Toffee Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies – a shortbread-like thumbprint cookie dotted with bits of toffee candy and filled with rich chocolate. For over 200 more tried and tested cookie recipes, visit our Pinterest Cookie Board. Spouse got the idea for these tasty little thumbprint cookies from a picture in a magazine. We decided to use our own …
Gluten Free Chocolate Souffle Cake Today’s recipe is a study in pure chocolate indulgence. Calorie counters should run screaming from this amazing chocolate cake. I hadn’t made this one in a while and was happily reminded of just how delicious it is when I made it for a dinner party a couple of nights ago. …
The last day of school in our neighbourhood means the Dawson’s annual summer launch party where guests are welcomed by Joan, Jinji and Lilli, three very gracious hostesses. It’s always a fun time for the kids with water slides, trampolines and a bouncy castle all crowded into their beautiful back yard in the center of the city. Parents are …
Strawberry Chocolate Buttercream Cake. Chocolate cake filled with fresh strawberries and covered in melt in you mouth Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. A good chocolate buttercream icing is a dangerous thing. After a single serving, I can resist most of the goodies created here but this stuff calls out to me if there are any leftovers at …
Chocolate Kahlua Tiramisu Cake Well it’s certainly been a busy month for me with schoolwork but I’m back to the blog this morning with a great and pretty easy dessert recipe. I served this last night at a dinner party to celebrate a friend’s birthday and it was a big hit. A simple chocolate scratch cake …
You don’t like bread pudding? This cherry and chocolate bread pudding will change your mind. This cherry and chocolate bread pudding came to be when I was planning Spouse’s favorite Dijon and Brown Sugar Glazed Ham for supper last night and wanted a good dessert for afters. Regular readers of this blog will know that Spouse …
Strawberry Neopolitan Cake My baby girl turned 12 this month and this was her request for a different birthday cake to serve at a dinner party she threw for her friends. It`s a basic chocolate cake, layered with shortcut versions of chocolate and dark chocolate mousse and fresh strawberries, then covered in sweetened vanilla whipped …
This experimental little cheesecake taste and calorie “bomb” was the result of a frozen leftover cheesecake that needed a little dressing up. The concept of an entire “leftover” cheesecake may be a little strange to most readers but the truth is that I made ten White Chocolate Cheesecakes the day before Christmas Eve to give to …
Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies Spouse came up with this great twist on a double chocolate cookie. Some instant espresso powder added to the recipe really elevates this to a great cookie. The dough also freezes well for these cookies, so like yesterday’s Gingerbread Raisin Cookies, you can roll these in balls and freeze them; then …
Double Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Bars. Oh so gooey good! A twist on magic bars using white and dark chocolate, pecans and dried cranberries (or try dried cherries). They freeze well too.