Flourless Chocolate Cake

by Jamie on August 8, 2012

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If you follow me on Instagram, you may remember me posting a piece of flourless chocolate cake while dining at The Capital Grille. After one bite, Brian was smitten with the rich, dense espresso infused chocolate cake.

When Shaina’s debut cookbook, Desserts in Jars arrived on my doorstep, I immediately honed in on page 35 – Flourless Chocolate Cakes, beautifully photographed in my favorite Weck jars. Shaina described her Flourless Chocolate Cakes as little brownies with crunchy tops and that’s exactly what they taste like. Pure chocolate perfection in an adorable glass jar.

In you visit MBA on a regular basis, you know how much I love baking and presenting desserts in jars, so naturally, I was incredibly excited about Shaina’s cookbook. Desserts in Jars contains 50 gorgeous recipes including cakes, pies, puddings, frozen desserts and even a variety of mixes that are perfect for giving.


Shaina expertly walks you through the process of choosing, filling, baking and even adorning your jars with printable tags, so they’re ready for a casual backyard barbecue or a fancy holiday party. And after hanging out with Shaina in NYC, I must say, Desserts in Jars is an accurate representation of the awesomeness that is Shaina.

And because I adore this book and Brian loved these cakes, I’ve decided to give away 4 signed copies here on MBA.


HOW DO YOU WIN?

Simply leave a comment below telling me about the best dessert you’ve ever tasted.

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-Winner(s) will have until 8/22/12 to claim their signed copy or we will choose another winner.
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Flourless Chocolate Cakes

Yield: 14 individual cakes

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20-25 minutes

Ingredients:

Oil for greasing the jars
7 ounces bittersweet chocolate
4 tablespoons (½ stick)unsalted butter
1 cup granulated sugar
4 large eggs, separated
Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
fresh raspberries for garnish

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease fourteen 8-ounce jars. In a double boiler over simmering water, melt the chocolate andbutter until smooth. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly. In a separate bowl, use a hand mixer to beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Set aside.

2. In a stand mixer, beat together the granulated sugar and egg yolks until thick and creamy. Mix ¼ cup of the melted chocolate and butter into the egg yolks. Continuing to mix, slowly pour the remaining melted chocolate mixture into the egg yolks until all is incorporated. Fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture.

3. Spoon 4 to 5 tablespoons of the cake batter into each greased jar. Place the jars 2 inches apart on a baking sheet. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the tops of the cakes start to crack. Remove from the oven and let the jars cool. Dust with confectioners’ sugar before serving. Serve warm or at room temperature. If desired, garnish with fresh raspberries.

Notes:

- This recipe works well when cut in half.
- Jars seen in the photos are Weck Mini Mold Jars #976-165

Source: Desserts in Jars by Shaina Olmanson

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avatar 1 Karla August 8, 2012 at 7:23 am

The best dessert I’ve ever had was our wedding cake. Rich chocolate cake with peanut butter mousse and chocolate ganache fillings frosted with buttercream. It was amazing!

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avatar 2 Deb L August 8, 2012 at 7:58 am

Ice cream without a doubt is still my favorite dessert

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avatar 3 RachTurner August 8, 2012 at 8:11 am

All I have to say is YUM! That looks divine!!

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avatar 4 bianca @ sweet dreaming August 8, 2012 at 8:22 am

the best dessert i’ve ever tasted was probably a kahlua chocolate fudge cake at my favorite local restaurant!

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avatar 5 adina August 8, 2012 at 8:22 am

the best dessert I ever had was a chocolate molten lava cake at melograno’s in philadelphia. mmmmmmmm

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avatar 6 Hannah August 8, 2012 at 8:27 am

Probably a creme brulee cheesecake. Crunchy sugar on top of cheesecake with fresh berries? Yes, please!

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avatar 7 Cindy August 8, 2012 at 8:38 am

I would have to say a chocolate peanut butter cake recipe I made from Annie’s Eats. Every bite tasted like a Reeces Cup, which means perfection in my mind!

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avatar 8 Ali @ Gimme Some Oven August 8, 2012 at 8:47 am

Beautiful! And I adore Shaina’s book!! :)

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avatar 9 leslie August 8, 2012 at 8:48 am

Hmmm the best dessert? I was at Ralf Laurens restaurant in Chicago and I had St. Andre Cheese fried in phyllo dough with a poached peach with a pear maple sauce. OH.MY.GOD it was the most amazing thing EVER. Not sure if it was a dessert, but I could certainly eat it any time of the day..sweet from the pear and maple, salty from the cheese…ohhh my!

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avatar 10 Emily @ Sweet Bella Roos August 8, 2012 at 9:14 am

The best dessert I ever had… was the chocolate cake on our cruise last Fall. I have dreams about this cake.

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avatar 11 Tara @ Chip Chip Hooray August 8, 2012 at 9:24 am

Oh man. The best dessert I’ve *ever* tasted…probably the chocolate / peanut butter tart I had at Buddakan in NYC a few years back. Fabulous.

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avatar 12 Averie @ Averie Cooks August 8, 2012 at 9:38 am

what a great book – I want it and those cakes, too!

best dessert you’ve ever tasted = the ones at 2am standing in front on my refrigerator :)

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avatar 13 Susan August 8, 2012 at 9:39 am

This looks amazing! I think I’ll try it tonight! The best dessert I’ve ever tasted is actually very similar. It’s called Chocolate Mink and it was featured in Gourmet Magazine a few years ago. More like a flourless pudding but the same idea. Definitely my go-to dessert to impress. Can’t wait to give these a try!

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avatar 14 Christina August 8, 2012 at 9:40 am

The best dessert I’ve ever tasted was Tiramisu in a hole-in-a-wall kind of restaurant in the city.

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avatar 15 Winter August 8, 2012 at 9:43 am

The best desert I ever had was the Tres Leches cake at Crema in Chelsea.

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avatar 16 Lanita Canup August 8, 2012 at 9:43 am

Cream Brulee !!!

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avatar 17 Melanie August 8, 2012 at 9:51 am

My grandpa’s fudge, its perfect.

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avatar 18 Jen @ Savory Simple August 8, 2012 at 9:58 am

Your photos are all so beautiful! I think my favorite dessert is key lime but I might have a different answer if you ask me tomorrow.

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avatar 19 Susann Glos August 8, 2012 at 10:03 am

The best dessert I ever had was cinnamon rolls! The recipe was easy and my family and friends loved them!

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avatar 20 Cindy A August 8, 2012 at 10:04 am

Pumpkin cheesecake or cheesecake in general.

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avatar 21 Susan August 8, 2012 at 10:06 am

Hands down, I’m a brownie addict. So I’d have to say the best dessert I had while I was out was a brownie with ice cream and drizzled in caramel sauce. Second favorite: My wedding cake. Butter rum with a butter cream frosting. Yumm….

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avatar 22 Cathy August 8, 2012 at 10:08 am

My favourite dessert is creme brulee and anything chocolate!! But … Hannah above said creme brulee cheesecake, I really want to try that now. Best of both worlds, cheese cake and creme brulee.

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avatar 23 Natalie G. August 8, 2012 at 10:08 am

Best dessert ever is still my dad’s cheesecake- no other comes close in my opinion!

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avatar 24 Gigi Hadley August 8, 2012 at 10:11 am

Ice cream is a family favorite at our house but I personally like creme brule or soft and chewy brownies… *YUM* :-) Thanks for the recipe and have a great day!

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avatar 25 Julie S August 8, 2012 at 10:11 am

I have yet to attempt a dessert in a jar (love the concept though). This sound delicious and a perfect dessert to serve my gluten-free friend. I can’t pick a favorite dessert! A memorable one was the Balsamic Vinegar Strawberry Ice Cream my sister and I made several years ago. Yum…

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avatar 26 Lauren Villanueva August 8, 2012 at 10:14 am

The best dessert I’ve ever had is the salted caramel budino at Barbuzzo, a restaurant in Philadelphia. It has a base made out of chocolate cookies, topped with rich butterscotch flavored pudding and a layer of buttery caramel. Everything is topped with whipped creme fraiche, sea salt and more cookie crumbs. And, it’s served a cute little jar. I have to resist the urge to lick it clean.

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avatar 27 Lisbeth Mitchell August 8, 2012 at 10:14 am

The best desert I have ever eaten (and I have eaten quite a lot of desserts since i have a massive sweet tooth) has got to be from the Blue Bayou (the restaurant inside Pirante of the Carribean at Disneyland). I had the best giant Creme Brûlée and my husband had ana mazing deep fried cheesecake!! Delicious! A close second would be my all-time favorite Red Velvet Cake Cheesecake from the Cheescake Factory!

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avatar 28 DD August 8, 2012 at 10:17 am

Chocolate peanut butter pie is still one of my favorites.

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avatar 29 Susan Allison August 8, 2012 at 10:18 am

I believe the best dessert I have ever tasted is of a flourless chocolate cake here in the historical district of Pensacola, Florida…I hope your recipe is very similar to the one I tasted and loved!

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avatar 30 Courtney L August 8, 2012 at 10:18 am

Best dessert… I’d have to say it was Dark and White Chocolate Guinness Mousse. Mmmmm, it’s delightful.

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avatar 31 Meghan August 8, 2012 at 10:20 am

The sticky toffee pudding at the restaurant where my boyfriend works. The name doesn’t do it justice! Amazing.

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avatar 32 Jeanie Eyraud August 8, 2012 at 10:20 am

my best dessert ever has to be the chocolate cake with white icing my mom used to make when i was growing up, nothing has ever tasted that good

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avatar 33 Tina Clark August 8, 2012 at 10:20 am

Jars + Desserts – two of my favorite things!! As for the most delicious dessert I ever had – that’s really hard to say – but I do vividly remember a Sticky Toffee Pudding I had in Scotland. Pure heaven on a fork! I’v had nothing like it since – and that was 10 years ago!

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avatar 34 Martha August 8, 2012 at 10:21 am

Entertaining two divine artist, friends of my artist husband. I’ll show them what artistry is. Thanks heaps for this secret weapon.

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avatar 35 Sara August 8, 2012 at 10:21 am

I Love Flourless Chocolate Cake, and have been making it for years, but then I still Love Tunnel of Fudge cake too. My all time favorite dessert is Coco Mouche. I make it every Christmas.

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avatar 36 Jody August 8, 2012 at 10:23 am

The best dessert I’ve had is a homemade German Chocolate Cake made by my mom for my birthday.

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avatar 37 Lisa Smith August 8, 2012 at 10:25 am

The best dessert I’ve ever had was a french chocolate pie! It makes my mouth water just thinking about it!

