If there's one thing I've learned in the last few weeks, it's that sweetened condensed milk (especially with coffee) is absolutely on my list of …
Dessert
Lemon Tea Cake
Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love tea and a good afternoon tea party. When my sisters come to visit, having tea together is one of our most …
Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie
When is imperfection the perfect solution? When you're making and eating layered pumpkin cheesecake pie. Here's the deal - getting perfectly straight …
Dark Chocolate Cookies with Espresso
Now that my oldest daughter is away at college, care packages (specifically care packages with cookies) have been on my mind. Cookies are symbol of …
Blueberry Sorbet Vanilla Ice-cream Swirl
Do you have 5 gallons of blueberries you're not sure what to do with? No? Just us then. Every year my husband buys more and more blueberries from …
Vanilla Pudding
When you think special dessert, I'm guessing vanilla pudding isn't your first thought. I know pudding seems more like childhood snack than grand …
Mini Lemon Tartlets
Why am I posting about lemon tartlets when everyone is trying to keep their New Year's Resolutions to eat healthy? For one, they're pretty darn …
Inside-Out German Chocolate Cake
Given the level of chocolate love in our house, it really surprises me that I haven't posted a proper chocolate cake recipe in over 4 years. …
Cherry Cream Cheese Pastries (with Fresh Cherries)
Last month, I got an offer I couldn't resist. The Northwest Cherry Growers asked me if I would accept a shipment from them and consider writing a blog …
Semi-Homemade Ice-cream Sandwiches
Who's got time to make homemade ice-cream sandwiches? You do. I swear. If you have ever baked a batch of cut-out cookies, you can make these …
Blueberry Bread Puddings with Lemon Curd
It's blueberry season! This means we are happily buying quarts of the little gems at the farmers market every weekend and are busy making blueberry …
Tangerine Sorbet
I think it was a year ago when I promised a trio of fruit sorbets. I managed to get two recipes posted pretty quickly but I never got a great idea for …
Chocolate-Orange Biscotti
It snowed in Houston last night! Like actually left a white winter wonderland legit snowed, not just a couple of flurries that we Houstonians wish …
Post-Thanksgiving Cranberry Swirl Cheesecake Bars
I don't know about you but after hosting a house full of family for the Thanksgiving weekend, I ended up with a very random collection of food items …
Cranberry Pudding Cake with Warm Butter Sauce
Topping off a special holiday meal doesn't have to mean pulling out a big fancy dessert. Sometimes a very simple, but no less decadent, dessert will …
