Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake | Cafejohnsonia.com

A new version of my Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake made with a doctored cake mix and filled with a delicious, easy-to-make peanut butter mousse, and frosted with rich fudge icing. I can never quite decide how I want to make this Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake. As there are no written laws, it make baking all the more fun. It’s very hard to go wrong with the classic peanut butter and chocolate combo, am I right? […]

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Easiest Hot Fudge Sauce

Easiest Hot Fudge Sauce | CafeJohnsonia.com

For those times when you want some yummy hot fudge sauce, but don’t have any more chocolate on hand to make it, use cocoa powder. And for times when you do have chocolate, substitute it or add it to the cocoa powder for the creamiest, dreamiest hot fudge sauce imaginable.  I grew up eating hot fudge sundaes at my grandmother’s family parties. She is the best hostess – the food is always incredible, and her […]

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Creamy No Bake Key Lime Pie

Creamy No Bake Key Lime Pie | CafeJohnsonia.com

I will never get sick of Key Limes. Nope. Not ever. I’ve been discussing the recipe I recently posted for Traditional Key Lime Pie with my husband’s aunt. We talked about making one without the eggs, and therefore no cooking of the filling. I like that idea a lot. So I thought about what to do. Some recipe simply omit the eggs and the key lime juice should thicken the pie on its own. I […]

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Pat-in-the-Pan Shortbread Crust

I hate–not abhor–making rolled pie crust. Not because I don’t love the flakiness of the final product, because I do. I hate the process. Ugh. Not a talent I possess. My mom’s Dutch Apple Pie recipe uses a pat-in-the-pan crust that is very good. So, why not for other pies? (I’d been wondering for years.) I mean, it won’t work for say, a peach pie topped with a lattice. But for creamy pies, it’s perfect. […]

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Key Lime Tart

  I have to preface this by saying that I thought this Key Lime Tart was going to be a complete failure when I took it out of the oven. There didn’t seem to be enough filling. I thought it had baked too long. (That and my oven, depending on the day, is 50+ degrees hotter than it says on the knob. Glad I have an oven thermometer!) It ended up being perfect. I loved […]

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Banoffee Pie

My dear friend, Jenni, posted about Banoffee Pie awhile back. I’ve been thinking about it and hearing about it off and on ever since. I knew I needed to try it. And since it was a Sunday night when I first made this, I decided it was time to resurrect Sunday Night Desserts. And then I decided to take it to Thanksgiving at my husband’s cousin’s in New Jersey. There are some Brits and wanna-be […]

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Summer Fruit Johnnycake Cobbler

While I had those freshly picked red currants, I looked around for recipes to try using them and the other summer fruit I had on hand. I found several recipes I liked. I came across a wonderful recipe for Johnnycake Cobbler in my Baking With Julia cookbook. (Have you bought it yet? You should….) I really liked the idea of using cornmeal to make the biscuit topping. And it called for plums and nectarines, both […]

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Aprium Sherbet

This might have to be revisited at another point. I really loved the flavors in this sherbet. It wasn’t too sweet. The flavor of the fruit really comes through. I did add a little almond extract and a little teeny, tiny bit of vanilla. Next time–no vanilla. The almond was a good addition. I even think it would be nice to add a little amaretto to this. I’d also like to try it without the […]

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Berry Picking and Red Berry Sorbet

To say I have been slightly obsessed with picking berries this summer would be a slight understatement. Ever since I heard that a friend of mine would head up to a local farm to pick her own fruits and veggies last summer, I knew I MUST do that this summer. And so far, so good. We ventured up north from where we live to Dutchess County, NY to pick some luscious blueberries, and the strawberries […]

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Baking 101: Making the Perfect Devil’s Food Cake

Okay, okay. This is where I get sort of bossy. In order to make a really, really, really good cake, you MUST have a stand mixer. Did you get that? MUST. It doesn’t have to be this one that I love so dearly. But, you should really invest in one. If I had a king size bed, I would nestle it between me and my husband, lean over and snuggle it all night long. If […]

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