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avatar 38 Teresa Gill August 8, 2012 at 10:25 am

The best dessert I have ever had was mama’s choclate syrup cake!!! YUMMY

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avatar 39 Linda W. August 8, 2012 at 10:25 am

My favorite dessert is Roy’s chocolate souffle and we finally have the recipe :)

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avatar 40 Kari August 8, 2012 at 10:30 am

The best dessert I’ve tasted is a chocolate souffle from a local restaurant in Louisiana where I’m from. It is possibly the only reason I will go to the restaurant. It is so good! It is so rich and light and yummy!!!! If I could get the exact recipe, I might make it pretty often! :)

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avatar 41 Charlotte Wilson August 8, 2012 at 10:30 am

The best dessert I’ve ever had are fresh strawberry packzis with fresh whipped cream made in a bakery here in Chicago called delightful Pastries. They are heavenly!

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avatar 42 Liz August 8, 2012 at 10:31 am

I had this salted caramel something at a little cafe in Seattle a few years ago. It was insanely good. Thankfully, the salted caramel trend has provided me with many recipes to try!

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avatar 43 Julie J August 8, 2012 at 10:32 am

The best dessert I have ever had was a flour less chocolate cake. I have an amazing recipe. I do like to try new ones, and plan on trying this one too, but so far, none have beat the one I found in a chocolate dessert cookbook ages ago.

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avatar 44 Brett P August 8, 2012 at 10:34 am

Best dessert I’ve ever tasted? woo, that’s a tough question. I guess maybe I’d have to say it’s a dessert that, while maybe simple, I keep going back to. It’s served at this sushi bar I go to sometimes with friends, it’s basically a deep fried pound cake topped with green tea ice cream and smothered in whipped cream. It is way too good for its, and my, own good.

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avatar 45 Terri August 8, 2012 at 10:35 am

One of the best is a dessert cake from a local bakery which is a layer of Itaian Cheesecake, a layer of fudge frosting, a layer of dark chocolate cake with milk chocolate frosting. Liked it so much it is the cake we are having at my birthday celebration this weekend.

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avatar 46 Michele Webb August 8, 2012 at 10:36 am

Oh.My.Goodness!! I JUST bought some lovely jars at our church rummage sale so I could make something with them…would LOVE to have this cookbook to be able to put them to use! The BEST dessert I have ever had and I make it often for special occasions is a Triple Chocolate Mousse Torte.

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avatar 47 Donna August 8, 2012 at 10:37 am

Hmmm the best dessert…I would say is my best friends lemon cheese cake….OMG it is so delicious!!!!

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avatar 48 denali August 8, 2012 at 10:37 am

Brazilian Papaya Cream at Texas de Brazil. I could have that every day. Twice a day.

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avatar 49 Linda August 8, 2012 at 10:38 am

Creme Brulee at a little streetside cafe in Paris…Yummy!

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avatar 50 ACR August 8, 2012 at 10:40 am

Even though I’m not really a cake person, I love the chocolate peanut butter cake over at Smitten Kitchen (no ganache needed) – AMAZING! http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2008/08/chocolate-peanut-butter-cake/

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avatar 51 Kris @ What, MORE Muffins? August 8, 2012 at 10:41 am

Flourless chocolate cake is definitely up there, but the Flourless Chocolate Waffles at Coastal Flats in Fairfax, VA are probably at the top of my list. Sadly, they’re on a different continent… :P

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avatar 52 annabelle August 8, 2012 at 10:42 am

The best dessert is a molten lava cake, love the chocolate oozing out.

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avatar 53 Sue Ohm August 8, 2012 at 10:44 am

I am a pecan pie nut…an6 pecan pie recipe I have tried has been a wonderful treat.

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avatar 54 Joline August 8, 2012 at 10:45 am

The best dessert I’ve tasted…such a hard choice. I’m going to go with the tiramisu I had in London recently at a little cafe. YUM!!!!!

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avatar 55 Audrey August 8, 2012 at 10:46 am

The best dessert I ever tasted (so far): Fresh Apple Cake with Homemade Caramel Glaze!! I love cakes in jars!!! :)

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avatar 56 Becky August 8, 2012 at 10:47 am

Oh this is a hard one since I love most desserts, well ones without nuts mainly. I have to say right now it’s anything chocolate. Rich decadent chocolate torte ranks up at the top of my list.

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avatar 57 Cindy August 8, 2012 at 10:48 am

The best dessert I’ve ever tasted was the appletaart at Winkel’s in Amsterdam on my honeymoon. This restaurant pub serves it with a generous fresh whipped cream and a shot of apple liquor on the side. The crust on top is divine!

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avatar 58 Athena August 8, 2012 at 10:49 am

The rum cake from Luisa’s Italian Bistro in South Glens Falls, NY! So good!

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avatar 59 Marcia August 8, 2012 at 10:49 am

I live near Chicago and we used to go to the Walnut Room when it was Marshall Field’s to see the Christmas decorations and the giant tree. The best dessert that I ate there was Frango Mint Cheesecake. Oh, it was so wonderful!

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avatar 60 gail August 8, 2012 at 10:51 am

cheesecake factory ghiradelli cheesecake

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avatar 61 Missie Petersen August 8, 2012 at 10:54 am

I would have to day the best dessert that I have ever had was the Banana Cream Pie at Emeril’s in New Orleans. It was absolutely wonderful.

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avatar 62 Allison August 8, 2012 at 10:55 am

The best dessert I’ve ever had was this Japanese cheesecake that my friend made! So light, fluffy, and perfectly cheesy – not too cake-y!

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avatar 63 Gigi August 8, 2012 at 10:55 am

Mm, I think the best dessert I ever had was at the Grand Cafe in Minneapolis. It was key lime pots de creme with homemade graham crackers. Delicious!!

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avatar 64 Eva @ Eva Bakes August 8, 2012 at 10:58 am

The best dessert I’ve ever had is the molten chocolate lava cake at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley.

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avatar 65 Jamie August 8, 2012 at 11:00 am

Chocolate ganache cake with raspberry sauce drizzled over the cake and plate. Beautiful and delicious!

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avatar 66 Sarah August 8, 2012 at 11:07 am

Our wedding cake – the baker was difficult to work with but her cake made it worth it.

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avatar 67 Martha August 8, 2012 at 11:07 am

I found a recipe over at Epicurious for a Chocolate Panna Cotta Cake. Deep chocolate layers of cake with creamy smooth chocolate panna cotta between the layers wrapped in a thin layer of chocolate. Just a sliver of this perfection is enough to satisfy the most ardent chocaholic.

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avatar 68 Lynne August 8, 2012 at 11:11 am

The best dessert I ever had we’re the chocolate truffles at my friend Kathy’s wedding. It was over 20 years ago, but I still remember them!

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avatar 69 Jackie Watson August 8, 2012 at 11:12 am

Several years ago my sister made me Tiramisu for my birthday and it was the best dessert ever!

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avatar 70 Tessa Ann August 8, 2012 at 11:14 am

The best dessert I’ve ever had was a BEAUTIFUL key lime creme brulee. It was eaten off the plate of someone else, because they couldn’t finish it, and I’m generally too cheap to buy desserts at restaurants(as much as I adore them).
It was creamy and tangy and lovely. It had a little pile of beautifully ripe raspberries on top. It looked as wonderful as it tasted, which made it even better for me, I love good presentation.
Oh my. I miss it.

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avatar 71 rebekah August 8, 2012 at 11:14 am

I’m not trying to suck up, but honestly one of th best desserts I’ve made and get rave reviews on are your chocolate cupcakes made with the doctored up cake mix. It never turns out bad! But if I want something that isn’t chocolate, I’d have to go with a New York style cheesecake with fresh strawberry sauce…hmmm, I’m salivating. And it’s only 10:30 am and I’m at work. My boss is going to wonder why I have drool on my chin!

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avatar 72 vanessa August 8, 2012 at 11:19 am

Gosh, it’s so hard to choose the best dessert ever…but I would saw my own Italian Cream Cake.

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avatar 73 Tonya August 8, 2012 at 11:20 am

My best dessert was at The Paris in Las Vegas. My first chocolate souffle. It was amazing. Intense chocolate flavor and so decadent. Yum yum yum.

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avatar 74 Sarah August 8, 2012 at 11:33 am

One really great dessert I’ve had recently was from a local ice cream shop that makes artisan ice cream. They rolled out a new product, artisan ice cream sandwiches, this summer. Rich, flavorful, local artisan ice cream sandwiched between two giant locally made AMAZING chocolate chip cookies! Not sure it’s my all-time favorite dessert, but absolutely the most satisfying!

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avatar 75 marla August 8, 2012 at 11:33 am

Beautiful chocolate cakes!!

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avatar 76 Katie August 8, 2012 at 11:35 am

I had a chocolate ricotta tortino at a restaurant and it was absolutely scrumptious.

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avatar 77 Juh August 8, 2012 at 11:35 am

Chocolate chip cookies at a really awesome bakery in NYC

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avatar 78 Amanda Pulido August 8, 2012 at 11:35 am

The best dessert I’ve ever had had to be my brother in law’s groomscake. I don’t know how to describe it other than chocolate perfection. There was seriously a piece of heaven in every bite.

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avatar 79 Sarah Monahan August 8, 2012 at 11:36 am

The best dessert I have ever had is my Mom’s Pavlova with fresh peaches and lightly sweetened whipped cream. I am a sucker for all things meringue!

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avatar 80 Katherine August 8, 2012 at 11:37 am

Oreo Cheesecake Bites I made for a BBQ.

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avatar 81 Terralyn August 8, 2012 at 11:39 am

The best dessert I ever had was a molten chocolate cake on our cruise to Alaska this summer, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Heaven!

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avatar 82 Natascha Heiden August 8, 2012 at 11:43 am

Hi! Those cakes above look …oh so yumm! The best dessert I ever had was a rich creamy French chocolate mousse, going along with a very creamy vanilla sauce. Hmmmm, so delicious!

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avatar 83 KimB August 8, 2012 at 11:48 am

Best dessert for me has always been coconut cream pie. I like it best with a whipped cream topping vs. a meringue but I’ll take either one!

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avatar 84 Priscilla Thibault August 8, 2012 at 11:48 am

Asking me to choose my favorite dessert is like asking me to pick my favorite child–usually it depends on the day! I would have to say if I could have “one last dessert,” I would ask for a gingerbread cookie, made by my mom.

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avatar 85 Colleen M. August 8, 2012 at 11:58 am

The best dessert I’ve ever tasted was the raspberry soufflé at E.B.T. restaurant in Kansas City. The soufflé came to the table with a perfectly puffed crown and a little boat of sweet cream to pour into the center. I poked a hole in the top, poured the cream, and devoured the entire thing in a few blissful bites. Best dessert ever.

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avatar 86 Stephanie August 8, 2012 at 11:58 am

A raspberry tart in Belgium!

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avatar 87 Janelle August 8, 2012 at 12:07 pm

My neighbor made brownies, topped it with cheesecake flavored pudding and whip cream, I added cherries to it. It was awesome! :-D

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avatar 88 Amy Tong August 8, 2012 at 12:17 pm

Your cakes look so perfect and made me want to dig in! Love the individual serving in these jars.

