Tag: sweets

Chocolate Fudge with Pretzels

Chocolate Fudge with Pretzels

I can’t believe that I completely forgot about Monday Treat Day last week.  Will you ever forgive me? My mind has just been somewhere else…  hard to believe, I know, when there are things like pretzel fudge to be made.  But don’t worry, this bad boy 

Strawberry Cake

Strawberry Cake

Honestly, sometimes I can’t just let well enough alone.  I see a recipe, and something about it strikes my fancy.  Then, I proceed to make it, changing whatever it was that originally grabbed my attention.  I end up with something completely different, and kind of, 

Madeira Cake

Madeira Cake

So, when I instituted Monday Cake Day, I wasn’t thinking about the fact that sometimes, I wouldn’t want to come home on a Monday and make a cake.  I mean, yes, baking a cake can be an incredibly cathartic experience, and eating a cake can 

Inside-Out Carrot Cake Cookies

Inside-Out Carrot Cake Cookies

  It’s a rainy Sunday, and I planned on spending the day cleaning the house, doing laundry, and doing a little baking.  To me, there is nothing better than a whole day with nothing to do except look through your cookbooks and then bake a 

Simple Chocolate Mousse

Simple Chocolate Mousse

My birthday is coming up. So I’ve been thinking about something. I never get a birthday cake. (Ok, this is an exaggeration. I got a beautiful birthday cake that I still have dreams about sometimes from a wonderful friend last year. Hmmm… recipe to follow.) 

Banana Tarte Tatin

Banana Tarte Tatin

So here I am, it’s Monday, and I am all psyched out to share an awesome cake with you. I’m serious about Monday Cake Day. I made this for dinner tonight erm, I mean, for after dinner… who would eat this for dinner?! Oh, certainly 

Strawberry Buttermilk Cake

Strawberry Buttermilk Cake

Hi guys. I know. Mondays are hard.  The week kind of yawns out in front of you, and you kind of get the feeling that nothing worthwhile is really going to happen until next a whole FIVE days from now, except e-mails and phone calls 

Lime and Berry Tart

Lime and Berry Tart

  A funny thing happened to me at the grocery store the other day.  As I was reaching for yet another bag of potatoes that looked like they’d seen better days (it’s been a loooong winter, people), out of the corner of my eye, I