I baked for the sake of baking over the weekend. I had no one to feed nor an occasion to celebrate, I just wanted to make something in the kitchen. The result was quite delightful.
I made a shortbread type cookie flavored with almond extract. Dipped in chocolate and topped with powdered sugar, [...]
This year I received a new kind of box of chocolates for Valentine’s. Instead of chocolate truffles and bon-bons, I asked for (three months in advance) a box of cake balls. They look like large truffles on the outside, but inside, they are filled with cake crumbs mixed with frosting.
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I am feeling the love just a week before Valentine’s day via baked goods. In years past, I could be found eating bon-bon after bon-bon for the month of February – but with a nut allergy now, I have to steer clear of my beloved Whitman’s sampler.
Instead of chocolates, I might go [...]
There are few things I enjoy more on vacation than eating fancy desserts in the middle of the day. Many cities have a variety of bakeries and cupcake shops to enjoy, and I can’t rely on visiting them all after dinner. So, we stopped into Extraordinary Desserts after lunch this weekend.
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Remember that episode of Friends when Monica tries to meet the neighbors by putting all the candy out in the hallway? Shortly thereafter, she is a hysterical candy-making monster trying to keep up with the demand. (Refresh your memory with the video here.)
I channeled my inner-Monica recently and tried my [...]
How many times do you have to order food from an establishment before you can say that you love it?
We finally ordered from a sandwich place that we pass on the way to the gym (after ogling it maybe a dozen times.) Then, we ordered again. Devouring our second round of pita [...]
When dog lovers melt chocolate and mix it with nuts and dried fruit, they call it chocolate bark.
When cat lovers do the same, we call it chocolate meow.
Whatever you want to call it, melting chocolate and sprinkling something on top [...]
We are back in Beantown after spending the past few days (without my camera cord) in Maine. The majority of the time, I roasted in front of the fireplace to further illustrate my cat-like tendencies.
Fireplaces provide such a relaxing ambiance in a room. I’m drawn to them like a moth to a [...]
Four recipes actually came out of my chocolate chip cookie quest, but I only mentioned three in yesterday’s post. I saved the one I’m about to share for last because some chocolate cookie enthusiasts might laugh at it. It errs on the side of vegan, but believe me, it tastes good.
But first, I left [...]
Something as basic as a chocolate chip cookie can translated into a thousand different recipes. When I think of a warm, freshly baked chocolate chip cookie, I imagine something like Mrs. Field’s:
But when I bake them at home, they come out like looking like this:
Round dough balls, light and [...]