The best desserts that I’ve ever tasted was a stuffed crepe in Japan. So good!

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avatar 89 Ginger G August 8, 2012 at 12:18 pm

… Shaker lemon pie!

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avatar 90 gillian battle August 8, 2012 at 12:19 pm

they look delish, i have to try them :)

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avatar 91 Pamela T. August 8, 2012 at 12:19 pm

My favorite dessert is made by an Austin artisan, called Miles of Chocolate. It’s crackly on top like a brownie, but a cross between a dense fudge and a flourless chocolate torte underneath, and must be served cold in order to eat it with a fork. Now that I live in Phoenix, I REALLY miss it. My second favorite is Sticky Toffee Pudding made by The Sticky Toffee Pudding Company, another Austin-based artisan company.

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avatar 92 Brandon August 8, 2012 at 12:22 pm

Best dessert is mom’s creme brulee with a broiled brown sugar crust on top.

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avatar 93 Nancy L August 8, 2012 at 12:27 pm

I am totally a chocoholic, but I fell in love with Dorie Greenspan’s recipe for a French Pear Tart. It was so different and delicious, everyone was eating every last little crumb on their plates.

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avatar 94 Dorothea Crumbacker August 8, 2012 at 12:30 pm

without a doubt my Mom’s vanilla butternut cake!

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avatar 95 Deborah Nowland August 8, 2012 at 12:31 pm

A Chocolate cake with ganache

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avatar 96 Rosa August 8, 2012 at 12:35 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever had was my friend’s wedding cake – it was a decadent chocolate cake with fudge filling and cream cheese icing…wow, I’m drooling at the memory!

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avatar 97 lauren August 8, 2012 at 12:40 pm

The best dessert that I have ever tasted was a butternut squash cheesecake souffle!

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avatar 98 Christie August 8, 2012 at 12:43 pm

The best dessert I’ve had was an amazing creme brulee (sp?). Still my favorite.

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avatar 99 Leah August 8, 2012 at 12:48 pm

Derby pie. Mmm, chocolate, pecans, bourbon.

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avatar 100 Sharon August 8, 2012 at 12:56 pm

I love real Key Lime Pie! It’s also amazing with raspberry sauce on the top.

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avatar 101 Monica August 8, 2012 at 1:02 pm

Ice cream! More recently had a sea salt caramel gelato that was amazingggg!

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avatar 102 Rofreshing August 8, 2012 at 1:06 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever eaten was a panna cotta at a restaurant in Washington DC. This was the first time I’d eaten panna cotta so I didn’t know what to expect. Delicious is an understatement: creamy, smooth, not too sweet, and the raspberries on top were slightly tart (Homer Simpson drool). I can’t remember the restaurant but I remember that panna cotta! No panna cotta has ever held a candle to it. But what tasty fun it is trying to find a contender :) )

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avatar 103 Vicky August 8, 2012 at 1:12 pm

The best dessert I have ever tasted is every dessert I have ever tasted! :D Ok not really. I loved making the better than sex: chocolate times five cupcakes, its a lot of work, http://www.cupcakeproject.com/2008/02/better-than-sex-cupcakes-chocolate.html
The chocolate mousse was heavenly. (that was a shout out to The Cupcake Project AWESOME)

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avatar 104 Cheryl August 8, 2012 at 1:13 pm

Red velvet cheesecake, two of my favorites smooshed into one!

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avatar 105 jon brierton August 8, 2012 at 1:13 pm

…has to be “flan” in all of its permutations…

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avatar 106 Sue August 8, 2012 at 1:14 pm

Best dessert? That’s a toughie. But I’d have to say my mom’s strawberry shortcake, made with the Betty Crocker biscuit recipe.

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avatar 107 Kimberly M. August 8, 2012 at 1:15 pm

Godiva’s Almond Butter Truffle!

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avatar 108 Michelle August 8, 2012 at 1:17 pm

The best I’ve ever tasted is Carl’s Cakes carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. TO DIE FOR!

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avatar 109 Marilyn Brown August 8, 2012 at 1:18 pm

I love anything with chocolate, chocolate soufle, chocolate cake with a ganache, german chocalate with coconut pecan icing. I can’t wait to try your flourless cake. Yum Yum

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avatar 110 Megan S. August 8, 2012 at 1:19 pm

my favorite dessert has to be cookie dough truffles. So good!

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avatar 111 Diana August 8, 2012 at 1:19 pm

just a bit partial but a chocolate chocolate chip cake with peanut butter frosting that I make myself.

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avatar 112 JennD August 8, 2012 at 1:19 pm

Such a hard question! But I’d have to say Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee. Yumm. Thanks for this contest!

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avatar 113 Tania August 8, 2012 at 1:19 pm

I had a wonderful papaya creme dessert at Fogo de Chao in Chicago

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avatar 114 Claire August 8, 2012 at 1:19 pm

The best dessert I ever had was a slice of butterscotch pie from a restaurant in Charm, Ohio. In the middle of Amish country, Charm is essentially a quilt shop and a restaurant, nothing else. I’ve driven there TWICE from Pittsburgh, PA, to eat the pie there. It’s worth driving hundreds of miles. They have many pies on their assortment, and they are all delicious, but the buttscotch pie is hands down the best thing I’ve ever eaten. Seriously, I was a professional pastry chef at one time so I’ve eaten (and made!) millions of desserts, and this was the perfect combination between a smooth satiny custard juxtaposed with a crispy, butter shortbread-like crust. Satin and crunch in one bite. It was sublime. And their fried chicken was pretty darn good, too!

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avatar 115 Anna O. August 8, 2012 at 1:20 pm

Best Dessert – Cheesecake Factory’s Red Velvet – Stephanie’s Cheesecake – to die for

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avatar 116 Brandy Lewis August 8, 2012 at 1:22 pm

while I love a good cheesecake, I’d have to say the best dessert I’ve had was the blondie from the sea glass cafe and bakery.

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avatar 117 Allia August 8, 2012 at 1:22 pm

Hands down the best creme brulee I’ve had was at the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen in 2003 in New Orleans. My aunt, mom and I ate at this location multiple times during a 3 day stay just for that creme brulee…I’ve never been able to find one that comes close to it!

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avatar 118 Roma August 8, 2012 at 1:23 pm

I still dream about the Hazelnut creme brulee at Max Amore Restaurant in CT!

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avatar 119 Beth August 8, 2012 at 1:27 pm

One of my favorites was the individual, indoors S’mores my husband and I had on our honeymoon in North Carolina! The restaurant is Amos Mosquitos, if you’re ever in the area. It was terribly clever!

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avatar 120 Kristina August 8, 2012 at 1:28 pm

I think the best I ever had was at a fondue restaurant. It was a chocolate/peanut butter fondue served with the usual strawberries, marshmallows, brownie chunks etc… But that sauce….

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avatar 121 Saralyn August 8, 2012 at 1:29 pm

What a great book. I need to check it out! My favorite dessert has to be my grandmother’s spice cake with caramel icing. She made it every year for my dad’s birthday when he was a kid and made it for many of our holidays. My grandmother knew this reciped by heart and when she passed away a few years ago, we realized that it was never written down anywhere. We’ve spent time since then trying to find something similar and have yet to come close.

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avatar 122 Justine August 8, 2012 at 1:30 pm

I wish I could say that the best dessert is something I made but alas it is not so. The best dessert is definitely the “Chocolate Thunder from Down Under” from the Outback Steakhouse. I don’t even like chocolate desserts that much (sorry to all chocoholics out there) but the combination of the hot brownie, cold ice cream and that hot fudge is wonderful. I have to say that when my husband , myself and our three boys share it, it’s actually a bit embarrassing and appears to be something you should be watching on National Geographic. Perhaps you know which episode I’m talking about, the one where the crocodiles are attacking the river crossing antelopes….. We look just like that – devouring everything in a few bites! It’s yummy.

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avatar 123 Jenny Z. August 8, 2012 at 1:32 pm

Tough question. Either a fudge tart that my friend made for my birthday, or delicious chocolate mousse!

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avatar 124 Kenzie August 8, 2012 at 1:33 pm

Picking just ONE is almost impossible! I will have to go with a Cappuccinio bundt cake with mocha glaze….Mmmmm coffee flavor is my favorite :)

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avatar 125 Anita August 8, 2012 at 1:36 pm

I like most desserts, but my favorite is probably creme brulee. This book looks great, thanks for letting us know about it.

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avatar 126 Stacey S August 8, 2012 at 1:36 pm

Bananas Foster in New Orleans

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avatar 127 Elizabeth Jenkins August 8, 2012 at 1:45 pm

A decadent chocolate mousse cake…baked chocolate mousse filled with more creamy chocolate mousse topped with sweetened whipped cream…Chocolate Heaven!

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avatar 128 Allyson August 8, 2012 at 1:47 pm

The best dessert I’ve had was my sister’s home-made version of mascarpone filled Italian Eclairs…delicious!!!

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avatar 129 Nicole August 8, 2012 at 1:48 pm

Those cakes in a jar look scrumptious and I love the presentation! My favorite dessert is a toss up between a really good hot fudge sundae with toasted almonds or a slice of yellow cake with fudge frosting. Boston cream pie is pretty fabulous, too!

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avatar 130 Andrea August 8, 2012 at 1:48 pm

My maternal great-aunt’s apple pie… in a 9×13 metal cake pan. I cannot recreate it and she is gone, darnit!

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avatar 131 Debbie Hansen August 8, 2012 at 1:49 pm

Chocolate Espresso Pots de Creme!!!

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avatar 132 Diana August 8, 2012 at 1:52 pm

My best dessert was the first time I ever had taramisu. It was heavenly and still my favorite.

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avatar 133 sonia August 8, 2012 at 1:52 pm

the best dessert i’ve had is a traditional cake my grandmother made in puerto rico which she called “la locura de almendra” (almond madness). it’s a white cake flavored with almond & what made it so moist was a syrup she poured over while hot. topped, of course, with almond flavored frosting. simple but very yummy.

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avatar 134 Angie August 8, 2012 at 1:53 pm

My favorite was this molten lava cake I had at a Thai restaurant…mmm mmm good.

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avatar 135 Elizabeth Hofeldt August 8, 2012 at 1:54 pm

I would never be able to pick a favorite dessert!! It would be like picking a favorite child!

But if I absolutely HAD to…it would be Tiramisu from a little hole-in-the-wall Italian restaurant that I’ve been frequenting for years!

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avatar 136 Angi M August 8, 2012 at 1:58 pm

Chocolate Cake, chocolate frosting, chocolate sprinkles…BEST EVER!

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avatar 137 Sonya August 8, 2012 at 1:59 pm

My favorite dessert…..hmmm……well, I’ll go with a dark chocolate raspberry filled cake with chocolate ganache and a touch of freshly whipped cream.

