I purchased a bunch of really great strawberries from the market and I wanted to do something with them before they were past their prime. I did a little googling and came across a recipe on Martha Stewart’s site for Sprinkles Strawberry Cupcakes. I am sure most of you are aware of Sprinkles Cupcakes, but …
This morning I woke up and decided to whip together a little Fourth of July dessert that would be easy, but also delicious and festive. Since I am so in love with my mini bundt pans, I decided to use them yet again, this time for mini lemon pound cakes. I was excited to make …
First, I would like to happily say that part one of my exam is finished and turned in to the university! Thank you for your kind words and support! I would also like to inform you that my diet of sour gummy worms and coca-cola has been swapped out for real food, although I think …
This will be one short blog post because I am short on time. Allow me to explain. I may be the biggest procrastinator any of you will ever meet or know via the online world. I find that I work best under pressure and function at a high level when the clock is past midnight. …
There is a commercial for a chain restaurant (I don’t remember which one) on television that is featuring a chocolate bundt cake with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge sauce. Let’s just say that this was love at first sight for Bri and he has been hounding me to recreate it since he laid his …
While browsing the gourmet food section of a local store, I came across Starbucks Milk Chocolate Covered Coffee beans. I threw them into my basket with thoughts of mocha goodness on my brain…although I am not a fan of chocolate covered coffee beans; too gritty in my mouth!I figured if I did not use them …
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe for Cinnamon Squares was chosen by Tracey of Tracey’s Culinary Adventures. I love cinnamon, but something about a cinnamon and chocolate combination does not go over well with me. I left the decision up to the boyfriend; he ended up choosing cream cheese frosting over the chocolate from the …
Over the weekend I was linked to a Pound Cake recipe by my good pal and fellow blogger, Em . This recipe included sweetened condensed milk and that alone piqued my interest. Honestly, I was bored, it was Memorial Day and I had my fair share of planting flowers, so I headed off to the …
Over the weekend, I made a delectable dinner of barbequed baby back ribs with twice baked potatoes and grilled asparagus. I figured this would be plenty of food, but the boyfriend requested a dessert to accompany the feast. I did not want to make anything heavy considering the menu had enough fat and calories to …
As some of you may know…I suffer from a mild case of OCD which causes me to be a perfectionist in certain areas of my life as well as perseverate on things to the extent of driving myself a little batty! When I saw Ingrid’s recipe for Cinnamon Roll Cake, I thought about this sucker …
I was bored this weekend and decided to throw something together that utilized a boxed cake mix. I have quite a few of these in pantry, but they rarely get any love…I just buy them because they’re on sale (it’s a compulsion of sorts). I also had new mini bundt pans that were begging to …
As most of you know, I take a lot of baked goods to my place of employment. One of my co-workers approached me on Monday to make a cake for her son’s first birthday. She wanted the cake to be themed around the cartoon character Pingu. I had never heard of Pingu, but a quick …
I have a mild obsession with cupcakes…I love to bake them and I am always searching for new flavor combinations to experiment with. I had Monday off of work so I went into my kitchen and tried my hand at creating a cinnamon swirl cupcake. Originally I was going to use Dorie Greenspan’s recipe for …
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is a 15 Minute Magic: Chocolate Amaretti Torte and was chosen by Holly of Phe/MOM/enon. I could not find the cookies that Dorie recommended, but I did come across some delightful Amaretti Cookies in the gourmet foods section of TJ Maxx. This torte is definitely super easy to make …
Originally I had not planned on blogging this cake, but after the rave reviews from co-workers, I figured it was a must! I made this late Sunday evening and could not get around to photographing it because the ganache had not thoroughly set up before I went to bed. The next morning, it was boxed …
Today’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe for Blueberry Crumb Cake was chosen by Sihan of I look forward to this wonderful cake for breakfast tomorrow! This cake ranks high on my TwD list and I will definitely make this again in the very near furture! Thanks, Sihan for a delicious pick! For the recipe, head over …
I stumbled upon a sale on cake mixes two week ago and stocked up on a some, hell they were 78 cents! Although I am not an avid cake mix user, I do have a couple recipes in my repertoire that are “doctored up” versions or regular old boxed mixes. One of these recipes being …
I am posting an amazing recipe for a sour cream coffee cake. I stumbled across this recipe in the January 2009 issue of Fine Cooking magazine and immediately knew I wanted to make it. From December through February, I probably flipped back to this recipe a dozen times with the best of intentions. However, life …
Today is already February 28th…the end of the month means another Daring Bakers reveal.The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE’s blog and Dharm of Dad ~ Baker & Chef. We have chosen a Chocolate Valentino cake by Chef Wan; a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Dharm and a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe …
I don’t know about you, but Oreo cookies rank high on my list of fattening sweet treats. There is something about the crisp chocolate cookie sandwiched together with a yummy vanilla cream that makes me drool a little! In fact, I find it hard to even have them in the house. I truly love them, …
Since it is super close to Valentine’s Day, I thought I would tempt you with a butter laden, ultra sweet treat from the queen of butter, Paula Deen. This recipe is a variation of the ultra popular recipe for Ooey Gooey Butter Cakes and is appropriately named, Ooey Gooey Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake. Things have …
As all of you know, baking supplies/ingredients hit super low prices during the holidays. This can make people like me go a tad bit crazy and a tad bit overboard. Now seriously…can someone explain my compulsive behavior that led to a gazillion cans of evaporated milk, shredded coconut out the wazoo and enough pumpkin to …
This week, I made cupcakes for the boyfriend’s co-workers. I used the Hershey’s recipe from the back of the cocoa powder can and topped them with Buttercream Dream frosting. I had a little batter left over, so I spooned it into a 4 inch springform pan and baked until it passed the toothpick test. The …
In my opinion, it is a bit early to start Christmas baking, so I am in a slight baking rut. When this happens I usually browse tastespotting or foodgawker, but sometimes I just do random google searches. Through one of these rut removal searches, I came across a recipe for a Tiramisu Layer Cake. Now, …
