, vanilla, and almond extract. Serve with fresh fruit.

Strawberry Dip

Dip washed, whole strawberries in sour cream, then in brown sugar. Delicious!

Cool Whip Dip

1 small pkg. instant vanilla pudding
1/2 to 1 cup orange or pineapple juice
1 tub cool whip (thawed)

Use a fork or whisk to mix pudding and juice until it's smooth, thick, and pasty. Fold in cool whip. Serve with fresh fruit or mix with fruit cocktail and mandarin oranges for an easy fruit salad.

Orangey Bananas

This is a great side dish or snack. My kids LOVE it.

Ingredients:

2 large bananas
1 Tbsp frozen orange juice
1 tsp sugar

*Peel and slice up the bananas.
*Mix the concentrate and sugar and stir into bananas.