For our anniversary, Frog Prince and I re-created our wedding dinner, complete with wedding cake!!
We had alfredo, chicken, broccoli, bread sticks, lemonade and of course, cake. There was also a red-sauce for the pasta, but it's more of a treat for us to make a white sauce :)
First, our main course...
Fettuccini Alfredo - Modified from Keeping it Simple
1 recipe homemade pasta, cut like fettuccini
6 chicken tenders (you can use more)
1 T olive oil
4 T flour
3 large garlic cloves, minced
2 T minced onion
1/2 C whipping cream
1 C half-and-half
1/3 C Parmesan cheese, shredded
Parsley, to taste
Pepper, to taste
Coat chicken in flour and cook in olive oil in skillet over medium heat until browned on both sides.
Place cooked chicken into a 9x13 glass pan, when browned.
Using the same skillet, add the onion, garlic, whipping cream, half and half, and pepper and heat until bubbling slightly; stirring continuously.
Then, remove from the heat and add in the Parmesan cheese. Allow the heat from the sauce to melt the cheese.
Pour the cream sauce over the chicken.
Then, bake at 375 for 15ish minutes until sauce is bubbly. Sprinkle with parsley, to taste.
While chicken in baking, boil the water for the pasta and prepare the pasta.
We also had broccoli with this dish at our wedding, so we prepared the broccoli while the alfredo dish was cooking.
Serve chicken and sauce over pasta and broccoli.
The verdict: tasted great, almost like what we had at our wedding!
Wedding Cake - From our wonderful cakemaker!!
Cake
1 white cake mix (we love Pillsbury)
1 box lemon pudding (cook and serve)
Bake cake mix according to package directions using 2 8-inch cake pans. Prepare lemon pudding as directed, and allow to cool.
Frosting
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter (softened)
1 tsp vanilla
4 cups (1 lb) confectioners sugar
2 tablespoons milk or water
Cream butter and shortening. Add vanilla. Gradually add sugar one cup at a time. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl often. Add milk/water and beat at high speed until light and fluffy. Keeps for 2 weeks in refridgerator--rewhip before using.
To assemble the cake...
Take the cakes out of their pans and allow to cool completely on a wire wrack. Then, slice the top off the cakes to make them level.
Spoon the lemon pudding onto the top of the bottom cake. Carefully set the other cake on the top.
Cover with frosting :)
Decorate as you wish... (I'm cleaver, but not nearly as talented)
Serve and enjoy!
Good to the last drop...
