I made this as we were having some friends over for dinner. I took these before the guests arrived, intending to take some pictures of individual slices later (there were only 5 of us so I assumed there would be plenty left). However college son had a couple of his friends over later to watch a movie after […]
Tag: baking
Recipe and instructions for making a White Chocolate Wedding Cake for a small wedding
As I’ve already mentioned, the family is a determined chocolate cake bunch and they never want any other type. This is more of a mild chocolate, still flavorful, but not a deep dark cake. When you add the chocolate ganache, glaze and a little shaved chocolate it is the perfect mix, really chocolaty but not […]
Everyone knows about those disaster days where nothing goes as you planned and you completely mess up the dinner schedule. This recipe came from one of those days. First I planned on making some beignets for an afternoon snack from the dough I had frozen earlier. Once it thawed, I realized it was pizza dough, […]
This is another variation (I made a lot of honey caramel and can’t resist fruits) of a simple but great looking dessert that only takes a few minutes. Ingredients: 4-6 fresh white nectarines sliced (or regular nectarines or peaches or apples or pears . . . you get the idea) 1 package puff pastry (2 layers) […]
Apparently I’ve been living in a cave for the last couple years when it comes to Cake Pops and Cake Balls and it seems that college daughter was well ahead of her time since she has made what she calls “cake soup” smashing her birthday cake together since she was small. Recently someone asked me about making them and […]
I first made these when husband was recovering from surgery and they were such a hit, the next day and pretty much every day after that for a while, he requested “tea time” beignets (of course he was on medication and we’ve never had “tea time” anything before but it was quite amusing). Eventually […]