August Daring Bakers: Chocolate Eclairs

This month Meeta of What’s for Lunch Honey? and Tony had the Daring Bakers made chocolate eclairs from Pierre Herme’s book Chocolate Desserts. I have heard so many good things about this book, and I’m thinking that I might need to add it to my collection soon.  I think that I would have to say [...]

German Chocolate Cake

I’ve been a fan of German Chocolate Cake ever since I was little. I think it’s in my genes to love it. My grandmother on my mom’s side loved making cakes, and she really liked German Chocolate Cake. My grandfather on my dad’s side claimed it as his favorite cake, and my [...]

Tuesdays with Dorie: Chocolate-Banded Ice Cream Torte

This week’s recipe was chosen by Amy of Food, Family, and Fun. My husband was really excited about it because he has had his eye on this ever since I bought the book. This was the perfect summer dessert. I liked it because it was not a very heavy dessert, but still [...]

Croissants

Croissants have been on my list of things to make for a while now, and this weekend I decided that it was time to finally go for it and make them. Chelle and I had talked about baking something together, and when I mentioned that I had been wanting to make croissants, she said [...]

Red Velvet Cake

If you mention the words “red velvet cake” to a group of people in the South, you’ll likely to get a bunch of oohs and aahs. This is one of the most popular types of cakes in this regions, and everyone loved when this beautiful red cake makes an appearance at parties, potlucks, and [...]

Tuesdays with Dorie: Granola Grabbers

I was so excited when I saw that Michelle of Bad Girl Baking chose the Granola Grabbers for this week. I really wanted to make them right after I saw them in Dorie’s book. I think our entire group was excited to finally make a cookie because TWD hasn’t made a cookie since [...]

Black Bottom Brownies

I was looking through my copy of the Sweet Melissa Baking Book, trying to decide what to make. My usual complaint about cookbooks when they don’t have enough pictures, but for some reason this book is different. With this book I have no problem drooling over the treats by picturing them in my [...]

Tuesdays with Dorie: Blueberry-Sour Cream Ice Cream

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe was chosen by Delores of Chronicles in Culinary Curiosity. She chose Dorie’s Blueberry Sour Cream Ice Cream. Even though we have been making tons of fruit desserts lately, this was still a great pick because TWD has not made ice cream yet. I was excited about [...]

Gnocchi with Oregano-Butter Sauce (and my 100th post!)

I have never had gnocchi until I made this, but after seeing it on a Food Network show (I think it might have been Emeril), I knew I wanted to make it. I somehow just knew that I would love it. The only thing that stopped me was that I did not have [...]

Hummus

I first tried hummus for the first time almost two years ago. I had heard about how great hummus is from a few people, but I categorized it into a food that I wouldn’t eat because I thought it was too weird. This is unusual for me, because I will try almost anything [...]