Pink Salt & Pink Pepper Cupcakes

These cupcakes sound more challenging to the palate then they are. I think it’s all the chocolate… The foundation of this cupcake includes two basic recipes – chocolate cupcakes and chocolate ganache. I decided to use the low-flour chocolate cupcake recipe I like and to sub out the...

April 11th, 2010 | Dessert | Read More

Homemade Lemon and Blueberry Pop Tarts

Well, it's official... my kids think I am the coolest mom ever. I've been wanting to make homemade pop tarts for awhile now. I saw some lemon curd at Trader Joe's and knew it would make a tasty filling along with fresh blueberries. These little pop tarts were so quick and simple to make and tasted...

April 7th, 2010 | Dessert, Recipes | Read More

Orange Cupcakes with Jasmine Petal Jelly

My daughter inspired this cupcake. I asked her what color and flavor cupcake she wanted and she said orange. So, orange it was. I mulled over what to pair it with. I am not a huge fan of orange with chocolate and I wanted to keep the orange bright tasting – so no spices. A [...]

March 14th, 2010 | Dessert | Read More

Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting plus Tips & Tricks for Successful Cupcake Baking with Butter Based Recipes

There is nothing terribly exciting or novel about this recipe. It’s my standard chocolate cupcake recipe with strawberry frosting. Boring, no? Well, what I intend to do with this post is to articulate all those little tips & tricks that I know from experience/reading, but never include in...

February 13th, 2010 | Dessert | Read More

Raspberry and Blueberry Fruit Pies

My daughter had a day off of school so we decided to do some baking. I had a tin of biscuits that I needed to use up, as well as some fresh blueberries and low sugar raspberry jelly. We decided to make mini fruit pies. This was a really fun project to do with my daughter and a very tasty afternoon snack....

February 5th, 2010 | Dessert, Recipes | Read More