Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Cake, Chocolate, Special Occasion, tagged Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, flourless, gluten free, gourmet magazine on November 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 14
Saturday was my one year blogiversary! On November 28, 2008 I made my blogging debut with my Dad’s chili recipe. To celebrate reaching the one year mark I decided to make the Flourless Chocolate Cake from The Gourmet Cookbook. I thought it would be a nice departure from Thanksgiving desserts [...]
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Bread/Yeast, Breakfast/Brunch, Cake, Fruit, Holiday, Vegetarian, tagged bread, Cake, coffee cake, cranberry, gourmet magazine, holiday baking, recipe, winter baking on November 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 12
I came across this recipe while flipping through the Breakfast/Brunch section of The Gourmet Cookbook. I thought it would be perfect to have on hand during the holidays, as a breakfast treat or an afternoon snack. Brandon and I decided that this bread is definitely less coffee cake and more [...]
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Cake, Holiday, Special Occasion, Tarts and Pies, tagged bourbon, cheesecake, cream cheese, Dessert, gourmet magazine, Holiday, pumpkin, thanksgiving on November 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 10
I just finished sampling a slice of this cheesecake. I love cheesecake and I love pumpkin and this combination didn’t disappoint. Brandon’s first comment was, “I can’t believe how much it tastes like pumpkin pie.” I think what I like best about it is that it’s not too sweet. The [...]
Posted in Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Special Occasion, Tried and True, tagged baking, Cake, Chocolate, chocolate cake, cream cheese, Dessert, frosting on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had a three week break between my temporary job with the American Cancer Society and my new full-time job that I started Monday. I’m not going to lie…I must admit that I enjoyed my brief stint as a housewife. The best perks were having plenty of time to work out (daily run and yoga [...]
Posted in Breakfast/Brunch, Cake, Dessert, Fruit, Holiday, Tried and True, tagged Apples, brunch, Cake, cinnamon, Dessert, fall baking on October 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
One of my all-time favorite cakes is Apple Spice Cake. I loved when my mom baked them growing up. My favorite two desserts that she made were apple cake and banana pudding. I always requested them and my chances that she’d make them got a lot better when I moved away from home .
Now [...]
Posted in Cake, Dessert, Holiday, tagged bake sale, breast cancer, cream cheese, cupcakes, fall baking, frosting, pumpkin on October 3, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Happy October everyone! It’s breast cancer awareness month!
Some of you know that Brandon and I recently moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. I accepted a temporary position with the American Cancer Society working on their Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. For the last four months I’ve been recruiting teams for Making Strides and raising awareness [...]
Posted in Cake, Dessert, Fruit, tagged Cake, Dessert, fig, summer dessert, upside down cake on August 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I really wanted to bake something with the figs that I picked on Monday (see my fig pickin’ story and my Grilled Pizza with Fresh Figs, Prosciutto, Caramelized Onions and Blue Cheese here). I was not in the mood for a pie or tart and kind of had my heart set on baking some sort [...]
Posted in Cake, Special Occasion, tagged Cake, coconut, coconut cake, Dessert, lime curd, summer dessert on August 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My mother in law’s birthday was last week and of course I volunteered to bring the birthday cake to our dinner party. I love making cakes but it doesn’t make a lot of sense to make a whole cake for just Brandon and me.
I wanted to make a summery flavored cake. We have coconut and [...]
Posted in Cake, Dessert, Special Occasion, tagged coconut, cupcakes, party food on April 28, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I saw pina colada cupcakes last year and have been waiting for the perfect occasion to make them (yeah, maybe that’s a little sad but I get excited about things and add them to my “to make” book)! I thought the presentation was so cute! Well, the perfect occasion finally presented itself with my co-worker [...]
