Cheesecake Cupcakes

I made cheesecake this weekend to bring into work.  It’s been a bit stressful at work lately and I thought we could all use a little bit of indulgence, especially on a Monday.
Rather than making a traditional size cheesecake using a spring form, I decided to make cupcake size ones, easier to distribute and I didn’t [...]

Flag Cake

I wanted to bake something with a flag theme for this 4th of July. Originally I had planned on baking red velvet cupcakes (cake recipe here) but decided to make Ina Garten’s Flag Cake. I’m a big fan of hers and her recipes, if you haven’t figured that out by now.
I really didn’t want to bake a whole [...]

Strawberry Tart

I’ve had Ina’s Strawberry Tart recipe printed for quite some time now. I’ve held off on making it because I wanted to find perfectly ripe strawberries for these.  It’s not a complicated recipe but I didn’t want to invest the time and ingredients unless I had sweet and ripe strawberries.  A few days ago while at the grocery store, [...]

Garlic Knots

Just the thought of garlic knots makes me go “mmm.”  Garlic knots are similar to garlic ropes, sticks, or rolls, they’re just in knot shapes. Garlic knots are usually found at pizzerias or Italian restaurants.
You can find all sorts of garlic knot recipes on the Internet. Emeril Lagasse’s recipe has gotten great reviews. Like Emeril’s, many recipes use a pizza [...]

Brownie #5

I just couldn’t leave well enough alone. It’s not as if I had too much time on my hands or something but I decided to tweak Brownie #4, slightly. I’ve seen some recipes that call for adding instant expresso or coffee to boost the chocolate flavor in chocolate desserts. Instant coffee/expresso is not something [...]