Category: Dessert

Neapolitan Cake

Neapolitan Cake

I’m wondering if it takes everyone 7 1/2 hours to make a cake from scratch?  This is only my second “non-Betty Crocker cake mix” cake and both have taken over a quarter of a day to make which just makes me want a glass of […]

No-Bake Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

No-Bake Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

Cookbook:  Simply Beautiful Homemade Cakes by Lindsay Conchar While this recipe called for a 9-inch springform pan, I chose to use my new Williams Sonoma Springform Mini Cheesecake Pan which by the way, I loved. I typically choose to bake my cheesecakes, however, it was […]

Banana cakes with rum caramel

Banana cakes with rum caramel

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I made this recipe from Yotam Ottolenghi & Helen Goh’s “Sweet” cookbook.  The image I used is the image in the cookbook because, (more…)

Chocolate Pomegranate Cake

Chocolate Pomegranate Cake

Cookbook:  “Layered” by Tessa Huff     Photo by:  I think Tessa Huff.  It was taken out of the cookbook    

Barbara Streisand cupcakes

Barbara Streisand cupcakes

I was delighted at how these turned out and that the ganache glaze actually had shine! Yay!  I found this recipe in Candace Nelson’s “Sprinkles”.  On a side note, I apologize for the unstyled photo as I took this picture with my phone before I started this blog and only […]