Bailey’s Chocolate Caramel Pudding

Last summer, this chocolate pudding was chosen for Tuesdays with Dorie.  I was so excited to make it, and I made it even though we were leaving for our beach vacation that night.  We were having dinner with friends right before leaving, so I thought I’d make this for dessert.  I got in the kitchen [...]

Tuesdays with Dorie: Four Star Chocolate Bread Pudding

I don’t have a lot of experience with bread pudding.  I’ve only had it a couple of times, and haven’t been totally crazy about  it, but liked it okay enough.  I think the problem was that I never really had good bread pudding.  I mean, I think the last time I remember having it was [...]

Tuesdays with Dorie: Banana Cream Pie

I’ve never made a banana cream pie before, so I was excited to try this.  I grew up eating banana pudding all the time, so I was pretty sure I would like this.  This week was even easier because I already had one of Dorie’s pie crusts on hand from the last time we made [...]

Tuesdays with Dorie: Lemon Cup Custard

I wanted to like this.  I really did.  I expected it to be more like a creamy, lemony dessert, but this was quite different.  It tasted more like a lemon flan and I learned a year ago when I first made and tried flan that I do not like it one bit.  The texture is [...]

December Daring Bakers: French Yule Log

I was pretty excited when I saw the December 2008 challenge.  It was nice that it was something sweet, which gave me a great dessert to serve for our Christmas party.  I have really been wanting to go back and make the yule log from December 2007, and I still plan to, since I wasn’t [...]

Triple Silken Pumpkin Pie

I’ve been wanting to make this pie ever since I got the amazing baking book Desserts by the Yard by Sherry Yard.  It just looks so incredible and impressive, and I knew I just had to try it, and I love Sherry Yard’s recipes.  I decided to make it for our last dinner group meeting [...]

Tuesdays with Dorie: Creme Brulee

We made Creme Brulee for this week’s installment of Tuesdays with Dorie, chosen by Mari of Mevrouw Cupcake.  I was interested to try Dorie’s version, seeing as I had already tried Sherry Yard’s version of Creme Brulee in August for my husband’s birthday.

The methods were different.  Sherry’s version called for steeping the cream, sugar, and [...]

Creme Brulee- Happy Birthday to My Husband!

My husband’s 23rd birthday was on August 1. Every year he gets to pick what he wants for dessert. This is the 7th birthday of his we’ve spent together, and he’s only requested cake a couple of times. Many times it’s been cobbler. This year he said he wanted Creme Brulee. [...]

Tuesdays With Dorie: Caramel-Topped Flan

This week’s Tuesdays With Dorie recipe was chosen by Steph of A Whisk and A Spoon. She chose the Caramel Topped Flan, which was our first custard recipe. I have actually never tasted flan before, much less made one. I have mixed feelings about this one. It was pretty easy to [...]