In the US, most of us think of cheese when we hear the word “curd.” However, curds made of fruit are popular in other parts of the world. They are eaten as a spread or as a dessert topping. My first introduction to fruit curd was the lemon kind, but lemon has never been my
My family will eat just about anything if it’s made with passion fruit. Last year, when the local Latino grocery store chain had a massive sale on fresh passion fruits, I tried my hand at making a passion fruit tart. I used a store-bought refrigerated pie crust and baked it in a tart pan. It
Right after Halloween, a good friend of mine gave me a bunch of her leftover Halloween candy. She had a condition, though. I was only allowed to take the candy if I agreed to use it for baking, NOT if I was just going to eat it or fill my candy jar at work. When
While the rest of the country is enjoying the changing colors of autumn, we South Floridians have to make do with palm trees and sun. That doesn’t mean that we can’t get into the spirit of fall with some great fall spices, though! And, since October is the month for Halloween candy, I thought it
I’m really not sure why, after many years of endless mangoes, it took this long for me to try to make mango cupcakes. But, 2019 was the year, and they were LONG overdue. The combination of a vanilla bean cupcake with mango filling and frosting was absolute magic. My first attempt at these cupcakes was
Creme brulee is one of my absolute favorite desserts. It is also one of my go-to desserts for when I have egg yolks or heavy cream lying around that I need to use up in a hurry. This Irish Cream creme brulee always gets rave reviews whenever I make it. And, making it in my
I recently got into the idea of making truffles again after giving up on it for many years. It took one batch of hand-rolled truffles for me to decide to go online and find a better solution. I found a really neat truffle mold on Amazon, and have made more truffles in the last few
Skip to Recipe Bars aren’t exactly an elegant or overly sophisticated dessert, but they can sure please a crowd. I made these caramel bars for a work event, and was shocked at how delicious they are. I got several requests for the recipe, which is adapted from a recipe that I found online. Combine the
Skip to Recipe I had experimented with making molten puddings (AKA lava cakes) in the Instant Pot for a while. This chocolate stout molten pudding is the result of such experiments. I was not on board with making lava cakes in my electric pressure cooker (Instant Pot) when I first heard that this was a
Skip to Recipe I snagged a ridiculously good sale on passion fruits recently. So good, in fact, that I drove to four different participating store locations to grab up whatever passion fruits I could. Worth every penny, and it gave me room to start making things with passion fruit that I have wanted to make