Chocolate Cardamom Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
When I’m feeling under the weather I tend to hibernate and stay out of the kitchen. Once I begin to feel better I get the itch to bake. If you follow me on Twitter (@BakingBlog) you know that I caught a nasty bug last week and it knocked me out for about four days. Now that I am, happily, on the mend I am back in the kitchen whipping up some food to feed my evil soul. After being so sick I felt I deserved something rich so...
Apple Carrot Maple Cakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
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, moist cake … how can that be anything but good? To increase the yum factor I added a bit of some fabulous dark maple syrup...
Spiced Dark Chocolate Pudding
When I was in culinary school we made cardamom tea cookies which we dipped in bittersweet chocolate. I was certain it would be awful but I tried them and discovered that the pungent cardamom accented the rich dark chocolate very well. From that day forward I have been playing around with cardamom and chocolate. My latest experiment was so tasty I thought I would share it. Now, cardamom and chocolate is not for everyone. My...
Apple Rolls with Butterscotch Whiskey Sauce
We are apple people at my house. Of course, as with anything, I am picky about apples. No mealy or mushy apples need apply. I want my apples frim, crisp, tangy, and sweet. Granny Smith and Fuji are my two favorites. So, when I have apples around, which I do more often than not, I get creative. Below is the result of my latest apple experiment. I had the apples, a packet of defrosted phyllo dough, and a well-stocked...
Apple Cake
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 eat well, and they are tangy, sweet and firm. As much as I like just plain apple, I was getting a little tired of them after four days and...
