Sticky, Gooey, Creamy, Chewy

After I whined and carried on about the Tiramisu recipe in the February Daring Bakers challenge, I got several requests for my tried and true, old standby tiramisu recipe. When Easter rolled around, I decided to make it and share it with you. There was one problem, though. My tiramisu recipe includes raw egg yolks, espresso and booze, all of which are verboten for my seven year-old nephews. I certainly didn’t want to serve a luscious dessert for our Easter feast that the little guys couldn’t enjoy, so I had to modify my recipe. What I came up with was a version that had none of the offending ingredients, but was so fabulous that I may never go back to my old recipe again!

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010 • 39 Comments

Any of you food bloggers out there remember when you first started out and couldn’t take a decent photo to save your life? Okay, maybe some of you already could take great pictures when you started your blogs, but I was not one of you! When I go …

Thursday, February 11, 2010 • 24 Comments

It’s always so nice to give (and get) a lovely heart-shaped box of chocolates on Valentine’s Day. But, think how much more special such a gift would be if the chocolates were homemade with lots of extra love thrown in! Don’t think you could do it? Think again. Homemade …

Thursday, December 17, 2009 • 19 Comments

The other day, I was frantically racing strolling down the baking aisle at the market when I saw these Peppermint Crunch Baking Chips by Andes. You know Andes, don’t you? They’re the ones that make those little Crème de Menthe chocolates that you get at many restaurants along with …

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 • 25 Comments

I call this week’s TWD recipe the Clark Kent of cookies. These sables appear to be unassuming little wallflowers of a cookie. Yet, one bite is all it takes to realize that they are quite special. Sables are basically a butter cookie. While they are sumptuously rich and buttery, …

Saturday, December 5, 2009 • 23 Comments

First of all, I want to tell you how sorry I am that I’ve taken so long to announce my POM Giveaway winners! I really and truly intended to post this several days ago. I’ve been pushing up against a deadline on a very special freelance writing gig and …

Friday, November 20, 2009 • 23 Comments

In my family, Thanksgiving dinner always begins with the primi piatti, or first course. It’s the Italian way. Don’t even try to slap a turkey, stuffing and some sides on the table without first serving some type of soup, pasta or risotto dish. But, let’s face it. Who could …

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 • 47 Comments

*UPDATE* (11/05/09) My recipe is now up on the Bon Appetit site and the link below DOES work. Thank you all so much for your support AND your votes!!! I wish I could send each one of you a slice of this pie!
If you’re thinking that this …

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 • 42 Comments

In an attempt to make November a little less frazzled for us, our fearless leaders at TWD are allowing us to present our weekly recipes out of order. This works for me as this week’s recipe is Dorie’s Chocolate Caramel Chestnut Cake. Not only is this cake rather labor-intensive …

Thursday, March 26, 2009 • 45 Comments

Last December, in a mad dash to beat the Christmas Rush, I stumbled upon an interesting new kiosk in one of our local malls. The kiosk was filled products from a company called See’s Candies.
See’s Candies???
Ahem……It goes without saying that I had to …