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avatar 138 Lynn R. August 8, 2012 at 2:04 pm

Best dessert – An Amaretto cheesecake from a local bakery. Really wonderful! I’ve tried in vain to find a recipe, but I get it for my birthday! I’m dying to try baking in jars!

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avatar 139 Delene August 8, 2012 at 2:07 pm

Creme brulee in Rome…….

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avatar 140 Deauna August 8, 2012 at 2:08 pm

My favorite dessert is slightly warm cheesecake. It’s an extra treat when the crust (graham or shortbread) is on the sides as well as the bottom.

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avatar 141 Cam Gardner August 8, 2012 at 2:10 pm

Cookies…Oatmeal raisin with nuts. YUMMY.

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avatar 142 Amy @ The Savvy Kitchen August 8, 2012 at 2:11 pm

The best dessert I ever had was my wedding cake! Four different layers…one vanilla, one chocolate, one strawberry and one carrot cake. All were to die for!!

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avatar 143 Wynn Przybycien August 8, 2012 at 2:13 pm

I think the dessert I’ve ever tasted would have to be my Grandma’s blueberry cheese cake. She would always make me one for my birthday,

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avatar 144 Debby G. August 8, 2012 at 2:18 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever had was a homemade amish apple pie.

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avatar 145 Carol August 8, 2012 at 2:20 pm

There is a restaurant in Houston called Ruggles, and it had one of the biggest dessert trays I have ever seen. However, I rarely strayed from their white chocolate bread pudding. Just lovely! If you were to ask my boys their favorite dessert, they would probably pick your doctored cupcake recipe with the buttercream frosting and the Cadbury minieggs in the centers!

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avatar 146 Tina S. August 8, 2012 at 2:23 pm

Hard to pick a favorite, but I think I’m going to go with Key Lime Pie. Yum! What a great giveaway!

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avatar 147 Gail August 8, 2012 at 2:24 pm

The best dessert are my rugulah. The dough is made with cream cheese. Yummmmm

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avatar 148 Kathryn August 8, 2012 at 2:28 pm

I made an amazing dark chocolate mint torte from a recipe torn from a magazine. It ranks up there with the best! Yummy!

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avatar 149 Sherry Phipps August 8, 2012 at 2:33 pm

Chocolate chip cheesecake is one of my favorites! Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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avatar 150 NanaBread (Jeanne) August 8, 2012 at 2:35 pm

Oliebollen in Amsterdam; they’re gorgeous, light, fluffy donuts with currants in them. They’re heaven in a bag when you get them hot from the fryer and have them dusted with a thick layer of confectioner’s sugar. I could eat them until I feel sick – they’re that good.

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avatar 151 Pam August 8, 2012 at 2:37 pm

Chocolate fondant cake in a cafe in Noosa, QLD…

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avatar 152 Shawnna August 8, 2012 at 2:38 pm

Butterscotch pot de creme. Tastes like the crunchy carmelized top of a creme brulee.

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avatar 153 Lisa August 8, 2012 at 2:50 pm

My favorite dessert would be a chocolate eclair!

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avatar 154 Debbie August 8, 2012 at 2:50 pm

I’ve been wanting this book. I foresee my cupboards starting to fill with lots of cute jars. Love the Weck jars here in this picture, but that size is hard to find. Guess I’ll have to break down and order them direct from Weck.

As for favorite desserts. I had a lovely Panna Cotta with fresh strawberries at a local restaurant that is now closed. (I need to find a recipe to make it myself). Buttermilk Pie at another hole-in-the-wall local restaurant is also yummy. Tiramisu, but not by Pastries by Edie. They make great things, love their Tres Leches cake, but their Tiramisu is horrendous. Oh…Tres Leches cake…yum! Ummm…how many favorite desserts was I supposed to list?

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avatar 155 kelsii August 8, 2012 at 9:19 pm

http://delightdulce.blogspot.com/2011/06/panna-cotta-with-sesame-seed-brittle.html

Theres a panna cotta recipe from one of my favorite blogs! You could do the strawberries instead of the brittle.

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avatar 156 Jen W. August 8, 2012 at 2:52 pm

I had a divine molten lava cake at a steakhouse in the SF Bay Area. Unbelievably good!! I wish I could remember the name of the place so I could go back there and have it again…

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avatar 157 Kaylan August 8, 2012 at 2:55 pm

Ironically enough, it was a flourless chocolate cake! Actually, it was a flourless chocolate lava cake with Bailey’s ice cream. We were on vacation in Mexico and the waiter referred to it as the Chocolate Surprisa. It was insanely good.

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avatar 158 Jacqui August 8, 2012 at 2:57 pm

The best dessert I have ever tasted was the Tres Leches cake at a small Mexican spot near my house. To die for!!

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avatar 159 Coreen Battiato August 8, 2012 at 3:02 pm

The best dessert that I ever tasted to this day was my first dessert that I ever made by myself. It was a simply cream puff with vanilla whipped cream filling. I was 12 years old at the time and I was amazed at what I had created. It was that moment that I realized that I could make my own desserts and I’ve been making them ever since. :)

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avatar 160 Wendy August 8, 2012 at 3:07 pm

A chocolate flan my husband made once.
He used chocolate sweetened condensed milk and it was pure heaven!!!

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avatar 161 Yaela August 8, 2012 at 3:10 pm

My favorite dessert? It’s really weird for me to say this bc anyone who knows me knows that anything chocolate peanut butter is always my face, but right now I’m thinking of this incredible strawberry cake from S Florida. The cake tasted like cheesecake or ice cream but it was just really good cake. Thanks for the chance to win, Jamie! :)

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avatar 162 Anya August 8, 2012 at 3:16 pm

These look amazing! My favorite dessert ever is my mom’s version of death by chocolate, a “chocolate caramel killer cake” that is lethal even in small doses.

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avatar 163 Cristina August 8, 2012 at 3:24 pm

Tres leches from churrasco’s. It is absolutely delicious!

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avatar 164 Beverly August 8, 2012 at 3:26 pm

I had a blueberry pie in Maine that was to die for! Sometimes I still dream about it….

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avatar 165 Kim L August 8, 2012 at 3:28 pm

The BEST dessert I ever tasted????? Key Lime Cake with nuts because is the perfect combo of sweet and tart!

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avatar 166 Allie H August 8, 2012 at 3:31 pm

my mom’s blackberry pie! it is so amazing!

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avatar 167 Becca - Cookie Jar Treats August 8, 2012 at 3:34 pm

First, let me just say your flourless chocolate cakes look beautiful! I love the jar presentation.

Now the best, most wonderful, most perfectly scrumptious dessert I have ever had was the treacle spong pudding cake I had at a little restaurant in England a few months ago. It was warm and sticky and golden and sweet and just pure bliss. I felt like I had died and gone to heaven as I was eating it. It was simply the best. Now I wish I had some right now. :/

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avatar 168 Stephanie C. August 8, 2012 at 3:42 pm

The best dessert I had was a slice of cheesecake from the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. I still remember that first bite, so good.

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avatar 169 Rebecca August 8, 2012 at 3:46 pm

Molten Chocolate Cake! Anything really decadent and not overpoweringly sweet. Yum!

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avatar 170 Amy C. August 8, 2012 at 3:46 pm

It would have to be this mile-high frozen pie I had at a restaurant…coffee ice cream, chocolate, oreos, caramel, etc. Heaven!

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avatar 171 Suzanne T. August 8, 2012 at 3:50 pm

My favorite dessert is chocolate cake with raspberry filling. ..or cherry filling…or peanutbutter filling…

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avatar 172 Laurel Wycoff August 8, 2012 at 3:54 pm

I am a choco-holic, love peanut butter cups; but my favorite dessert is Key Lime pie. The best I’ve had was at a Hops restaurant in Miami, FL.

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avatar 173 Tatum August 8, 2012 at 3:54 pm

Homemade Snickers with almonds

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avatar 174 Lauren Z. August 8, 2012 at 4:07 pm

I would say it’s gotta be the Creme Brulee from The Augustine Grill in Castle Rock, CO. One of the best anniversary dinners that we’ve had. The brulee was thick, creamy, custardy, and soooooo vanilla-y! I have very high standards now. LOL. :)

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avatar 175 miki August 8, 2012 at 4:09 pm

I’m fond of a french dessert called cremet d’anjou. It tastes like the lightest most delicious cheesecake ever.

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avatar 176 Kay Childs August 8, 2012 at 4:14 pm

The best dessert I have had is flourless chocolate cake made by my neighbor for our book club group. The cookbook sounds great.

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avatar 177 Elizabeth August 8, 2012 at 4:15 pm

wow! this is so hard! the best dessert I have ever tasted was a tres leche cupcake with dulce de leche buttercream. Yum.

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avatar 178 leslie August 8, 2012 at 4:18 pm

Home made vanilla ice cream on a hot summer day.

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avatar 179 AntoniaJames August 8, 2012 at 4:23 pm

Best dessert ever? Oh, that is hard!! But then, it’s easy: my mother’s sour cream cake. If I had a slice right now, I’d spoon some blueberries sauce with grappa over it. ;o)

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avatar 180 Missy Bodily August 8, 2012 at 4:24 pm

The best dessert I had was from an old pie store. The crust was flaky and tasted so good, next was a layer of firm chocolate, not like a Hershey bar because the flavor was different and I would compare it to a truffle textures that melted in your mouth as it married with the other ingredients. Next came the banana cream that had fresh banana’s topped with Real Whip Cream that I loved the feel of on my lips, it was not greasy or did it melt too quickly, but stayed just long enough that you could savor the flavor. As the banana mixed with the chocolate it was pure bliss then the flaky crust had me begging to dive in for another mouth full. The height of the pie was just a treat itself, it sat beautifully on a chocolate drizzled white chilled plate approximately 5 inches tall. As much as I loved this chocolate banana cream pie, I was never strong enough to eat it all by myself. The placed closed around 1996 and NEVER opened again. But I have never, ever forgot how yummy that pie was or what it looked like.

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avatar 181 Tina August 8, 2012 at 4:35 pm

I love the apple dumplings at Cracker Barrel. I eat the dumpling and my son eats the ice cream.

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avatar 182 Kal August 8, 2012 at 4:38 pm

Perfect. Chewy brownies is my favorite dessert.

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avatar 183 kelly bakes August 8, 2012 at 4:41 pm

The salted caramel budino at Barbuzzo in Philly suspends all thought and word after the first bite. It’s perfection in a jar!

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avatar 184 jennifer meneses August 8, 2012 at 4:54 pm

Tiramisu my friends and I experimented making. Nothing tastes better than something you’ve made yourself, or with friends!

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avatar 185 Misty OBrien August 8, 2012 at 5:00 pm

Thank you so much for the opportunity to win!

We love cake batter ANYTHING. Mostly cake batter milkshakes. They are my absolute favorite dessert!

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avatar 186 Mimi August 8, 2012 at 5:02 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever tasted….ugh, that’s so hard! But the most recent best dessert I’ve tasted is slutty brownies! So good!

