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Rose Pound Cakes with Berries and Cream
For Mother’s Day, I wanted to make pound cake flavored with rose water. And I wanted to have the cake with berries and cream. (You have to remember how excited I get about making my own birthday cake each year–Mother’s Day is the same kind of thing.) I knew Dorie Greenspan had a recipe called […]
Pierre Herme’s Most Extraordinary French Lemon Cream Tart Recipe
{Check out Dorie’s article over at Serious Eats about this very same tart.} When I first opened my copy of Baking: From My Home To Yours, I was immediately drawn to the recipe for The Most Extraordinary Lemon Tart. Put anything lemon in front of me, and I’ll be happy. VERY happy. I had a […]
Coconut Cake with Passion Fruit Curd and Passion Fruit Meringue Buttercream
Please allow me to introduce my 27th birthday cake–The Coconut Passion Fruit Cake. It is one of my best creations yet, if I do say so myself… Please note that this makes a lot of cake! The recipe can be halved and baked in two 8″ by 2″ round cake pans. Coconut Cake with Passion […]
Creamy No Bake Key Lime Pie
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 […]
Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting
I love a good sugar cookie. And in my opinion, a sugar cookie should be a little soft with a little crisp, not too thick, and definitely not doughy. About thirteen years ago, when I was a teenager, some neighbors brought the most delicious sugar cookies to us for Valentine’s Day. They were perfect. After […]
Creamy Cilantro-Lime Dressing
My own take on the yummy dressing from Cafe Rio. Creamy Cilantro-Lime Dressing Ingredients: 1 cup low fat buttermilk 2-3 Tbsp. light mayonnaise 1/2 cup homemade tomatillo salsa (can use store bought) 1 small bunch of cilantro (to taste….) juice 1/2 a lime freshly cracked black pepper 1/2 package Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing mix Instructions: […]
Coconut Ice Milk
This is a quick, refreshing dessert to cool you off on a hot summer day. Coconut Ice Milkoriginal recipe Ingredients:11 oz. can light coconut milk (I like Trader Joe’s, of course)*14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk**2 cups milk Instructions:Whisk all the ingredients together and freeze in an ice cream maker or pour into a large […]
Poppy Seed Bundt Cake with Lemon-Cream Cheese Glaze
Poppy Seed Bundt Cake with Lemon Cream-Cheese Glazeadapted from a Lion House recipe Ingredients: For cake: 1 (18 ounce) box yellow or white cake mix1 (3 3/4 ounces) box instant vanilla pudding mix1 stick butter, melted1 cup sour cream4 large eggs1/4 cup poppy seeds1 tsp. pure lemon extract1 tsp. pure almond extract For Glaze:2 Tbsp. […]
Four Layer Chocolate Cream Pie
My inspiration for this recipe comes from the good old Four Layer Dessert. (Something deep down inside me was conjuring up my Mormon heritage.) Only I made my own pudding. And I did not (REPEAT: DID NOT) use any Cool Whip. And neither should you. If you do, I will spank you with my giant […]
Spinach Salad with Candied Pecans and Creamy Apple Poppy Seed Dressing
Spinach Salad with Candied Pecans and Creamy Apple Poppy Seed Dressingoriginal recipe Ingredients: For Candied Pecans: 2 cups whole pecans 1/2 cup white sugar 2 Tbsp. butter 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract For Creamy Apple Poppy Seed Dressing: 1/3 cup sour cream 3 Tbsp. mayonnaise 3 Tbsp. frozen apple juice concentrate 1 Tbsp. poppy seeds salt […]
