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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
My very favorite and super easy berry tart -

Whip 1 cup heavy cream until it makes stiff peaks. Beat together 8oz cream cheese, 1/3 c powdered sugar, 2T lemon juice and 1/2t vanilla then add the whipped cream and beat until smooth.

Smooth that mixture into a graham cracker crust, and make a pretty design on top with assorted berries. Voila!

I usually make my own pecan graham cracker crust, which isn't too hard to do and tastes really really good, but I've also used store bought crusts when feeling lazy and it's still pretty yummy.

I'm not trying to be mean, but (1) whipping cream into heavy peaks is not for a beginning cook and (2) neither is making a pretty design with assorted berries; and (3) neither is making your own crust.[/quote]

Seriously, you dump in the cream and turn on the mixer until it looks like whipped cream. It's not rocket science. Neither is putting a bunch of blueberries in a circle. She want's something that looked impressive. And there was a reason I didn't bother with a recipe for the crust :)[/quote]

NP here. Seriously, I'm an experienced baker (e.g., I've done croissants, pain au chocolat, cakes and cookies of all types, baguettes) and even I don't own a stand mixer. No way a novice is going to have a stand mixer just sitting around to just toss heavy cream into.

Plus, folding whipped cream into a heavier mixture is fairly advanced. I think your recipe is more of an intermediate one. Cute idea, though![/quote]

Love this recipe!  But I agree, if the person has no cooking skills she is going to end up with hunks of cream cheese in her final product.

Thanks for posting it though; you are making me hungry.[/quote]

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