Author: swooz

  • Sweet Cherry Crumb Bars

    The dark sweet cherries this week were everywhere in the stores and just begging me to bring some home. Mind you, I had no idea what I wanted to make with them; the possibilities of what to bake were swarming around in my little brain for days before I was prompted to finally dig them…

  • Chocolate Malt Whopper Cake

    This cake is not a strong hit you in the face malted flavor, but rather the wonderful crunch of the whoppers in the filling along with the really flavorful malty vanilla buttercream give it a nice change to your average traditional chocolate cake. If you really love whoppers you could go all out and even…

  • Easy Lemon Curd Parfaits

    This will make about 4-5 depending on the size of your glass jars or parfait glasses. I used 5 oz. repurposed yogurt jars that I had saved for small desserts. Anyone from my pastry school days will remember me as a bit of a lemon head. I love love love anything lemon. I would always…

  • Gingerbread ~ Cinnamon Chip Biscotti

    Gingerbread Cinnamon Chip Biscotti: (yield ~ 2 dozen) depending on size) 1 stick (1/2 Cup) unsalted butter, room temp 1/2 Cup dark brown sugar, packed 1/2 Cup granulated sugar 1/2 Cup unsulphured molasses (such as Grandmas) 2 large eggs 3 1/4 Cups all purpose flour 1 Tbsp. baking powder 1 1/8 tsp. cinnamon 1 1/2…

  • Cranberry ~ Orange Layer Cake 3 1/3 Cups all purpose flour 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. kosher salt 1 1/2 Cups unsalted butter, room temp 2 Cups sugar zest of one large orange or 2 tangerines 3 large eggs, room temp 1 Cup milk, room temp 1 Cup sour cream, room temp 1…

  • Peanut Butter ~ Salted Pretzel Balls

    This is seriously the easiest treat to whip together. Plop yourself in front of the tv with a friend and commence to rolling out the balls. Take advantage of your little gremlins to help get all the balls rolled and then you can get to the dippin. I like the crunch of the Himalayan salt…