Sweet Indulgence: Swedish Tea Cakes Source: Company’s Coming If you take a look at the jam aisle in your local grocery store, you’re sure to see a huge variety of jams and jellies. Jam has come a long way from the basic strawberry, raspberry or apricot flavours. You can now find some interesting and exotic [...]
Sweet Indulgence: Avocado Pound Cake Source: Joy the Baker The smell and taste of avocados instantly transports me back to my childhood. One of my favourite childhood desserts (which surprisingly contained no chocolate) was an avocado dessert made by mixing together avocados, sugar and milk. Simplicity at its best! If you’re going to attempt this [...]
Sweet Indulgence: Lychee Butter Cake Source: Dessert First If you’ve never had a lychee before, you don’t know what you’re missing! For me, lychees conjure up fond childhood memories of sitting on a hot beach and eating bunches of this luscious fruit. They were an especially welcome treat when they were chilled, as they cooled [...]
Sweet Indulgence: Cashew Crescent Cookies Source: Anna Olson (Food Nework Canada) After the chocolate overload last week (the brownies, the chocolate cake and the Ferrero Rocher cupcakes), my family has let me know that they are all chocolated out (if that’s even a word). Being a chocolate lover, I don’t even understand how that is [...]
My friend “T” loves to bake! Her specialty is cheesecake (because she’s been blessed with the type of patience that allows her to wait at least 24 hours before she gets to eat what she has made). She makes the most delicious and most beautiful-looking cheesecakes and has perfected them so that have no cracks [...]
Sweet Indulgence: Chocolate Mascarpone Brownies Source: Recipezaar I can confidently say that these are the best brownies that I have ever had! That’s a bold statement to make, but I’m sticking to it! Now, I’m the type of person who prides myself on having good self-control when it comes to eating unhealthy foods…but all self-control went out [...]
Sweet Induglence: Ferrero Rocher Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Frosting Source: Willow Bird Baking When looking for Ferrero Rocher cupcake recipes, I was expecting to find recipes with roughly chopped pieces of Ferrero Rocher scattered throughout the cupcake batter, so you can imagine my excitement when I found a recipe that called for one whole Ferrero [...]
Sweet Indulgence: Chocolate Layer Cake with Caramel Ganache Source: Rose’s Heavenly Cakes Author: Rose Levy Berenbaum Some people believe that birthdays are a time to rejoice in making it through another year of life or a time to reflect on the past year and think about the years to come. I personally think that birthdays [...]
Sweet Indulgence: Mint-Filled Brownies (a.k.a. York Peppermint Patty Brownies) Source: Dana Treat If you’re a true candy/chocolate bar fan, you would have noticed that the title of this blog entry, “Get the Sensation” is actually the slogan for York Peppermint Patties. Interested in testing out your knowledge of other candy slogans?…See how many of these [...]
Fondant and I don’t get along! I decided a long time ago that I hate fondant and fondant hates me! Therefore, the one and only time that I worked with fondant on a real cake was for my brother’s birthday cake last year. I wanted to use up a bunch of leftover fondant and thought [...]