Olive Oil Cake – Ladi Tourta
This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Cat Cora. I’ve only seen her on the Iron Chef and she’s great to watch, but had no clue that he main style of cooking is Greek! Greek food is not something I am very familiar with or like so much, so […]
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
You might be reading this and thinking has she gone crazy putting zucchini in chocolate cake, and your damn right I have, straight to the loony bin, over this cake!!!!! PSST- it has zucchini in it, ha ha ha (evil laugh) from our garden At least this was my sweet hubby DT reaction upon learning […]
Chocolate Valentino & Vanilla Ice Cream
The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE’s blog and Dharm of Dad ~ Baker & Chef. We have chosen a Chocolate Valentino cake by Chef Wan; a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Dharm and a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Wendy as the challenge. When I first saw this february challenge I […]
Mardi Gras King’s Cake
I love the origin and traditions behind Mardi Gras and a King’s Cake and so I just knew this year I had to try my hand at making one, and I am so glad I did. The dough was soft and chewy with a slight sweetness and the filling was so good and I love […]
Red Velvet Cupcakes
What screams Valentines day dessert more than red velvet cupcakes with extra special rich velvety lovely melt in your mouth cream cheese, mascarpone, whipped cream icing? Yes I just said that and I know your drooling now, and I am remembering these in the fridge as I speak. Tempting me! Seriously this is the best […]
Caramel Cake
This months Daring Baker’s Challenge was Caramel Cake and icing hosted by Delores , Alex, Jenny & Natalie enjoyed making this cake for two reasons, I have never made a caramel syrup, and secondly I would love to get better at making cakes. This cake has a unique flavor from the syrup and a denser […]
Pumpkin Crunch Cake
A friend of mine had mentioned they make this recipe every year instead of pumpkin pie and its a huge success. But she didn’t give me the recipe. I was craving it every since she mentioned it, So I thought I bet that cookbook that my sister in law gave me (Hi Stacy) and guess […]
Chocolate Mug Cake
I just tried the easiest Chocolate cake ever. Made in the microwave in less than 5 minutes, how cool is that. And it is sooooo good. This could be dangerous! I have already made it two days in a row. First day I used toffee bits, it was good, but a little dry, but then […]
Strawberry Birthday Cake
For DT’s birthday I made him his favorite, Strawberry Cake. I am so not a baker but I was feeling adventurous and decided to make a 3 layer cake. I mean how hard could it be? Little did I know. Ingredients 1 box white cake mix, 1 package strawberry jello, 4 eggs, 1 10 ounce package frozen […]
Chocolaty Surprise
DT calls me from work and asks where the cooking oil is? I say what are you cooking because it depends on what type of oil to cook, he says its a surprise. So I tell him if its sweets don’t use Olive Oil but anything else is fine. As I walk in the door and I […]
