Category: dessert
ARF: Now That’s a Wrap!
Alright. I decided to do something really nice for my stepson today, since it’s just he, Will and I. Daddy had to work. So I devised a quick recipe to use up the last of my strawberries and take advantage of the load of chocolate I mentioned. So what I came up with was a [...]
Chocolate Roulade with White Chocolate Drizzle
I had company over Saturday night and wanted to make a really yummy dessert. Because I had loaded up on chocolate at Trader Joe’s, it had to include that too. And since I just got a great cookbook, Home Cooking Baking & Dessert published by Parragon Publishing, I wanted it to come from there. Of [...]
Irish Tea Cake
So yesterday was that day. The day that we Americans pay homage to Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, by eating corned beef and cabbage and drinking beer. I skipped the beer for a second year though (last year I was pregnant). I just didn’t feel like it. In any case, my mother made [...]
To-die-for Cinnamon Rolls
Oh wow. Cate from Sweetnicks had a roundup this weekend of recipes that use cinnamon. Among those recipes was one by Michele of Chef Michele’s Adventures for cinnamon rolls. Well, these cinnamon rolls are out of this world. When I saw the recipe yesterday, I thought, “Ooh, I’ll try that.” This morning, I got up [...]
SHF 17 – Vanilla Mouse with Blueberry-Strawberry Sauce
This is my premiere Sugar High Friday entry. It’s being hosted by Spittoon Extra this month and the theme is dairy. This is a super light and airy vanilla mouse with a luscious blueberry-strawberry sauce. The mousse literally dissolves in your mouth and the sauce really compliments it. It’s a fantastic combination that I am [...]
Recipe: Vanilla Mousse with Blueberry-Strawberry Sauce
This is it: the entry that almost wasn’t. After my debacle with the zwieback, I knew I had to pull off a quick miracle to get my entry ready for my premiere Sugar High Friday. So I turned to my bookcase stuffed with cookbooks to come up with a great recipe worth of the dairy [...]
Aphrodite’s Brownies
Aphrodite’s Brownies 2 cups sugar 3/4 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup cocoa powder 1 tsp vanilla extract 4 eggs 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp honey 1/3 cup brewed expresso or strong coffee 1/2 tsp ginger 1/2 tsp allspice 1/3 cup water Preheat oven to 350 degrees Combine [...]
The Best Jelly Thumbprint Cookies Recipe Ever
Jelly Thumbprint Cookies 3/4 cup butter, softened 1/4 cup white sugar 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour jelly, jam or fruit preserves Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, brown sugar and eggs. [...]
Mounds of Cookies
It’s almost time for me to start baking. Christmas is 11 days away and I have dozens of cookies to create. I am not the best baker, honestly, but for some reason I just love baking Christmas cookies. Maybe it’s a sickness. I just like to see mounds of sweets piled high for the holidays. [...]
Easter Bunny Hot Chocolate
After forgetting the cocoa at the grocery store Thursday and getting snowed in on Friday, I was jonesing for a nice hot chocolate. Alas, we had none left. At least, we didn’t have any of the usual suspects: Nestle, Swiss Miss, etc. But I wasn’t going to be deterred by that unfortunate fact.After a bit [...]
