Inspired by some leftover chopped chocolate chunks, Noah wanted to make Double Chocolate Cookies. After discovering some leftover white chocolate chips in the cupboard he quickly ammended that thought to Triple Chocolate Cookies. How can a boy of 8 be blamed for upping the ante when a favourite cookie is involved. I think we might …
This was a bit of a delicious experiment that started when making chocolate ice cream with the kids yesterday. We did make a little old fashioned fudge sauce as a topping for the kids but I also swirled it through the ice cream along with some chopped homemade rum truffles for the adults. The result …
One of my personal must-haves for the Christmas season is homemeade chocolate truffles. Great to have on hand for holiday entertaining or a quick and simple gift idea, perhaps even as a hostess gift for those Christmas parties on your schedule. The chocolate orange truffles pictured here are a particular favorite but there are so …
A French Chocolate Tart or Tarte au Chocolat is not nearly as fussy a dessert to prepare as many people think. Even the pastry in this simple recipe is pretty forgiving.
The honor of the 100th post to this blog goes to nine year old chef Olivia who makes a return guest appearance on the blog today with a variation on her standard chocolate chip cookie recipe. She made these yesterday, replacing half the chocolate chips with white chocolate chips and was very pleased with her …
Raspberry White Chocolate Truffle Tuxedo Cake. A multilayered celebration cake that is sure to be the hit of any worthy occasion. This Raspberry White Chocolate Truffle Tuxedo Cake is a pretty impressive looking dessert and probably looks pretty intimidating to beginner bakers but if you break it down into its individual components, it isn’t difficult at …
Chocolate Cinnamon Angel Food Cake. A light and airy chocolate cinnamon angel food cake that goes well with caramel or fudge sauce or fresh fruit jams or berries and whipped cream.
Orange Chocolate Mousse Trifle – this recipe was a rescue for an over baked chocolate sponge cake that turned out to be a much better dessert than I had first planned. This orange infused chocolate mousse trifle recipe isn’t really a recipe at all but an attempt to rescue a chocolate sponge cake that I …
This is a real kitchen sink recipe that resulted from the leftovers from a couple of days of baking. In my fridge were a pot of chocolate ganache, some orange syrup, candied orange zest, cream cheese mousse and partridgeberry jam. I whipped up a quick Victoria Sponge Cake, threw it all together and sent it …
Don’t panic! I’m not about to suggest that you make your own puff pastry! This recipe uses store bought frozen puff pastry which makes this more of a quick and easy recipe when you want an elegant dessert with minimal effort. Makes 8 Napoleons One 1 pound package frozen puff pastry8 oz cream cheese, cut …