Mmmm Dessert
Banana, vanilla ice cream and M & M’s.
Caramel Ice Cream with Nectarines
Yummm, I needed something sweet tonight after the delicious and oh so rich dinner the mister made tonight. The title says it all: Caramel Ice Cream with Nectarines. The fruit is perfectly ripe, the ice cream is sweet and rich – heaven on a…
Happy Birthday Baby Girl!
Today my baby girl turns five, and we made this cake for her party with her family tonight: Its surely a candidate for Cake Wrecks (although that’s professional cakes) but we had a lot of fun decorating it. Princesses courtesy of Vivi (FYI the…
Cherry Tart with Almond and Dark Chocolate
After gorging on cherries the other day I had an inspiration – a free-form cherry tart. I started pondering how to execute it, and decided first that I would add a hint of almond. Later I decided to shave some dark chocolate onto the…
Free Form Apple Tart
In honor of Tita’s arrival tomorrow, I baked a free-form apple tart to serve after dinner. I didn’t use a recipe, and didn’t write down amounts of things so I won’t write a recipe for the blog (plus I haven’t tasted it yet so…
Espresso Sundae
At the end of one long week, just getting ready to start the next one, with the kids in bed, its time for a treat. There was a coffeehouse I used to go to a million years ago when I was eighteen – we…
Lights Out Apple Pie
I asked Alvaro what kind of cake he’d like for his birthday, and his answer was “Pie!”. So Apple Pie it is on this snowy Wednesday. After a busy day of sledding and a trip to the vet, I got all my ingredients out…
Apple Cake
I think I was nesting today what with the snowy weather and the impending ‘snowmaggedon’ (which seems will not materialize). I hung curtains in the open doorways of our bar and family room to cut down on the drafts, and then baked homemade lasagna…
Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
Today we made cupcakes in ice cream cones. I saw the idea on Pinterest awhile ago, and then my sister reminded me of it the other day. Today seemed like as good a day as any so here they are. I have to say…
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