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 …
Dessert
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 the …
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 cute. …
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 were …
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 …
Pumpkin Spice Pudding
It's mid-October and the holiday season is nearly upon us starting with Halloween. Who's ready? As much as I would love to be able to make cute …
Grapefruit Mint Sorbet
This may be the summer of the sorbets. I've always loved making homemade ice-creams but, right now, I'm really loving sorbets. They feel lighter and …
Blackberry Sage Sorbet
It's April - time to shed the heavy coats of winter and lighten up physically and figuratively. This also applies to desserts. Although I love …
Gluten-Free Deep Dark Chocolate Cookies
It's nearing the end of the week and my brain has pretty much declared a start to the weekend. As much as I have tried to come up with something witty …
Opera Cake
You know someone loves you when they do something for you that you love even when they aren't crazy about it. Such is the case with this cake. I love …
Lemon Curd Marbled Cheesecake
I know it's January and many of you are probably deep into your New Year's resolution to eat better. But it's also citrus season and the lemons from …
Almond Biscotti with Chocolate Glaze
How about something calming and soothing to get us through not only today but through the craziness of the holidays. For me, that's a cup of something …
Caramel Pudding Parfaits with Salted Caramel Sauce
My kids love it when a dessert recipe takes a few tries to get right. Between this recipe for caramel pudding parfaits and the one for pumpkin spice …
Pumpkin Spice Latte Crème Brûlée
Is it too soon to post pumpkin recipes? Starbucks released their pumpkin spice lattes a few weeks ago so I'm thinking it's OK. As cliché as they may …
Fresh Peach Ice-Cream
My husband's love for peaches runs about as deep as my love for sweetened condensed milk. He bought 4 cases of peaches this summer to eat fresh and …