Category: Dessert

  • 7 Layer Cake

    Part of going to Grandma’s meant she might make 7 Layer Cake. Since I was so young I have a vague idea that it appeared only at random times. I know my Dad loved it. I’ve made it myself a few times. It is best in thin, thin slices and you can freeze it well.…

  • Butterscotch Sticky Pudding

    It’s interesting what leads you down a path and where that ends up. In this case, a tweet by one Simon Pegg, about having a sponge with cream. So obviously, (in my head this all makes sense. So if you’re shaking your head already, don’t worry, I’m the crazy one), this led to about sticky…

  • Two Minute Chocolate Muffin

    This is not a sweet muffin. In fact, it’s an adaptation of this recipe from Lucky Peach Magazine. If you want sweet molten cake (why wouldn’t you?) go there. This is a little less sweet but more room for crazy toppings. 3 tablespoons of oil 3 tablespoons of milk A drop or two of vanilla…

  • Salted Caramel Butter Cream

    J. had some extra molasses laying around and I thought we should use it up. He bought different types of molasses (not different brands, different types), so I couldn’t combine the bottles. The interwebs brought me this: Always With Butter The cake is okay. It really is a molasses cake. Tastes better after being refrigerated. Makes it kind…

  • Chocolate Ganache

    So for the Halloween party, I decided to make chocolate ganache to dip the cupcakes in. I make a similar one for truffles but this recipe is much simpler and very tasty. 8oz of heavy cream or whipping cream 6 oz of unsweetened chocolate 1/2 cup of sugar Dump the ingredients in a bowl and…

  • Quick Blueberry Cobbler

    I was craving something with bread and sweet. I didn’t want to take the time to make soda bread even if it only takes 30 min. So I pulled out a mug and used some microwave fu. I choose blueberries cause I started craving them recently and found no one makes blueberry pie or cobbler…

  • Cherry Blueberry Dump Cake

    A dump cake is a cobbler that uses cake instead of biscuit or crumble topping. You can make your own cake mix or use box mix. You’ll Need: 1 box of cake mix Milk Eggs 1 stick of butter Fruit Preheat the oven to 350F. You can use any fruit you want. I use canned…

  • Dreamcicle Icecream

    2 cups whipping cream 1 cup milk 3/4 cup sugar 1 tbsp Vanilla extract 1/2 of a lid of Orange extract Put milk and sugar in a mixer and mix it till dissolved. Add cream and whip it till soft and foamy, not stiff. Add vanilla and orange extracts and whip for about 30 more…

  • Chocolate Cake in a Mug Experiment

    A few people have sent me links to Chocolate Cake in a Mug. I’ve also seen it featured in various blogs I lurk on. Being a fan of microwave cooking, I decided to try it. The recipe is simple and dry. This is not something you eat without some soaking. Vanilla ice cream or sweet…

  • Bread Pudding: Things to do with Stale Bread

    Stale Bread – I had about a half of a baguette 3 1/2 cups of Milk 1 cup Golden Raisins 2/3 cup brown sugar Nutmeg Cinnamon 3/4 stick of Butter 1 egg Soak the bread in three cups of milk for about an hour or until mostly mushy. The bread should hold its shape but…

  • Tapioca Experiment

    So I recently did a test run on making tapioca pudding from scratch. Tapioca is balls of compress yucca. Yucca, is a waxy root that cooks much like potatoes, only it takes a lot more prep to make the editable. Tapioca is easy and most of the recipes out there way over do it. You…

  • Girls Movie Night

    This weekend was my girls movie night…we manged to watch Just Like Heaven, The Lake House, some Outlaw Star, and Doctor Who. We discovered that baby artichokes are extra good…so is Armagnac pudding. Ml had to leave after the first movie and 2 1/2 hours of talking after words. M. stayed the night. Aia was…