Skip to Recipe A few years ago, I came across this recipe for a Chocolate Covered Oreo Cake online. I thought that the idea was brilliant, but I wasn’t keen on the idea of using boxed cake mix and Cool Whip. For the record, I hate Cool Whip. Let’s just get that out of the
Black bottom cupcakes are the best of two worlds: chocolate cake and cheesecake. They incorporate a rich chocolate cupcake with a dollop of cheesecake batter, which then get baked together into something magical. I don’t remember exactly when I first came across this recipe, but I know that it didn’t take long for me to
Once upon a time, I was at The Olive Garden with a friend of mine. For dessert, she ordered their white chocolate raspberry cheesecake. She loved it so much that she insisted that I learn to make it. At the time, I was just getting my feet wet in the art of making cheesecakes, so
It would be an absolute lie if I said that I would have ever come across this recipe if I didn’t have a quart of half-and-half sitting in my fridge that I had no idea what to do with. As it turns out, I’ve been missing out. The Hoosiers were on to something when they
Thanks to a friend of mine, I found out that Bed, Bath, and Beyond was having a clearance sale on some of their bakeware. One of the baking pans that I managed to score was a mini bundt pan from Wilton. It was just so cute, and the sizes were perfect for individual servings. Naturally,
One upon a time, a molten chocolate cake or chocolate lava cake was classy ending to a fancy meal. Then, it started cropping up at chains like Red Lobster, Chili’s, and Applebee’s. And, when you can get a dessert at a place where a group of servers will sing to you on your birthday while
Skip to Recipe Flan, or creme caramel, is one of those things that you either love or hate. I didn’t like it at first, but then grew to love it. I have a soft spot for custard-based desserts, so it’s right up my alley. The premise is simple. Fill the bottom of a ramekin with
Skip to Recipe You know those people that go to the grocery store and grab a bunch of stuff that they don’t need because it’s on sale? Well, guilty as charged. In particular, I grab ingredients that might come in handy for baking. I can’t help myself. It goes into my shopping cart as I
I love chocolate cake. I love flan. So, what happens when you combine the two? Pure excellence! Pastel imposible translates into “impossible cake” for you non-Spanish speakers, and it gets its name from the seemingly impossible feat of layering creamy flan on a bed of dense chocolate cake. It is believed that this dessert originated
There are those whose metabolisms are off the charts. For the rest of us, there are diets. And, now that I am in my thirties, dieting seems to be a way of life. Except on the weekends, of course. Everyone knows that calories don’t count on Saturdays and Sundays.