It’s hard for me to be anything else but pleased at the prospect of trying a new chocolate dessert. Even a little piece of bittersweet, dark, velvety chocolate can do wonders to one’s mood and is an easy pick-me up on those days when everything is going wrong. This month’s Daring Bakers challenge was hosted […] Read more…
Have you ever had the feeling that you have dozens of cookbooks, a fridge full of food but you’re just not sure what to cook? I don’t get that feeling very often, but when I do I always go back to an old favorite. Flourless chocolate cakes are a classic.. but hyped up with fruit […] Read more…
I hadn’t made tuiles since I was at Culinary School, so I couldn’t be happier about this month’s Daring Bakers challenge! Tuiles can be a little tricky to make and they’re all about timing. Once you take them out of the oven, you really have to act quickly as they will become too rigid to […] Read more…
I remember trying to make brownies as a child with my mom and it being a total disaster. Well, that might be a bit of an over-statement… it’s hard for baked chocolate and sugar to turn out horribly wrong, but they were dry, overly rich and just not very good. Maybe it was the French […] Read more…
The traditional Christmas yule log has been our dessert of choice for years during the holidays – and this year I finally made my own. The versatility of this dessert is great. You can flavor the filling however you choose and add flavoring to the genoise cake too. You can also make a simple whipped […] Read more…
Bread pudding has always been a great way to use up stale bread and give it a wonderful luscious second life. In French, bread pudding is called “pain perdu” which literally means lost bread – and was one of the great recipes cooks came up with to use leftovers. So by all means, this recipe […] Read more…