I like putting booze in sweets. There's something enticingly sacrilegious about it. Cakes and cookies are sweet, innocent treats that are just about the simplest pleasures one could derive from life. But putting booze in a cupcake is like injecting vice into the guileless dessert; it's naughty - but I like it. The red wine … Continue reading Red Wine Chocolate Cupcakes
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Giant Whoopie Pie
There's nothing like a super-sized version of an ordinary dessert that really wows the kid in all of us. It kind of takes you back to those days when you were much, much smaller, and everything just simply looked larger from our lower vantage points and fit bigger in our tiny hands. This whoopie pie … Continue reading Giant Whoopie Pie
Cheesecake Brownies
Cheesecake brownies are a perfect way to use up your cream cheese when you only have a block or less. So I made some! I used a recipe from David Lebovitz and tweaked it to include less sugar in the brownie base. The brownie turned out to be not noticeably sweet, but the richness of … Continue reading Cheesecake Brownies
Chocolate Pudding
The humble chocolate pudding. It doesn't photograph very prettily, and most of us eat it pre-made out of a box or a single-serve tub. I chanced upon this recipe when I was looking for something that could satisfy my sweet tooth, yet was relatively healthy. After all, the chocolate pudding is primarily skim milk and … Continue reading Chocolate Pudding
Cookie Dough Chunk Cookies
I've always thought the idea of putting cookie dough in ice cream was one of the best things to happen to food. Everyone likes licking off cookie dough batter, so why not add some of that slightly gritty dough into smooth creamy ice cream? So I thought of my other favorite desserts I could put … Continue reading Cookie Dough Chunk Cookies
Chocolate Layer Cake
I don't know if you know this, but most times, my baking experiments are driven by a need to use up existing ingredients. For this chocolate layer cake, I really wanted to use up my expired buttermilk and the failure of a chocolate frosting I made for a salted caramel chocolate cupcake. In a stroke … Continue reading Chocolate Layer Cake
Red Velvet (Albino) Half-Cake
I made a red velvet cake - without red food coloring. I love red velvet cake. I don't know what is so irresistible about it. Is it the contrast between the deep red cake and the snow white icing? Or is it just the inexplicable flavor of the cake that you can't put your finger … Continue reading Red Velvet (Albino) Half-Cake
Black Bottom Cupcakes
The recipe for these cupcakes are from Magnolia Bakery. I didn't like them too much, though. The cheesecake filling wasn't very sweet and neither was the cake. However, the cupcake was much improved upon chilling. The cake took on a brownie-like texture, and the cheesecake filling felt smooth and velvety. Black Bottom Cupcakes Adapted from … Continue reading Black Bottom Cupcakes
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