Skip to Recipe! I am not particularly fond of peanut butter. Maybe it was too many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as a kid. In fact, to me, peanut butter is something that I eat when my calorie counting app tells me that I haven’t eaten enough fat or protein that day. Yet, when done
Category: Desserts
Carrot Cake Cheesecake
Skip to Recipe A lot of times, I get asked how I decide which recipes to post on the blog. There is really no specific thought-process that I follow for this sort of thing. However, I’ve noticed that the majority of my most recent recipe posts have followed a pattern. That is, I make something
Strawberry Cream Cake (Part 2)
Skip to Recipe Here it is! The continuation of the strawberry cream cake! So, you should already have your pastry cream made from the previous post. Now, we are going to bake and assemble the cake. The base of the cake is essentially a sponge cake. The recipe comes from an old Cuban cookbook that
Strawberry Cream Cake (Part 1)
When most people think of strawberry shortcake, they think of a white sponge cake layered with strawberries and whipped cream. And, if we lived in Japan, they would be correct. However, a true “strawberry shortcake” actually uses a crumbly, biscuit-like cake as the base. Still, most grocery stores will mass-produce sponge cakes with strawberries and
Rum Cake
Skip to Recipe I love cake, but I hate soggy cakes. Let’s just get that out in the open right now. Living in South Florida, I’ve had my share of unappetizingly soggy birthday/wedding/baby shower/quince cakes. This is the main reason why, for a very long time, I paid no mind to anyone that told me
Caramels
Skip to Recipe First off, I must apologize to everyone that has been asking me for this recipe. I have nothing to blame except for myself, my laziness, and the fact that I am easily distracted. I first started attempting homemade caramel when I was obsessed with caramel apples. While I still haven’t quite mastered
Pecan Tassies
Skip to Recipe With the holiday season upon us, it’s prime time for potlucks. So, when the Thanksgiving luncheon at work rolled around, I decided to make these little morsels. Think pecan pie, but in bite-size form. They were very well-received. In fact, a few coworkers insisted that I post the recipe. So, here it
Mini Cheesecakes
Skip to Recipe Cheesecake is delicious. And, while it is made of pretty basic ingredients, it is surprisingly easy to screw up. If you’ve ever had a bad slice of cheesecake, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Fear not, though! I’ve got your back.
Vanilla Cupcakes
As some of you may already know, I am not a big fan of vanilla. So, vanilla or white cakes are not something I dabble with very often. Still, sometimes chocolate needs a break, or you’re making something for someone that is not a fan of chocolate (seriously, what’s wrong with those people!?). So, I
Chocolate Chip Cookies
I think most of us can relate to the pure and untainted joy that comes with eating chocolate chip cookies. As a kid, even packaged cookies were a treat. As an adult, I think homemade is the way to go.