Recipes

Marilyn sent me this recipe, and it got bumped around the queue I keep of Recipes I’ll Probably Maybe Make One Day.  The ingredients didn’t… speak to me.  Like a homeless lady with a diagnosable mental illness, I wait for recipe ingredients to speak to me, and usually out loud. …

I never got into the whole pretzel-stuffed-into-or-sprinkled-onto-sweets craze, but because I am an approval-seeker, I’ll put out sometimes to win your love and affection.  (I did make the Pretzel Brownie a few years ago, and actual Pretzels that one time- so I’m hoping you’ll hang out with me until 2018 …

In the spirit of honesty, this cake actually ended up being a train wreck, but I didn’t have the moral fortitude to write about it and post it in the Disasters section. I know, it’s weird, because usually I’m all about moral fortitude on this blog.  I usually have no shame, and even …

Imagine how mysterious and exciting it will be to stab the most boring looking cake ever with a fork, only to feel slight resistance near the bottom of the piece, in that layer between the cake and the plate. “What could that be?” (asks you, the fork, or whomever you …

Mini Eggs. Need I say more? Sometimes you just need to create a dessert to highlight something special.  Like how I made the Baked Kahlua Pineapple Flutter– it was really all about the Kahlua.  Or the Bittersweet Chocolate Oatmeal Bars– we all know the oatmeal was used merely to envelop …

Oh, yes- you’re going to love me for this recipe. You’re welcome, you’re welcome, you’re welcome. Have you ever walked through O’Hare airport in Chicago and been swept off your feet by the smell of roasting nuts?  And not just any kind of roasting nut, but nuts coated in a …

Making fudge is highly annoying but immensely rewarding.  (Kind of like I imagine what it would be like to have kids.) Who doesn’t like fudge?  (Crickets should be chirping, highlighting the silence associated with no one speaking up about not liking fudge.) And since we all like fudge, why not make it …

This cake doesn’t even need an introduction, because: a) it’s entirely obvious it’s the most colossally incredible cake you will ever come across, and b) by making you read silly things like words I am wasting the precious time you could be using to START BAKING THIS MASTERPIECE.  (Yes, I …

Wow. Gooey and chewy and sweet on the inside.  Crunchy dark chocolate coating on the outside.  (I know you’re sold.  You could stop reading now and just skip to the recipe, based on that succinctly wooing description, I know.) Another wow: this is the easiest recipe you’ll make since the …

I’m so excited by these cupcakes.  And I think you are, too, judging by how your pulse quickened a bit after reading the title of this post.  Look at the picture.  See that gooey Rolo tucked into the best chocolate cake batter ever?  See it in all its tempting glory?  …