3 carmen miranda Recipes

egg yolks, sugar, divided, cream cheese, at room temp (neufchatel cheese may be used instead), heavy cream, well-chilled, cachaca (this is sort of a brazilian type of rum, plain or flavored white rum would be decent subtitutes for), ladyfingers (preferably the crispy kind ), ripe mangoes, diced, fresh ripe pineapple, diced, ripe papayas, diced, extra mango (to garnish ), extra pineapple (to garnish ), extra papaya (to garnish )

flour, powdered sugar, salt, butter, cut up and softened, semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted, cream cheese, softened, powdered sugar, grand marnier (optional if children will be sharing ), cream (already whipped), any sliced fruit (we like mandarine oranges, kiwi, strawberries, blueberries), apricot preserves, grand marnier (juice if kids will be sharing)