Today’s recipe is a really delicious spin on a traditional cheesecake, called a Hidden Berry Cream Cheese Torte. This dessert has a wonderful cookie crust topped with a velvety layer of cream cheese and cottage cheese. Once you slice into the torte you discover a lovely layer of berry preserves tucked underneath the cream cheese …
If you frequent food blogs, you have probably stumbled upon discussion of the much hyped New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies. Well…after reading about these little chocolate treasures a few times I decided to put them to the test. I questioned a couple of things about this recipe…mainly the sea salt used to top the …
With fall quickly approaching, I have had the desire to start making things like pumpkin rolls, apple pie and carrot cake. However, I decided to fight the urge a little while longer and make some summer inspired cupcakes. I saw a recipe for Key Lime Cupcakes on the Bon Appétit website and knew I had …
I had blueberries left over from my Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream and a new square bar pan, so I decided to hit up allrecipes and find a recipe. I located one for a Blueberry Buttermilk Coffee Cake. I had all the ingredients on hand, so I thought I would break in my new pan and …
This week’s TWD recipe was Blueberry Sour Cream Ice Cream. The blueberry part sounded great, the sour cream part…not so much. The thought of sour cream in my ice cream kinda made me gag a little, so I looked to my good friend Em and allrecipes. Em and I decided to skip this week’s TWD …
Last week I was on the search for cinnamon rolls that could be prepared at night and baked in the morning. My search ended after a friend sent me the recipe for Alton Brown’s Overnight Cinnamon Rolls. I figured this recipe had to be fantastic as it was given many stellar reviews on the food …
I get bored with things VERY quickly and I have found myself getting bored with cupcakes. So, I decided to start branching out…attempting to create delicious cupcakes other than the usual chocolate, vanilla, etc. I used a delicious chocolate cake recipe that I originally posted here, but I topped these cupcakes with a White Chocolate …
I have made many banana bread recipes, but this one is by far my favorite. This recipe yields an absolutely delicious, moist muffin with a delectable crunchy crumb topping. I honestly think I have made this recipe well over twenty times. My co-workers actually bring me their brown bananas to make these for them. You …
I always thought I hated avocados, just like I think I hate raw tomatoes. However, on a recent trip to Whole Foods I discovered I love guacamole; therefore, my hatred of avocados is fabricated! Whole Foods is 40 minutes away from my house, so I decided to make my own. Here is what I came …
This week’s Baking: From My Home to Yours, or you can check out Ashlee’s blog, A Year in the Kitchen. After reading the P & Q on the TWD site, I thought I may have a problem with this recipe. A lot of comments stated that the batter was runny and the cooking time was …
Yes, I cook too! Tonight for dinner we had King Crab Legs, New York Strip Steaks and Mushroom Risotto. The crab was steamed in a stock pan with one teaspoon of Old Bay Seasoning and one tablespoon of salt added to the water. Steaks were rubbed with black pepper, grill seasoning and Thyme and grilled …
When I made the coconut cupcakes earlier in the week, I had a bunch of coconut cream cheese frosting left over. This frosting was too amazing to throw away, so I had to do something with it! I decided to use Dorie Greenspan’s Perfect Party Cake recipe with a few variations. This is an amazing …
I have been obsessed with frozen pina coladas in recent months, which in turn, has led me on the search for other coconutty deliciousness. I was searching the Food Network website and found an Ina Garten recipe that I played around with to make the best cupcake I have ever tasted! Yes, people, I said …
Mini Berry Cheesecakes Ingredients 1/2 cup plus 1 1/2 Tbsp. sugar; divided use 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted 2.5 pkg. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened 1 1/2 Tbsp. flour 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla Grated peel from 1/2 medium lemon (optional) 1/2 cup sour cream 2 eggs Directions 1. …
I decided to join Tuesdays with Dorie at the urging of Em, The Repressed Pastry Chef. I thought it would be interesting to see varying interpretations of a dessert all made from the same recipe. This week was my first time as an official Tuesdays with Dorie baker. The task was to create a Summer …
Yesterday I made mini desserts: three types of cheesecakes and brownie bites. I searched the internet for quite some time looking for a great brownie recipe. I decided on a recipe that claimed to yield a deep dish brownie because I really do not enjoy the thin variety. I think brownies, like chocolate chip cookies, …
When I think of summer desserts, S’mores immediately come to mind! However, I am lacking a fire pit, I despise camping and quite frankly, I am not the outdoorsy type. So, when I saw this recipe, it sounded like a great way to enjoy S’mores, sans covering myself in citronella and sunscreen. I found this …
I love apples, especially Granny Smith apples! I had a bunch of them in the fridge, so I decided to make apple crisp. However, I did not stop there, I also made a homemade vanilla bean ice cream in my beloved Kitchen Aid ice cream maker attachment. I have made ice cream several times since …
I had leftover bittersweet chocolate from the Caramel-Peanut Topped Brownie Cake that I made last week. I turned to Dorie Greenspan’s book, Baking: From My Home to Yours. I decided to try her chocolate pudding, which was just featured as the Tuesdays With Dorie recipe a couple of weeks ago. I followed the recipe exactly …
I have made quite a few cupcakes in my day, but in recent months I have been doing them by scratch. I find making homemade desserts to be a rather rewarding process from start to finish. These little beauties happen to be at the top of my cupcake list. The cake is a recipe that …
There is nothing better than a warm, gooey cookie. Yesterday I decided to make some good ol’ Tollhouse cookies. I made two varieties; White Chocolate Macadamia Nut (these are one of my dad’s faves) and Milk Chocolate Chip. I followed the basic Tollhouse recipe except for switching out half the butter for butter flavored Crisco. …
This recipe is called My Amish Friend’s Caramel Corn, but sadly I have no amish friends, so I changed the title. To be honest, I have no idea what makes it “Amish” besides the fact that it originated from an Amish family. Random Flashback/Tip: I remember being in high school home economics and making caramel …
I have used this banana cake recipe from Allrecipes several times, especially when I have buttermilk hanging around in the fridge. This time I decided to make cupcakes and frost with my friend, Em’s, Magnificent Cream Cheese Icing. I decided to make these in different varieties, so some had walnuts, some had chocolate chips, and …
I ordered Dorie Greenspan’s book, Baking: From My Home to Yours. This book is actually what compelled me to create this blog, well, that and my mild photography obsession. This recipe involves a brownie cake base topped with a caramel peanut sauce. In one word, I would describe this as rich… really, really rich! I …