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avatar 187 K Fry August 8, 2012 at 5:06 pm

I think my favorite dessert was when I was in Bulgaria. I had this amazing cake, it had 4 or 5 layers of cake with this wonderful frosting that was not to sweet (I don’t like really sweet desserts). It was the best thing I’ve had. Of course, in the states I can’t seem to find anything like it. Guess I’ll have to go back to Bulgaria.

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avatar 188 Sondra August 8, 2012 at 5:08 pm

The best dessert I have had is an array of different of creme brule’s at the resturant Purple in Seattle. Yum

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avatar 189 Erin Cernjar August 8, 2012 at 5:08 pm

The best dessert I have ever tasted was a white chocolate raspberry cake. It was fabulous as the top tier of our wedding cake and as a purse cake for my cousin’s bridal shower.

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avatar 190 Vashie Miller August 8, 2012 at 5:13 pm

I had the best tiramseu here at a local restaurant. They family came from Italy and had passed the receipe down. It was served in a brandy type glass!

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avatar 191 Emily @ A Very Sweet Life August 8, 2012 at 5:14 pm

Wow, that’s a tough one since I’m all about desserts. There’s nothing like my warm freshly baked chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven. Then, my favorite fancy dessert is the Grand Marnier Cheesecake from Salty’s Restaurant in Seattle. It’s decadent a delicious and not at all like your average slice of cheesecake.

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avatar 192 Diane August 8, 2012 at 5:39 pm

We have a little local/family owned bakery shop here in town that has the freshest donuts ever and I am addicted to their cream filled long johns- Incredible !!
We also have a favorite donut shop when were in Florida called The donut Hole and they have the best mocha chocolate chip muffins Ever!!

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avatar 193 Stephanie August 8, 2012 at 5:41 pm

How fun to read about everyone’s favorite desserts! This book and recipe look great. My favorite dessert would have to be either Pastry-Wrapped pears in vanilla cream sauce or white chocolate lava cake with ice cream and raspberry sauce.

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avatar 194 Susan G August 8, 2012 at 5:44 pm

Black Forest Cake (chocolate with cherries) is the current favorite. :)

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avatar 195 Kate August 8, 2012 at 5:54 pm

Peach Crisp: in-season, uber ripe peaches with Julia Child’s fruit crisp topping. AAAAmazing

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avatar 196 Becky C August 8, 2012 at 5:58 pm

My aunt may a chocolate cheesecake torte for my mom’s birthday and I think that stands out in my memory as the best dessert I ever ate.

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avatar 197 Denise August 8, 2012 at 6:18 pm

That’s a toughie! I had meltingly delicious profiteroles at a restaurant in the Lake District in England. They were blissful!

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avatar 198 Deborah Rosen August 8, 2012 at 6:22 pm

The best dessert I ever had was the chocolate sampler at the Fountain Restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia. It had half a dozen very small portions – bites, really – of their most famous chocolate desserts. It was better than…well, you know!

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avatar 199 Doris August 8, 2012 at 6:39 pm

The best dessert I ever ate was my Grandma Crosley’s Chocolate Cake. Rich, moist, and delicious!

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avatar 200 Tiffany Myers August 8, 2012 at 6:52 pm

The BEST dessert I have ever had is the one where my 3 children, husband and I all sit around it and just dig in all at once. It doesn’t matter what it is, but that we are together

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avatar 201 Marissa August 8, 2012 at 7:01 pm

Gotta be moms chocolate chip cookies. Basic toll house recipe with a little twist to make them so fluffy. Good fresh out of the oven or straight from the freezer or heated up just a touch in the mircowave. She usually ends up a couple cookies short cause we steal the dough!

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avatar 202 Meera August 8, 2012 at 7:10 pm

Black forest cake and Tiramisu. Both so great!!

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avatar 203 Anne-Marie August 8, 2012 at 7:19 pm

hmmmm. Oddly enough, probably a chocolate flourless cake. :)

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avatar 204 Spencer August 8, 2012 at 7:25 pm

Looks great. Another top chocolate recipe from you :)

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avatar 205 Annie H August 8, 2012 at 7:38 pm

Best dessert…so simple but amazing, piece of rich dark chocolate covered with raspberry sauce and a couple fresh ripe strawberries. Simple, but when you use the best, it comes together as the best ever.

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avatar 206 Katie August 8, 2012 at 7:46 pm

The best dessert I’ve had is butterscotch pudding at Irving st kitchen in Portland or. I don’t even like butterscotch but that was to die for….not to mention their rhubarb apple crisp with olive oil ice cream…almost a tie.

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avatar 207 Katie August 8, 2012 at 7:48 pm

I should note, that pudding comes in a jar. ;)

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avatar 208 Susan August 8, 2012 at 8:06 pm

My office manager’s carrot cake – melts in your mouth!
Susan

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avatar 209 Kimberly M August 8, 2012 at 8:21 pm

My favorite dessert is a lemon layer cake. I love lemony freshness.Mmmm. I’m not a fan of chocolate or overly sweet things.

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avatar 210 Cat August 8, 2012 at 8:23 pm

Truly, my husband and I just discussed this… What was the best dessert I ever tasted? We had to agree that it was a tiramisu filled cake that I made last summer and took to a church barbecue. He said everyone was fighting over it – I didn’t see that, but I did think it was pretty tasty.

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avatar 211 Bobby T. August 8, 2012 at 8:41 pm

The black forest torte that was our wedding cake was amazing!

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avatar 212 LT August 8, 2012 at 8:46 pm

My mom’s cream puffs!

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avatar 213 Kathy T August 8, 2012 at 8:51 pm

Homemade napoleons at a friend’s Birthday party last month. Oh my!

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avatar 214 jessica w August 8, 2012 at 8:56 pm

one of my favorites is a german sour plum(zwetkin) cake which has a yeast dough base and then has some lemon juice and sugar on top to give it a great sweet but tart taste, simple but AMAZING!.

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avatar 215 kelsii August 8, 2012 at 9:12 pm

I don’t know if it counts as a desert but I’m crazy about the bear claws from panera bread

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avatar 216 CarinaRdz August 8, 2012 at 9:15 pm

This is ironic, however, the best dessert I’ve ever tasted is a flourless chocolate cake! I have a great recipe here at home that I bake for special occasions. Put some rasberry sauce and whipped heavy cream on top…..mmm, decadent!

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avatar 217 Patty August 8, 2012 at 9:21 pm

Dark chocolate layer cake!!!

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avatar 218 laura August 8, 2012 at 9:31 pm

My dear Mom’s Chocolate Pound Cake from 1960!!!

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avatar 219 amsangel August 8, 2012 at 9:39 pm

The best dessert ever is your Chocolate cake recipe to go with the Chambord icing. ((big sigh))

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avatar 220 Deb August 8, 2012 at 10:11 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever tasted is my Mom’s Olallieberry pie. It was a summer favorite growing up. I have yet to recreate her super flaky crust. Her pies always won first prize in the county fair!

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avatar 221 Erin R. August 8, 2012 at 10:11 pm

The best dessert I ever had was a piece of fresh strawberry pie at Rocking V Cafe in Kanab, Utah. Huge strawberries with the lightest glaze in a perfect, homemade crust. I’ve never forgotten it.

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avatar 222 Taylor August 8, 2012 at 10:18 pm

Mmm…I am a dessert fanatic, so I cannot pick just one. I love cheesecake, decadent chocolate cakes, and anything that combines chocolate and peanut butter. =)

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avatar 223 Bobbie Czajka August 8, 2012 at 10:19 pm

The absolute best dessert I’ve ever had was onboard the Disney Magic cruise ship in the Palo dining room and it was chocolate souffle. Fresh from the oven with a dusting of powdered sugar. Would have had it every night if we could!

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avatar 224 Sarah @ Will Run for Pasta August 8, 2012 at 10:28 pm

Chocolate lava cake from a restaurant down the street! I would get it to go and let the ice cream melt all over it on the drive home and then mix it up to eat it. Crazy good calories!! Until they took it off the menu :(

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avatar 225 Ann-Marie Gillett August 8, 2012 at 10:35 pm

Yikes, what a hard choice, but I think the best would be my mom’s Javanese cookies–a crunchy shortbread type cookie– that tastes divine with ice cold milk.

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avatar 226 Kate W. August 8, 2012 at 10:40 pm

bananas foster…yum

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avatar 227 SewLindaAnn August 8, 2012 at 10:54 pm

My favorite dessert (and I’ve misplaced the recipe..ugh) is Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake. The cooked icing is so amazing, and perfect when frozen in little pieces as fudge.

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avatar 228 maryj August 8, 2012 at 11:07 pm

I know I’m not in the running for the books but as a tribute to my dear mum – the best dessert ever was her apple pie with raspberry jelly and a big spoon of fresh whipped Cream – divine. It was the mix of the homemade pastry, perfectly done apples, the tang of the raspberry jelly (even though it was out of the box) and the best whipped cream in the world – from NZ dairy cows of course :) There were many other memorable desserts – jam roly poly, golden syrup steamed pud, rice pudding, her bread pudding with apricot jam and coconut topping (my mouths watering now), and then of course there was the pavlova with whipped cream and strawberries and kiwifruit. She was a great cook but her desserts shone.

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avatar 229 Lynn J August 8, 2012 at 11:08 pm

I made Ben Starr’s Pumpkin Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and candied hazelnuts and it is to die for.

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avatar 230 Karen August 8, 2012 at 11:14 pm

Tiramisu at a sadly now closed restaurant near our home, beautifully presented in an vintage teacup.

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avatar 231 Melissa August 8, 2012 at 11:27 pm

The best dessert I’ve had so far was a peanut butter chiffon cake with strawberry jam filling.

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avatar 232 luv what you do August 8, 2012 at 11:42 pm

There is a restaurant nearby that has the most amazing dessert…it has bananas, caramel, graham crackers, and whipped cream…everything you could want out of life! My Boyfriend doens’t eat bananas so I always end up eating the whole thing by myself. This will be the case when we go for my bday at the end of the month. I can’t wait!

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avatar 233 anna August 9, 2012 at 12:01 am

Anything chocolate. While fickle in the form I prefer, I continue to be partial to chocolate.

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avatar 234 Cathy @ Noble Pig August 9, 2012 at 12:01 am

Hmmm, best….The French Laundry Coffee & Doughnuts….AMAZEballs.

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avatar 235 Jen August 9, 2012 at 12:01 am

Definitely brown butter ice cream!

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avatar 236 Kirsten August 9, 2012 at 12:18 am

The best dessert is blueberry pie, but only when shared with Grandpa late at night (9:15pm).

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avatar 237 MJ August 9, 2012 at 12:26 am

The best dessert I’ve tasted recently was a white chocolate bread pudding, eaten at Robert St.John’s Crescent City Grill in Hattiesburg, MS. Divine!

