This Chocolate Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Icing saved my Halloween. I had chosen an online recipe foolishly NOT from the Food Network sites and all was going well until I realized that I had not pre-heated the oven. So I went to look for the temperature in the recipe and could not find it. […]
Chocolate Marshmallow Brownies
My mom has a friend who makes these chocolate marshmallow brownies she adores and recommended so I really wanted to try baking them. I am so glad I did! These brownies were fantastic. Moist, chewy from the toasted marshmallows and decadent thanks to the chocolate frosting. I have made brownies on my blog before (my […]
Chocolate Strawberry Paninis
Have it your way
Recently, I have been dreaming about making chocolate cheesecake. A lot! In fact, I was talking to my husband about it in my sleep, asking him to make sure I buy the ingredients so I could make it for him and his dad. Apparently, my chocolate cheesecake has magical abilities to make people feel better. […]
Baking Tutorial: Homemade Brownies
I will admit something embarrassing here. Brownies are my baking nemesis. They either come out too wet or too dry which is very frustrating. I often buy dry mixes instead of making them from scratch, shocking I know! Brownies have a lot of rules to them. I will go through these rules with you today. […]
Food Network Cooking Club Challenge: Anna Olson’s White Chocolate Banana Loaf
Yesterday I took on The Food Network Cooking Club Challenge for the month of May and made my TV baking teacher Anna Olson’s White Chocolate Banana Loaf. Delicious! It was genius to make a banana bread with pastry flour, the result is super light and not super dense like some banana breads can be. The […]
Basic Foodie Tutorial: Cookies in Seven Easy Steps
Let’s escape to Paris together
Food has the power to transport us to anywhere in the world. No matter where you go, people eat. Each country will have thousands upon thousands of recipes, distinctly part of their culture. We all have food in common and food is powerful. It really can take you places. When I asked people where in […]