Chocolate Italian Wedding Cupcakes with Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting
These cupcakes were born of necessity. Originally this batch of cupcakes was intended to be a full fledged cake, but due to my rather appalling laziness the pans I had intended to use were dirty when the urge to bake struck. When I say dirty I mean stuck on, needing a good soak, burnt on sugar dirty. I was forced to formulate a plan ‘B’ as I was not in the mood to wait until the pans were clean. Digging through my pans...
Double Dark Chocolate Chunk Coconut Cookies
The last few days have been a roller coaster ride for me. The biggest positive of the week … Everything Pie is written!! Going in I knew writing a book would be a challenge, but it was more difficult than I expected. The rewards of this experience are numerous, but the biggest lessons I take away from it are that I am more dedicated, disciplined, and creative than I ever thought. The big news now is that the publisher has...
Christmas Cookie Round-up – Part 2
Last year I gave you all a round-up of cookies perfect for the holiday season … and I plan to do the same again this year! I mean, what is better than contemplating cookies to help you get over your turkey hang-over? Next week I will be posting my entry for Challenge 8 of Project Food Blog – and trust me, you do not want to miss that – as well as a few more ideas for using up any left-over turkey. I have all sorts...
Chocolate, Coconut, and Red Curry Crème Caramel
Things are going to get a little freaky-naughty. While I was in Seattle attending IFBC I had the opportunity to try various kinds of Theo Chocolate. One particular flavor, the Coconut Curry Milk Chocolate, was astoundingly good. I’m not kidding when I tell you it was the best bar of milk chocolate I had ever tasted. There was creamy, sweet milk chocolate, crisp flakes of coconut, and a subtle spice from the red curry. Bliss...
Coconut Mango Rice Pudding
What do you do when you have a mango approaching over-ripeness and a half a can of coconut milk? I don’t know about you, but I turn it into rice pudding! Mango and coconut are a perfect flavor match. I love, for example, chunks of ripe mango with some toasted coconut scattered over the top. For a while I considered making a coconut pudding with mango chunks in it, but that seemed sort of boring. That is when I considered a...