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avatar 238 Janet August 9, 2012 at 12:27 am

My mom’s chocolate cake – we call it The Bomb!

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avatar 239 Chelsea August 9, 2012 at 1:03 am

almond roca, i could eat it forever!

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avatar 240 SalBug August 9, 2012 at 1:13 am

A piece of cheesecake in a Boston pub 25 years ago. And the coffee they served was excellent too.

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avatar 241 Rebecca August 9, 2012 at 1:34 am

My favorite dessert is my husband Victoria Sponge. He fills it with fresh raspberries. He made up the creamy filling just for me as I don’t care for buttercream. It is a beautiful presentation and tastes even better!

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avatar 242 Bree August 9, 2012 at 1:35 am

A basque cake I made in school.

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avatar 243 Dani H August 9, 2012 at 1:49 am

The best dessert I’ve ever had was a dark chocolate-zucchini cake that my mother made. Unfortunately, she did not leave a recipe.

Thanks for a chance at the giveaway!

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avatar 244 Claire August 9, 2012 at 2:36 am

The carrot cake cheesecake from the cheesecake factory is perhaps the best *food* I’ve ever tasted…

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avatar 245 Ashley August 9, 2012 at 2:51 am

I had the best dessert ever at a normal church party! It was a delicious, moist, perfect carrot cake. No frosting, just cake. I had several slices, and have yet to discover who made it!

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avatar 246 Barbara H. August 9, 2012 at 3:31 am

After Reese’s Sticks, Vanilla cheesecake with a brownie crust, and just about anything else chocolate,my all-time favorite dessert was made by my tiny “little Granny” . The kind of Granny who wore an apron, a bonnet and had the most beautiful tan from the bottom of her knees to the top of her lil donut roll socks. Her long gray mane of silk worn in a bun on the back of her neck and yes the rolled up tissue tucked secretly in her apron pocket.

Granny’s simple meringue topped chocolate pie was and always will be my absolute favorite.

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avatar 247 Tiana August 9, 2012 at 5:12 am

I had these amazing cream puffs at my sister’s house a couple months ago, and they were ABSOLUTELY DEVINE. They were hands down the best dessert I have ever tasted.:)

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avatar 248 donna giblin August 9, 2012 at 6:17 am

My favorite dessert is a toss up…my grandmother’s home-made zeppole…just thinking about them brings tears to my eyes or the tiramisu I had a couple of years ago on a Carnival Cruise. Finally found a recipe that matched it and made it last weekend. Soooo good.

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avatar 249 Sara August 9, 2012 at 6:53 am

The best dessert I have ever baked, is the Chocolate Italian Cream Cake, I found in an old Southern Living Magazine. It’s the best of both worlds. My fav Italian Cream Cake, with the cream cheese icing, all done up in chocolate! Yum!

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avatar 250 Phyllis August 9, 2012 at 7:39 am

The best dessert I have ever eaten, was a Tres Leche cake from a little Mexican market in Nevada. Was to die for!!

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avatar 251 Mary McAndrew August 9, 2012 at 7:40 am

I’d have to say the Blueberry Crumble with Vanilla Ice Cream I had last night was pretty tops!! So I’ll go with that for now.

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avatar 252 Rebecca August 9, 2012 at 7:56 am

My moms chocolate cake!

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avatar 253 evelyn August 9, 2012 at 8:29 am

The best dessert ever is my sisters, tiramisu cake she makes. Oh my and we are not italian, but hers is the best in the world. I have tried others at great italian restaurants and none come close to hers.

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avatar 254 Judy August 9, 2012 at 8:35 am

Dutch apple pie.

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avatar 255 Jessica August 9, 2012 at 9:44 am

I am loving your website! My favorite (and my family’s) is my Chocolate Overload. Gheridelli triple chocolate fudge brownies topped with chopped up snickers, milky way, peanut butter cups, twix, butterfingers, m&m’s, nestle crunch, mounds, and drizzled with caramel, chocolate frosting and melted peanut butter. Just made a batch last night :)

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avatar 256 Anne August 9, 2012 at 10:34 am

Tiramisu, every single time. While I’m still trying to perfect a homemade version of it, my friends and family (and ME) enjoy each recipe I’ve made.

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avatar 257 Janeen August 9, 2012 at 10:55 am

How does a person pick a favorite dessert? It is almost like picking a favorite child. Ok, so clearly I just have a serious sweet tooth. I am not a huge fan of chocolate, although I bake it for others, but anything with fruit is a winner with me!

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avatar 258 Chris August 9, 2012 at 10:55 am

The best dessert I’ve ever had was a tres leche cake. It was amazingly fabulous. =)

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avatar 259 Mo August 9, 2012 at 10:55 am

The best dessert I’ve ever tasted was my grandmother’s Smith Island Cake. Twelve thin layers of yellow cake with fudge icing in between and all around. The icing is her family’s recipe. Pure decadence, but tastes like home.

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avatar 260 Donna August 9, 2012 at 11:12 am

The best dessert I ever had was/is my mother’s chocolate cake. It tastes good and is made with love.

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avatar 261 tracy August 9, 2012 at 12:17 pm

It was a piece of coconut cake I had while on a dinner cruise in Hawaii. I’m not even a HUGE coconut fan, but this cake was moist and out of this world.

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avatar 262 Katie August 9, 2012 at 12:24 pm

My favorite dessert was the tiramisu my husband and I had in Italy, right after we got engaged :)

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avatar 263 Mary Jo Zilveti August 9, 2012 at 12:36 pm

The best recipe I have ever tasted from MBA was your wonderful, delicious and exquisite pumpkin bread. At home everybody loves it, and I have been baking it almos every week. The last pumkin breads have been preparede, as you advised in your post, with nuts and raisin. Simply superb.

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avatar 264 Melanie August 9, 2012 at 12:38 pm

I have many but Chocolate Torte is a favorite of mine.

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avatar 265 Sarah L August 9, 2012 at 12:47 pm

I don’t know if I can pick just one dessert, but one of the best desserts I’ve ever tasted was a pineapple upside down cake that my great-grandma used to make.

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avatar 266 Jane M August 9, 2012 at 1:01 pm

My favorite dessert is my QUICK COCOA CAKE from the SETTLEMENT COOKBOOK. Brings back good memories and is TASTY TOO!

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avatar 267 Jackie Sampson August 9, 2012 at 1:04 pm

I’m a baker by trade, so commenting on the “best” dessert I’ve ever tasted would be hard! Hailing from Scotland, one of my favorite candies is turkish delight. I wanted to recreate that some how in a cake, so I came up with this… A rose infused white cake, with pistachio cream filling, and milk chocolate icing! If I do say so myself, it’s one of the best desserts I’ve ever tasted!

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avatar 268 Susan August 9, 2012 at 1:19 pm

The best dessert I have ever tasted, probably a cheesecake.

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avatar 269 kim August 9, 2012 at 1:41 pm

My mom makes the best Key lime pie. Simple, tart, yet sweet. Yum!

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avatar 270 Carla @ Carlas Confections August 9, 2012 at 1:45 pm

Very hard question to answer! But I would probably have to say chocolate and salted caramel cake. Just amazing!

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avatar 271 Cindy Wheatley Holland August 9, 2012 at 2:07 pm

The best dessert would have to be my mom’s Coconut Cream Pie, followed by her Lemon Merinque Pie! Miss you, Mom:)

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avatar 272 neha gattani August 9, 2012 at 2:12 pm

This looks scrumptious. I will surely bake one for my girlfriends.

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avatar 273 tonya August 9, 2012 at 2:21 pm

choosing “a” favorite dessert is cruel & unusual punishment! lol If I had to pick only one to have forever, it would be ice cream.

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avatar 274 Britt August 9, 2012 at 2:27 pm

Best dessert I’ve ever had was a molten chocolate cake and ice cream sandwich cookie from Solstice while vacationing in DC. Love desserts is jars, so easy and such a pretty display!

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avatar 275 Ruby August 9, 2012 at 2:40 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever had was a turtle cheesecake made in NYC at Eileen’s Cheesecake. To die for! it was so smooth and creamy and a little bit fluffy. It was perfect–that’s all I’m saying. :)

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avatar 276 Pam Robbins August 9, 2012 at 2:50 pm

Red Velvet Cheesecake. Just love the creaminess of the cheesy filling with the richness of the red velvet cake.

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avatar 277 Michelle Bowers August 9, 2012 at 2:53 pm

My Fave dessert…..My Version of a deconstructed Pina Colada… Rum cheesecake with a coconut macaroon, Braised pineaple spears, and a rum caramel sauce

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avatar 278 Amy August 9, 2012 at 3:42 pm

I’m torn between two desserts- either Carnival Cruise Lines Molton Chocolate cake(which I think is flourless like the one you posted…SO good!!) and a really good creme brulee with fresh berries. I can’t pick just one!!!

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avatar 279 beth August 9, 2012 at 3:56 pm

Best dessert ever? I’d have to go with almond roca (essentially homemade Heath bar). Toffe & chocolate, and possibly some almonds, too. This is legendary in my family, and luckily I have the touch to make it!

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avatar 280 Jo-Lynn White August 9, 2012 at 4:03 pm

My favorite dessert has to be the fluffiest cheesecake I’ve ever tasted in Baltimore. I’m still looking for that recipe – nothing has come close!

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avatar 281 Alysha August 9, 2012 at 6:19 pm

The best desert I have had recently is a ginger ice cream. There is a quaint little dairy farm that makes their own ice cream and runs a shop. All of their flavors are delicious, but the ginger ice cream is smooth, sweet, and spicy all at the same time, with bits of candied ginger swirled through it. Paired with a waffle cone, yep, happiness.

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avatar 282 Stephanie August 9, 2012 at 6:50 pm

Tiramisu.. I could eat it all day!

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avatar 283 leticia ortega August 9, 2012 at 7:03 pm

the best cake I ever had was at my sister in law monica it was a chocolate cake she wasn’t home when I came to visit so I took a little bit of that cake and after that I just couldn’t stop eating it I ate the hall cake ! oh my god I hope she never finds out who ate it LOL.

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avatar 284 SheilaM August 9, 2012 at 10:27 pm

Best dessert ever tasted? Hmmm…would have to say, creme brulee.

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avatar 285 Mynda August 9, 2012 at 11:24 pm

Aloha! My favorite dessert is the Vanilla Souffle at Todd English’s Olives, located at the W hotel in NYC — O.M.G.! We had it one year to end our Thanksgiving dinner there … so yummy; even the chocoholics at the table enjoyed it!

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avatar 286 Sharlene August 10, 2012 at 12:10 am

I don’t think I’ve had a dessert I haven’t liked! My favorite would have to be a piece of rich, chocolate cake with thick frosting!

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avatar 287 Ouida Lampert August 10, 2012 at 12:13 am

Ummm – Viennese Nut Torte, I think.

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avatar 288 Michelle August 10, 2012 at 12:18 am

Fried Plantains with Ice cream…yum!

