Tag: dessert

Almond Elderflower Cake

Almond Elderflower Cake

This almond elderflower cake with whipped buttermilk frosting is a heavy but delicious cake, the perfect accompaniment for tea, or when you’re just feeling fancy.

Perfect Brownies

Perfect Brownies

Easy one bowl perfect brownies, crumbly but not dry, full of nuts and just the right amount of sweet.

Tahini Apple Crumble

Tahini Apple Crumble

I don’t know about you but when it comes to the point halfway between my once-every two-weeks grocery shopping trip, I start to get a little desperate, digging into the back of the pantry for ingredients, using up those still-good shelf stable fruits and veggies and grabbing stuff from the freezer that is questionable in origin. Luckily that’s not all bad, and it’s the aforementioned activities that resulted in this tahini apple crumble.

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Lemon Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Donuts

Lemon Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Donuts

Lemon Old-Fashioned Sour Cream donuts are crispy on the outside, cakey on the inside and tinged with a tang of lemon.

Cinnamon Chip Scones

Cinnamon Chip Scones

Delicious cinnamon chip scones are just sweet enough and incredibly flaky, dotted with hints of cinnamon and a lovely boozy glaze.

Fresh Mint Greek Yogurt

Fresh Mint Greek Yogurt

Here’s something so simple and clean and delicious and so seemingly nothing. Fresh mint Greek yogurt.  Simple, but certainly worth telling.

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Rosemary Pecan Pralines

Rosemary Pecan Pralines

These rosemary pecan pralines are a traditional southern candy with an herby twist. Crumbly and soft in texture, they are a favorite for any occasion!

Cape Brandy Pudding

Cape Brandy Pudding

This recipe for Cape Brandy Pudding is a remake from ages and ages ago on my first trip around my world in 80 plates (more like 150!).  However, it was delicious the first time, and we all needed reminding of it because it’s the perfect…

Toscakaka (Swedish Almond Cake)

Toscakaka (Swedish Almond Cake)

Happy Belated Birthday, Dad. I swear I didn’t forget, but to make up for it, I made this really awesome cake.  Toscakaka, a Swedish almond cake. An almond sponge with an almond praline topping. I know you’d have loved it.

For those of you that might follow me on the ‘gram, the latest installment of my fake cooking show #CookinginPajamas had me making this cake in honor of my dad’s birthday, which was actually last week on the 15th. He passed away just over 9 years ago, and it would have been his 80th birthday. (more…)

Coffee Chocolate Tart

Coffee Chocolate Tart

This coffee chocolate tart is a truly decadent dessert, with a crunch cookie crust and smooth ganache filling. Topped with whipped cream and a hint of Kahlua.