New Years Eve, what a great excuse to go all out when throwing a party. I mean lets face it, you can never have too many balloons or too much confetti at a New Years Eve party. So, this year my sister and I decided to go all out and throw a "fancy" New Years party. We set the dining room table with the china and crystal and used watches and little clocks to decorate. It looked so cute! Then we filled a room with balloons and took our party in there after the six course meal was finished, because what's a party without food?
We tried to keep it pretty simple for the meal so that we didn't have to spend the entire time in the kitchen. We served crackers with cheese, a simple tossed salad, shrimp cocktail, tomato and basil soup and a traditional surf and turf for the main course.
The main recipe I want to point out from this photo is the molten chocolate lava cakes served with peppermint ice cream for dessert -goodness gracious. I love chocolate, so when I had my first bite of a molten lava chocolate cake I was smitten. I have tried many recipes and versions of these little cakes and I finally found my favorite one. Try it, it's easy and oh so good!