Buttermilk Pound Cake

Buttermilk Pound Cake
Buttermilk Pound Cake: A revised version of Paula Deen’s ‘Mama’s Pound Cake’.

Daring Bakers: Ice Cream Cake

Daring Bakers: Ice Cream Cake
Daring Bakers: (Non-)Swiss Roll Ice Cream Cake. My adage for this challenge? “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”

Cupcakes w/ Ganache & Van Bean

Cupcakes w/ Ganache & Van Bean
Chocolate Cupcakes with Ganache and Vanilla Bean Cupcakes.

Chocolate Sybil Cake

Chocolate Sybil Cake
Chocolate Sybil Cake & Homemade Chocolate Syrup: A simpler Texas sheet cake that taste’s so good it’ll make you have a foodgasm!

Yellow Cake Again

Yellow Cake Again
The Search for THE Yellow Cake Has Ended….For Now…Come Check Out the Winning Recipe!

Yellow Cake Part 1

Yellow Cake Part 1
Join me on my quest for the perfect yellow cake!

Strawberry Shortcake Cake

Strawberry Shortcake Cake
Strawberry Shortcake Cake

White Chocolate Mocha Cookies

White Chocolate Mocha Cookies
White Chocolate Mocha Cookies with Guittard White Chocolate Wafers, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Wafers and Cocoa Rouge Powder.

Strawberry Cheesecake

Strawberry Cheesecake
Strawberry Cheesecake

Pièce Montée & Croquembouche


My failed pièce montée and croquembouche for the May 2010 Daring Bakers’ Challenge.

Blackberry Cobbler w/ Ice Cream

Blackberry Cobbler w/ Ice Cream
Blackberry Cobbler with Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream and an Account of My First Trip to a Berry Farm!

Guittard Chocolate Giveaway!

Guittard Chocolate Giveaway!
Guittard Chocolate Review and a “Bittersweet” Giveaway!

Double Citrus Bars

Double Citrus Bars comprised of lemon and orange juice.

Chocolate Overload Cake

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Chocolate Overload Cake: Almost a pound of Callebaut chocolate along with mousse, buttercream, and ganache. Step-by-Step Photos!

Homemade Strawberry Cake

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Homemade Strawberry Cake: Not just a pink cake. Some STEP-BY-STEP photos.

Mini Choc Mousse Cheesecakes

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Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake revisited in mini-form!

Brownie Bites/Cupcakes

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Brownie Bites/Cupcakes: A “Thank You” Treat for my dissertation committee.

Gelato al Limone

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Gelato al Limone: So good that it takes me back to my trip to Italy.

Chocolate Crumb Cheesecake Bar

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Chocolate Crumb Cheesecake Bars!

Lemon-Lime Danishes & Giveaway

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Lemon-Lime Danishes, First Blogiversary, a Giveaway, Oh My!! Participate in my first giveaway for my first blogiversary!

Life-Changing Chocolate Cake

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Life-Changing Chocolate Cake: Calls for only 1 Tbsp of flour and a lot of butter and chocolate.

Chocolate or Cinnamon Rolls?

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Chocolate-filled and regular, cinnamon rolls. A mild twist on the traditional.

Chocolate Espresso Truffles

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Chocolate Truffles with espresso made the Alton Brown way for hot-handed folks.

Churros con Chocolate Caliente

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Churros con chocolate caliente al estilo español