I have a friend who admittedly has a key lime tree for the sole purpose that “They fit perfectly inside a Corona bottle” and here in Arizona they produce limes for longer. Ha! That sounds like a good reason albeit, but I can think of many many more, like this cake. If you’re team cake…
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 Cake with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing
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…