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avatar 289 Lindsay Wingard August 10, 2012 at 8:56 am

My favorite dessert ever ironically was a flourless chocolate torte from Tuscan Express. What really made it were the fresh raspberries perfectly aligned on top and the large scoop of white chocolate ice cream on the side. Perfection! Sadly the restaurant in my area closed last year and I am looking forward to trying this recipe.

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avatar 290 Rachelle August 10, 2012 at 10:12 am

I am a dessert-aholic. Chocolate cake is pretty high up on my list, but I am also a sucker for cherry pie and cheesecake…

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avatar 291 Merry August 10, 2012 at 11:17 am

The best, I have two… My late grandmother’s homemade apple pie. Her pie was tart and sweet with a beautiful flaky crust, delish warm with a scoop of vanilla icecream. The other was her treacle pudding… a steamed sponge cake with treacle syrup (a golden syrup).

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avatar 292 Josie Fertig August 10, 2012 at 12:29 pm

What a tough question as I’m a dessert junkie! Probably the best thing I’ve had recently was a white cupcake with a white buttercream frosting. Moist and light and perfect!

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avatar 293 Kate August 10, 2012 at 1:29 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever had was chocolate souffle from Hot and Hot Fish Club in Birmingham, AL. At the tableside, the server breaks into the hot souffle, drizzles a warm lemon creme anglais on top and the tops it off with a giant dollop of whipped cream. My mouth is watering. :)

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avatar 294 Tammy August 10, 2012 at 1:37 pm

My current favorite is Pecan Pie Muffins…they melt in your mouth!!! LOVE them! But I’m open to new suggestions!!

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avatar 295 Dora August 10, 2012 at 1:38 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever had was a Chocolate cupcake filled with salted caramel and topped with chocolate frosting and more salted caramel…so good!

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avatar 296 Jeannine August 10, 2012 at 1:38 pm

Almond Joy cake–soooooo good!

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avatar 297 Lisa Perry August 10, 2012 at 1:39 pm

Hands down the Take 5 cake. Not the easy smeasy one that has become so popular. The one where you make EVERYTHING by scratch. The caramel, the chocolate layers. OMG. It’s the best thing on the planet! It’s God’s consolation gift for PMS.

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avatar 298 Modern Mia Gardening August 10, 2012 at 1:40 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever tasted was my Aunt Nettie’s Coconut Cake. Simply heaven on earth.

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avatar 299 Deb P August 10, 2012 at 1:42 pm

A molten chocolate cake with a raspberry tuille on top and a scoop of raspberry ice cream!

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avatar 300 Kristine Ahlskog August 10, 2012 at 1:45 pm

My mom made a wonderful chocolate torte! It is the best!

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avatar 301 gina August 10, 2012 at 1:47 pm

first – i love your blog and follow your fb posts daily! desserts…

My name is Gina and i am a sugar addict.

i don’t mean “i like sweets.” i mean “i hunt them down and make up new desserts if i can’t find any real ones.” ex: peanut butter on a spoon with chocolate and honey on it. my husband thinks i’m nuts. he’s kinda right :)

what is my favorite…i think that depends on the day. i love apple crisps…i love coconut cakes…i love cream cheese frosting…but lately i love french macarons with cream cheese based centers – so this month, i’d say my all time fave is coffee cream french macarons.

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avatar 302 Soronia August 10, 2012 at 1:48 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever had is pepparkakor, swedish ginger thins, fresh from my grandmother’s oven!

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avatar 303 pc501 August 10, 2012 at 1:48 pm

The first fresh strawberry pie I had as a child: mile high, held together by (restaurant) goo with a huge flourish of whipped cream. Since then I make it every year in strawberry season which, here in Fair Oaks CA, lasts months. Fresh peach is a close second: cooked fruit doesn’t hold a candle in my book.

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avatar 304 wendyb August 10, 2012 at 1:50 pm

My never-fail homemade cheesecake.

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avatar 305 Ces August 10, 2012 at 1:51 pm

anything chocolate is good to me

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avatar 306 petite.cherie August 10, 2012 at 1:53 pm

I’ve yet to meet a dessert I dislike except rhubarb. Love good Swiss, not Belgian, milk chocolate. Remember Ice Cubes that started to melt when unwrapping? Love in a little foil package

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avatar 307 Candy August 10, 2012 at 1:56 pm

My favorite is spice cake baked in a ice-cream cone and frosted with butter cream and sprinkles — these are my grand kids favorties too.

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avatar 308 Crystal L. August 10, 2012 at 2:00 pm

The best dessert I ever had was a 5 layer chocolate cake with chocolate ganache, fresh raspberry sauce and fresh raspberries at PF Changs. This cake was super moist, rich and SO good…too bad they don’t make it the same way anymore!! That is one dessert I will never forget, and I ate this about 10 years ago :0)

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avatar 309 Nan August 10, 2012 at 2:06 pm

best dessert I’ve ever tasted is my aunt nell’s pralines!

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avatar 310 TinA Holland August 10, 2012 at 2:10 pm

Orange chiffon caKe. My mom baked one every year for my birthday.

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avatar 311 Heather August 10, 2012 at 2:12 pm

My favorite dessert is anything with chocolate and peanut butter! YUM!

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avatar 312 Brandy S August 10, 2012 at 2:15 pm

The best dessert I had ever eaten was the cake I made for my daughter’s 3rd birthday.The recipe was from the Miette cookbook. It was called a Raspberry Tomboy: Double chocolate cake topped and filled with Raspberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream. :) Just delicious!

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avatar 313 stacy wood August 10, 2012 at 2:27 pm

The best dessert I have ever tasted, would have to be HANDS DOWN….RASPBERRY RHUBARB CRUMB PIE

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avatar 314 Kasha August 10, 2012 at 2:37 pm

I have a sweet tooth so it is very hard to narrow it down to just one, but I love vanilla bean cake with raspberry filling. YUM! It is so divine!

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avatar 315 Jeffrey August 10, 2012 at 2:38 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever tasted was a wedding cake at my cousin’s reception

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avatar 316 Charlyn August 10, 2012 at 3:15 pm

I think the best dessert I have ever tasted was out camping once. It was a Huckleberry-Pear Dump cake made in a Dutch Oven. Oh it was so yummy especially with a scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream on it. Double Yum!

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avatar 317 Kriss August 10, 2012 at 3:15 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever eaten is the Red Velvet birthday cake my Mom made for me every year until she passed away. No cream cheese frosting here, it was the most velvety, creamy rich frosting ever, and began with a base of cooked flour and milk. Yummmm!

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avatar 318 Suzan G. August 10, 2012 at 5:00 pm

PIE! Strawberry Rhubarb, no, cherry, no, dutch apple, no, blueberry…you get the idea!!

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avatar 319 cluttercafe August 10, 2012 at 6:36 pm

pineapple NY cheesecake

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avatar 320 Carley August 10, 2012 at 7:09 pm

I truly love any dessert, but the best one I have ever had is my mom’s peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream (Bluebell of course)!

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avatar 321 Jari August 10, 2012 at 7:42 pm

A favorite dessert would be creme brûlée, but would not say no to any dessert!

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avatar 322 Michelle August 10, 2012 at 8:10 pm

Gingerbread with lemon sauce.

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avatar 323 Christine Mayfield August 10, 2012 at 8:17 pm

Best dessert I ever tasted was a banana sour cream pound cake.

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avatar 324 Jane August 10, 2012 at 9:08 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever had was a warm pineapple upside down cake in a small little ramekin at a restaurant in Houston. Every little bite was so perfect and it being baked in such a small portion made for a splendid presentation.

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avatar 325 Joyce August 10, 2012 at 10:54 pm

The best dessert I tasted was a Limoncello Cake on our anniversary. I tried to re-create it as soon as I came home!

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avatar 326 Mary Jo Zilveti August 11, 2012 at 12:43 am

Actually, the best desert I have ever tried was tiramisu, prepared by an Italian girl, ex-fiance from my younger brother. My mother, more than twenty years ago, adapted the recipe, once it was very hard to find mascarpone. Than she started to sell tiramisus to local restaurants and when she traveled abroad I was in charge to prepare te deserts and deliver to the restaurants. A superb desert.

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avatar 327 Kim A. August 11, 2012 at 5:00 am

I love making desserts but surprisingly I don’t eat very many of them. The best dessert I’ve had in recent memory was actually simple but really delicious chocolate cookies.

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avatar 328 Jo August 11, 2012 at 12:10 pm

I must say that the lemon filled buttercream frosted wedding cake sample was quite good, even though we went with a different flavor for our wedding.

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avatar 329 Sandra Gonzalez August 11, 2012 at 12:59 pm

How do I choose just one desert??!!! Desert is my favorite meal! I LOVE cheesecake so I would have to say a mocha chocolate cheesecake is my favorite! I do also love white chocolate raspberry cheesecakes too! And authentic Mexican churros…mmmmmm… :) Thanks for the giveaway!

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avatar 330 carrie gordon August 11, 2012 at 1:36 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever had was back in the day when calories were nonexistent, summers were lazy beautiful and life had a wonderful curiosity about it.

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avatar 331 Hadley August 11, 2012 at 6:11 pm

My favorite dessert ever was a homemade 14 layer cake! So delicious!

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avatar 332 Waverley August 11, 2012 at 6:19 pm

the best dessert i’ve ever eaten was a slice of cheesecake from the cheesecake factory- the kind loaded with mini chocolate chips! :)

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avatar 333 Michelle D August 11, 2012 at 6:40 pm

I love a really good funnel cake with powdered sugar (like the kind you get at the fair). Yum! Haven’t had one in ages though. :(

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avatar 334 Jan August 11, 2012 at 9:19 pm

My favorite dessert is homemade peach cobbler with Breyer’s Heath Ice Cream.

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avatar 335 Diane Z. August 11, 2012 at 9:45 pm

My favorite dessert is Two-Tone Creme Brulee from Mia and Grace…and it’s made in a jar!

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avatar 336 Rachel @ Twin Tough August 11, 2012 at 10:42 pm

My husband and I visit this local restaurant whenever we get a serious dessert craving. They make a Salted Maple Butter Cake that is to die for!! Seriously the best dessert ever!!

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avatar 337 Carol Gonzales August 12, 2012 at 7:56 am

I’m a dessert lover, so it is very hard to choose. I’ll go with creme brulee!

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avatar 338 Jessie C August 12, 2012 at 8:35 am

The best dessert I have ever tasted is the triple chocolate cheesecake at the Fish House in Pensacola.

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avatar 339 Sara August 12, 2012 at 9:13 am

the best dessert i’ve ever tasted? I don’t know how I can chose. Nutella Cupcakes are definitely high on the list. Basically anything chocolate.

