Once upon a time I was a college chick. I had my own downtown Chicago apartment and a bunch of friends to share it with on the weekends. We partied like rock stars (sometimes even with them – HI LL COOL J! 
), we ate bad food, and drank whatever we could afford – aka Mad Dog 50/50. (what the? blah!)
But on Sundays all that would change because I would step into the kitchen and work some magic! (And help out a few hangovers.) This was our weekend ritual; party from Thursday to Saturday, and eat Katerina’s food on Sundays.
One Sunday afternoon, while everyone was still asleep, I rolled out of bed and before I even brushed my hair, I went straight to the fridge (too much drinky drink the night before) because my mind was on one thing, and one thing only – cream cheese dessert… any cream cheese dessert. I was actually aiming for a cheesecake, but that didn’t happen because it was going to take too long – I needed to satisfy this craving ASAP.
I then went to my trusted recipe booklet (a Microsoft Word Document) and pulled up a recipe that I had copied down from a magazine. I have no idea what magazine it came from, but I still have the recipe and go to it whenever I am in need of something quick and delicious.
I ate two full servings before someone finally got up that morning and joined me for the other two. I had to make more for the rest of the crowd.
Thus if you are making this for company, double the recipe.
Get your ramekins ready and start – these only take about 30 minutes from start to finish!
***When eating this, push the teaspoon to the side – it’s best if you use the cookies to scoop out the mixture. MMMMM!
ENJOY!
Ingredients
- 1 package (8 ounces) Cream Cheese, room temperature, softened
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
- 8 fresh dates , pitted and chopped
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- zest from one small orange
- powdered sugar for garnish
- vanilla or shortbread cookies , or tea biscuits, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 350.
- In a deep mixing bowl beat together the cream cheese, heavy cream, powdered sugar, lemon juice, and flour.
- Fold in the dates, ginger, and orange zest.
- Spoon the mixture into small (6 ounces or smaller) lightly sprayed ramekins – you’ll need only 4.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until firm and lightly golden on top.
- Dust heavily with powdered sugar.
- Serve warm with a side of vanilla cookies or shortbread biscuits.
Nutrition
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Oooh I love hangover food (not that this is hangover food – buuut for the sake of the story Im labeling it that). This does sound delicious though – no matter why Im snacking on it.
date and ginger are yummy flavours haven’t had with cream cheese before looks wonderful
I have never seen anything like this before! They look fantastic 🙂 I love college memories, but definitely didn’t have anything like these in mine!
Sounds like some fun times! This dessert seems so easy; it belies how special a treat it is. Must try this soon! 🙂
I can definitely see why this would be delicious hangover food!! Yum. Ok: Did you REALLY hang out with LL Cool J? I love him. Jealous!! Also: I just posted the giveaway winner … and a little bird told me that it just might be your lucky day!! xoxo
Oh, Kate, these are beautiful! And I know everything you share is just as delicious as gorgeous.
Kate, this is beautiful dessert….and lovely photos.
I don’t know why but I don’t see your posts on the Foodbuzz so I can’t always catch your new posts….love to read your blog…have a nice rest of the weekend:)
We weren’t “friends” on Foodbuzz … I just saw that! I sent you an invite. 🙂
Very creative, I can only imagine what your kitchen smelled like! I could have def. used some hangover magic to help this chick today 🙂
Wow, this looks amazing! This is total comfort food. My sister would love this dessert. Forget about the out-of-the-box betty crocker cake (it’s probably blasphemy to even suggest such a thing on FoodBuzz 🙂 , I’m going to make this for her birthday. Thanks!!
I’m not good in baking but I’ll try my best to make it 🙂