Bachelorette Party Food

Yesterday night I hosted a bachelorette party for my dear friend Libby (of the food blog "Cafe Libby"). Libby is a domestic goddess, no question about it. So although bachelorette parties are not known for their sophistication, I wanted the food to be somewhat classy. In addition to standard snacks (chips, veggies, crackers, gaucamole, lots of hummus), I made some dessert. The desserts were a hit, if I may say so myself. I made a peach melba crisp! It had a standard crisp topping (2 C oatmeal, 1/2 C flour, 1 C brown sugar, 1/2 t cinnamon, 6 T cold butter cut in all that, no nuts). For the fruit filling I used seven big white peaches (boiled for a few minutes to remove the skin) and two small containers of raspberries, tossed with 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup white sugar, and the juice of half a lemon.  Top with the oatmeal mix, bake in a 400 degree oven until bubbly and golden brown (45 min to one hour) and your done. I finished it off with fresh whipped cream. We also had a big bowl of different types of fresh cherries (cherry season has come and gone in California, but we're still getting them from Washington). But the piece de resistance was some cupcakes filled with a marshmellow vanilla cream concoction. They were kind of like homemade twinkies. The girls loved them. We got lots of great pictures of people posing with their cupcakes, laughing, raising a suggestive eyebrow. Does that seem strange? Oh, I forgot to mention that the cupcakes were made in a very special cupcake molds that gave them quite a distinctive shape ... these are some  cupcakes you only make in your twenties :)