Chocolate and Butterscotch Mousse Cake

I know you’ve hardly exhaled from holiday baking and here I am pushing a chocolate and butterscotch mousse cake on you. But think of it as me gearing you up for a Valentine’s Day dessert with this six-layer chocolate cake that’s built on alternating layers of chocolate and butterscotch...

Slutty Cheesecake Bars

There’s a reason these are called Slutty Cheesecake Bars. Hello, look at the piling going on: chocolate chip cookie crust, cheesecake filling stuffed with Oreos and then topped with more Oreos and crushed Whoppers. So, yeah, we are pretty much looking at a bar that contains, 2 types of cookies,...

Kit Kat Cheesecake Bars

Let’s kick start the new year with this easy Kit Kat Cheesecake Bar. It’s a full fat cheesecake bar. No skinny or dieting resolutions here. Although you can easily make this “skinny” with low-fat cream cheese. Either way you go, start from bottom with a graham cracker crust then...

Merry Christmas 2012

Brulee Baked French Toast

So you have your holiday menus worked out, right? Well I’m going to give you reason to pause and maybe rethink your planned menu with this make-ahead baked French toast casserole.  Let’s agree this is going to be killer, no waxing on with the standard food descriptors. I’m just...

Toffee & Caramel Mallow Cookies

Here’s one of my tricks to making a show-stopping holiday cookie: start with a classic cookie, and give it a few tweaks. In this case, I gave the classic mallow cookie a toffee-and-caramel spin. To start things off, I tweaked the shortbread cookie by adding some brown sugar and...

Satsuma and Pomegranate Campari

Let’s do a cocktail today, since I’m sure most of you are done baking. I made it a seasonal cocktail with some Satsumas and pomegranate for a Campari cocktail that’s a little sweet, a little tart and with a little bit of a bitter undertone. It’s the Friday before...

S’mores Macarons

Smores macarons – these little buggers are my latest obsession, or more accurately, macarons in general are my latest obsession. I’m particularly loving these because, call me a sucker, but I love cute food. Along with that, these smores macarons are pretty mighty in flavor. The macaron portion is...

Peppermint Ice Cream Cake

I know peppermint recipes are everywhere right now, but I had to share this easy peppermint ice cream cake. It’s perfect on a cold day with a cup of hot chocolate. Of course I kept it simple by softening vanilla ice cream and folding in crushed Hershey’s Candy Cane...

Chocolate Panna Cotta with a Port Wine Pomegranate Sauce

Oh, you are going to love this rich and creamy chocolate panna cotta. This is a classic Italian dessert that’s nothing more than simmered cream and sugar with a little gelatin to bind it. From there you can easily scale it up with add-ins for different flavors and variations. For...