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avatar 340 roz August 12, 2012 at 10:13 am

Oh my goodness I love this blog of yours; template is gorgeous, could you write to me and give me your perspective on your blog developers and your experience with them.

regarding your kind giveaway, my favorite dessert of all time is a mocha chocolate cheesecake that i was fortunate enough to get the recipes from a friend. i’ll cherish it forever as well as the friendship!

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avatar 341 Addie August 12, 2012 at 10:35 am

I love gooey cream cheese danish. I would love to try this flour-less chocolate cake.

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avatar 342 Sarah S August 12, 2012 at 10:48 am

Creme brulee is hands down my favorite!

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avatar 343 Jeanne in Toledo August 12, 2012 at 3:36 pm

The best dessert I ever tasted was made from the first strawberries I ever picked, out in the sun with my grandmother, then took home and sliced – we served them over homemade vanilla ice cream that the guys had been cranking for what seemed like forever. I think I was 7. I can still taste it….
BTW – I love that we can get the Weck jars (and Kilners too) at Williams-Sonoma now…so convenient!

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avatar 344 Sarah C August 12, 2012 at 4:59 pm

The most amazing treat that has ever crossed my lips would have to be a piece of hot Peach Pie with a crumble topping, served with a large scoop of French Vanilla Ice Cream; the whole thing was then topped with a fresh, homemade Caramel drizzle.

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avatar 345 Urban Wife August 12, 2012 at 5:23 pm

What a tough question! Lately, the best dessert I’ve tasted was a table side dessert prepared just for us at a local Italian restaurant. The chef/owner used a few seasonal fruits, sauteed them in butter, splashed some liqueur on it and topped it all with a heavenly homemade ice cream. It was to.die.for.!

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avatar 346 Angel V August 12, 2012 at 5:54 pm

The best dessert I ever tasted was a coffee crunch cake from Yasukochi Sweet Shop in Japantown San Francisco. The cake has the perfect moist and crunch consistency. It melted in your mouth.

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avatar 347 Wendy August 12, 2012 at 6:07 pm

It’s a toss up. My top 2 favorite desserts are from Avi’s Oven Art. His Creme Brulee or his Key Lime Pie. Both Amazing. I have never seen desserts in a jar before, but I intend to make this next trip to the grocery, and will hopefully be changing my mind very soon! This looks amazing!!!

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avatar 348 Christine August 12, 2012 at 7:21 pm

A perfect chocolate chip paired with a equally perfect creamy vanilla gelato will always be one of my favorite desserts. I tried the ny times cookies this past weekend and have now found my absolute perfect chocolate chip cookie. Thank you!

Chrissy in San Diego

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avatar 349 Sara H. August 12, 2012 at 7:35 pm

My favorite dessert is a lava cake I used to get at a restaurant back home in Hawaii

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avatar 350 Ashley Riggleman August 12, 2012 at 8:32 pm

The best dessert I EVER ate has to be a home-made banana cream pie that I received for my birthday. I have never had it before and let me tell you…it was pure banana HEAVEN. It will definately be on my request list next year. I’m amazed at how it was made with so many layers and how none of the bananas turned brown or icky. Despite it not being in one piece all the time it was diverse in the fact it also kinda became banana soup! Haha. Beyond a doubt one of by best memories!!! :)

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avatar 351 p.miller August 12, 2012 at 10:18 pm

That looks yum and easy. Thanks for sharing! My fave I think will always be brownies! can’t live without them!

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avatar 352 Michelle Woods August 12, 2012 at 10:22 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever tasted is a Baked Alaska, yumm!

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avatar 353 Jonathan August 12, 2012 at 10:52 pm

There is no doubt that the best dessert I have ever had is my mom’s berry crisp. It is just the perfect fall/winter dish. Sweet/tart/juicy/crunchy/cinnamon-y… it’s a hug in a bowl. And it makes a nutritious breakfast the next morning too. Because there is oatmeal in the topping; that counts right?

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avatar 354 Micky August 13, 2012 at 9:41 am

The best dessert I’ve had is a modern interpretation of carrot cake with a pineapple sorbet from 2941 Restaurant.

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avatar 355 Lauren O'Connor August 13, 2012 at 2:20 pm

The best dessert I’ve ever tasted well it’s between Ina Garten’s outrageous brownies and the Fig-Anise ice cream I just made (a recipe by Deborah Madison) – delish!!

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avatar 356 Jillian Kain August 13, 2012 at 3:18 pm

The best dessert I have ever had was a chocolate molten lava cake served at a fancy restaurant near DC – covered with delicious sauce and homemade ice cream – WOW! It changed my world. :-)

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avatar 357 Tracy {Pale Yellow} August 13, 2012 at 5:18 pm

Best dessert ever – brownie sundae with mint ice cream from the chocolate room in Brooklyn, NY – amazing!

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avatar 358 Medeja August 13, 2012 at 5:32 pm

They definitely look elegant and very delicious! Just beautiful!

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avatar 359 Nicole Regnier August 13, 2012 at 7:03 pm

I am so excited to make these chocolate cakes tomorrow! So fun!

It’s so hard to say what dessert is the best I have ever tasted, but I always go back to the same one- a lemon curd filled tartlet topped with fresh berries. I love the buttery flakiness of the crust, with tangy curd and sweet berries. It marks the start of summer for me.

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avatar 360 Teri August 13, 2012 at 11:32 pm

The best desserts I’ve ever tasted is anything with Pate Choux!!! :)

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avatar 361 Lisa Holden August 14, 2012 at 3:18 am

I love dessert so picking out a favorite is really tough! Creme Brulee is my favorite dessert to make. The best desserts I’ve ever tasted were amazing but, sadly, no longer available. I used to love the Paradise Pie Skillet dessert at Chile’s – this wonderful chocolate chip cookie/cake-like thing cooked in an adorable mini cast iron skillet and served hot, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, drizzled with a warm caramel and a warm cinnamon sauce. It was outstanding but the one they serve now is a big disappointment! My favorite dessert I ever tasted was: crepes made with Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur, filled with white chocolate pastry cream, topped with fresh strawberries, an incredible Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur sauce and beautifully shaved white chocolate. It was heaven! It was at a special event and I’ve never again had anything even remotely similar. Hmmmm… maybe you can concoct something similar?? :-)

Thanks for the opportunity! The book sounds wonderful!

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avatar 362 Talia August 14, 2012 at 10:23 am

It’s so hard to choose favorites, especially when food is involved [and all I want is everything, all at once] — but the best dessert I’ve had recently was a blackberry & white chocolate bread pudding with whiskey caramel (from a new restaurant/bar in the Boston area) — and I don’t even like bread pudding!!

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avatar 363 Judy August 14, 2012 at 1:15 pm

The best dessert I ever had was Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce at Commanders Palace in New Orleans. Still dream about it.

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avatar 364 Thu August 14, 2012 at 9:02 pm

Death by chocolate cake!

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avatar 365 Libby P. August 15, 2012 at 12:56 am

The best dessert I’ve ever eaten is actually one I learned on this blog….the Nutella no bake Cheesecake. Mmm…..It is heavenly! I always try to keep a little of the mixture left over that I can dip Oreo cookies in the next night!

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avatar 366 Youa August 15, 2012 at 8:55 am

Best dessert I’ve ever tasted was a fruit cake my friend made for her nieces birthday party. The frosting was just the right amount of sweetness. It was delicious!

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avatar 367 joyce mosby August 15, 2012 at 9:39 pm

An apple galette- the pastry was so flaky.

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avatar 368 Jillian August 15, 2012 at 9:43 pm

Creme brulee, yum!

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avatar 369 Katherine Willis August 15, 2012 at 9:50 pm

The best dessert I ever had was my first encounter with legit Southern cooking: Chocolate Pie. My mother-in-law makes a killer pie crust which she fills with a rich homemade chocolate pudding topped with real whipped cream. The result is decadent but oh so lovely. Now you know why I married into the family!

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avatar 370 Christy August 16, 2012 at 12:46 am

The best dessert I’ve ever had was a molten chocolate lava cake on my birthday :)

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avatar 371 Molly August 17, 2012 at 10:08 am

the lip-smacking lemon bars you posted on this website! i’ve made them countless times and people never stop complimenting me on how good they are

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avatar 372 Weekend Cowgirl August 18, 2012 at 1:11 pm

When I have these desserts in cafe they are always my favorite. It’s raining outside so think I will make these to go with dinner!

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avatar 373 Kyle August 19, 2012 at 10:12 am

There are so many desserts I love. A good lemon bar in the summer, pumpkin bread in the fall, fudge in the winter . . . . The list goes on and on!!!

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avatar 374 Vicki August 19, 2012 at 7:03 pm

The best dessert I have ever tasted is a chocolate peanut butter pie from the Tina’s Spaghetti Factory in Ft. Lauderdale. I don’t think it is there anymore but ohhhhh the wonderful cross of pnut butter and decadent chocolate was always what I needed on a Friday night at the end of a hectic week. I would love to have that recipe! UMMMMMM!

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avatar 375 Ivy August 24, 2012 at 12:19 pm

The best dessert I ever had was a classic chocolate chip cookie, but the dough was so soft and white, it was melt-in-your-mouth, literally!!

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avatar 376 Lana August 26, 2012 at 4:27 pm

The BEST dessert I ever had must be the cherry cheesecakes my Dad made when we were kids-I hung around the kitchen and checked it in the fridge because I was so impatient to eat some! He made huge ones and it disappeared so fast. YUMMY!

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avatar 377 Mindy Anthony August 26, 2012 at 6:22 pm

Hands down the best dessert I have EVER had is my grandmothers classic pumpkin pie! I not only get my own one every Christmas AND Thanksgiving but she makes me one for my birthday and around the summer time so I don’t have to wait all year for it! Yum!!

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avatar 378 Debby G. August 29, 2012 at 8:28 pm

The best dessert I ever tasted was a homemade Amish apple pie. Yum!

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avatar 379 Whitney September 2, 2012 at 10:24 am

The best dessert I have had is a 7 layer coconut cake.

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avatar 380 Paige W September 5, 2012 at 3:44 am

Hmmm best dessert I’ve ever had was actually a flourless chocolate blackcurrant cake, absolutely amazing, someone made one for a friends birthday and it was gone almost instantly

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avatar 381 féenoménale September 29, 2012 at 12:43 pm

beautiful picture, and I’m sure a very good dessert

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avatar 382 Debi October 8, 2012 at 8:03 pm

The best dessert is a toss up between Creme Brulee at a local restaurant and White Chocolate Cake in Scottsdale, Az.

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avatar 383 Erin Seto November 14, 2012 at 10:10 am

The best dessert would have to be the sweet potato pies from Sweet Auburn Bread Company. I always make a point to pick up one of their mini pies. It’s so light, fluffy, and just seems to melt in your mouth!

http://www.sweetauburnbread.com/

They have a booth at my local farmer’s market.

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avatar 384 Hollie February 8, 2013 at 5:23 pm

Thank you for this recipe!
Can not wait to start baking!

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