Often simple desserts are better than complicated ones. That is not to say that the flavors are simple. What I mean is that the dessert itself is made of only a few very well constructed components. This mousse cake is an example of this. Tender cake fluffy, rich mousse, and a light dusting of powdered [...]
Monday, April 26, 2010
I had the opportunity, thanks to Natalie at Natalie’s Killer Cuisine, to be a part of a Dallas Food Bloggers Pot-Luck Lunch. She has a write up of the event on her blog, which you can check out here, and aside from a whole lot of good food, there was a whole lot of [...]
Friday, January 15, 2010
When I was a child swirled pound cake was an utter mystery to me. I wondered how they were able to get the chocolate batter to make such intricate designs in the finished cake. Now that I am older I understand that the oven does nearly all the swirling because as the cake bakes the [...]
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Nothing makes me happier than when I can combine two things I love into one thing I really love! I love apple cake and I love carrot cake. While looking at some apples in the market I noticed carrots on sale also, and inspiration struck! Why not combine the two? Tart apples, sweet carrots, warm spices, [...]
Monday, October 19, 2009
So, the recipe for Bourbon Caramel Apple Pie Cookies contains a recipe that yields well over a cup of caramel sauce. That is a lot more caramel than you really need. Never fear, I have an elegant solution for what to do with the extra caramel that does not require two pints of ice cream and a marathon of my favorite Marilyn Monroe [...]
Friday, February 20, 2009
If you love chocolate then this recipe is the one for you. My husband, who used to work in restaurants, would make this for me years ago when we were dating. I found his old book of formulas and remembered how good this simple cake was and decided to go about making it. His formula was [...]
Monday, February 9, 2009
Many, many years ago, before I went to culinary school, I tried my first molten chocolate cake. I was perplexed as to how they were able to have a perfectly firm cake on the outside while having a molten chocolate core inside. I was sure it was done by placing some sort of frozen chocolate center into [...]
Friday, February 6, 2009
Have you ever had a bag of apples sitting around and you don’t know what to do with it? Well, I found myself with that problem a few weeks ago and I decided to get creative. The results were outstanding and I want to share. Green apples are tops in my book. They bake well, they slice and [...]
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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I decided on the dessert for my grandmother’s birthday. She loves lemon so I made a Lemon and Vanilla Bean Cake filled with Lemon Curd and coated in Cream Cheese Frosting. For the cake I used a recipe from culinary school for Yellow Butter Cake, but tweaked it with the zest of a lemon, an [...]
Monday, May 10, 2010
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