Whenever I think about my favorite desserts, my mind usually runs to warm chocolate chips cookies, a spoon of a fresh fruit crisp topped with vanilla ice cream or perhaps birthday cake covered in a thick layer of white buttercream icing. Somehow I forget until I’ve made a fruit curd, how incredibly delicious it can […]
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Chocolate Coconut Pound Cake
Last year for Easter Sunday I invited some sweet international friends (and their three kids) over for quiche, roasted potatoes and carrots, and coconut macaroons after our church service. Five years ago, I made quiche and roasted asparagus (and bought a carrot cake from the grocery store) for some of my best girlfriends while studying […]
Baked Chocolate Pudding
I love to eat, bake, cook, read food blogs and constantly try new recipes. You would think that I would be a cookbook book queen, right? Well, although I have quite a few a cookbooks that I have bought or been given over the past few years, I rarely ever use them. True confession. I […]
Funfetti Bars
I have had the privilege of attending some pretty great parties lately. This is one of the many things that comes along with getting married that really rocks. I have enjoyed some delicious meals, yummy sweets and fellowship with amazing friends and family over the past few months. I even got to ride […]
Mary Lou’s Easy Brownies
When I first started dating my now fiance three and a half years ago, one of our favorite things to do together was make late-night brownies and watch movies. We both have a pretty good sweet tooth (mine being a little bit sweeter with a penchant for chocolate), and I love remembering those wonderful […]