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Baking Basics: How to make homemade pudding

Homemade Chocolate Pudding ~ Keeping a favorite childhood dessert simple and easy.

Homemade chocolate pudding is filed in my recipe box under the category Sunday desserts. Simple, easy, uncomplicated—everything I want my Sunday to be before I start the work week and that includes my dessert.

Simple in technique, rich in flavor and smooth in texture you will be licking your spoon clean. Pudding is the basis for a few desserts you will see featured this week, so I figured I might as well make it a Baking Basics feature. Especially since homemade pudding is so easily adaptable you can make it into just about any flavor you want once you have the base recipe mastered.

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DIY: How to make wood boards for food photograhy

Wood Boards for Food Photography ~ This is a quick do-it-yourself post for all my food blogging friends or anyone who has ever wanted to know how to make aged and weathered looking wood boards for food photography or any other project you may need them for.

How to make wood boards for food photography — DIY: How to make antiqued and weathered looking boards for food photography

I’ve been blogging for a little over a year now and for half that time I have been in search of antiqued, aged and weathered looking wood boards like the ones I’ve used in my last four post. To my surprise there wasn’t anyone selling anything like this out there. At one point I thought about buying old barn side wood, but the shipping was outrageous and the colors limited to red, blue and white. Continue reading DIY: How to make wood boards for food photograhy

Rum and Caramel Banana Cream Trifle

Rum and Caramel Banana Cream Trifle ~ Rum, banana cream filling, toasted pecans and coconut, salted caramel buttercream, chocolate sauce-are you feeling fat and happy yet? Well, I certainly was after this concoction that pretty much combines some of my favorite flavors.

I’m a huge fan of easy desserts that require little work and lots of stacked flavors that can be composed as high as my serving vessel will allow me.

Did that just make me sound like a total lazy over indulger or what? Well-depending on whom you talk to, I might be. But before you judge me at least try this Rum and Caramel Banana Cream Trifle.

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