Who doesn’t like brownies? Not many people I’m sure. This week’s SMS was hosted by Tiffany of A Spoonful of Laughter and a Heap of Love. The recipe called for walnuts, but since I had pecans on hand, I chose to substitute them for the walnuts. They had a great texture, and I decided to…
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Warm Chocolate Lava Cake with Bailey’s Ganache
Saturday was my sister’s birthday. I asked her what she wanted me to bake for her: cupcakes or Warm Chocolate Lava Cake. She “oooooo’d” at the mention of lava cake so I had my answer. This is the recipe from the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival (which we are going back to this year-woo…
Peach Crisp
Happy Independence Day! I didn’t bake along with my fellow Sweet Melissa Sunday bakers even though it was dessert with peaches, North Fork Peach Raspberry Pie (sorry Rebecca of Beurrista). I had all of the ingredients I needed for this crisp and decided to bake it to go with our 4th of July meal. Peach…
SMS Rewind: Coconut Custard
I am running behind on my Sweet Melissa Sunday submissions; this is from last week that I just made on yesterday. I was planning on making today’s cookies, but looked at the recipe and decided to take a nap instead (lol). I do have all the ingredients and will get to it next weekend, hopefully…
SMS: Peanut Butter Truffles
Today’s Sweet Melissa Sunday was hosted by Mara of Love Your Mother Earth. She chose Peanut Butter Truffles. I admit that I just made these today and that is why my post is so late. That’s what happens when you don’t buy enough heavy cream and are too lazy to go out and buy some…
DC: Quick Chicken Pho & Sweet Potato Pie Wontons
The October 2009 Daring Cooks’ challenge was brought to us by Jaden of the blog Steamy Kitchen. The recipes are from her new cookbook, The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook. Challenge #1: Vietnamese Chicken Pho From Jaden:So what is Vietnamese Pho? Well, it’s like the most insanely delicious noodle soup popular in Vietnam. The broth is simmered…
Everybody Needs a little Cakelove
I bought my mom and I tickets to a culinary demonstration while at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. We had the opportunity to see Warren Brown of Cakelove in action. You may remember him from the Food Network show “Sugar Rush”. He is an attorney turned baker who owns bakeries around the Washington,…
SMS: Apple Orchard Pecan Crumble
I am a day late for Sweet Melissa Sundays and my blog is feeling neglected. The weird thing about it is I made this a week ago and just didn’t have the time to type up and schedule the post. I have a good excuse though…I spent the end of last week at the Epcot…
Pumpkin Blondies
I’m not a huge pumpkin fan: I have made a Pumpkin Apple Spice Cake and that’s been about it. I prefer sweet potatoes. These were great though! I was leery about trying this this early in September and there has been some debate about whether it is too early for pumpkin or not on a…
In With the New
Since I talked about new kitchen gadgets earlier in the week, I decided to share a new version of an old standby: banana pudding. This one is indeed a crowd pleaser without the double boiler and separation of eggs. If I don’t show up to a social event with one of these in my hands,…