German Kuchen Bars
Every once in awhile you come across that recipe that you make again and again because people wow over it. This is one of those recipes. If you grew up with any sort of German heritage, you have had kuchen. This is unique that it is in bar form and not in pie form. To [...]
Cinnamon Pudding Cake
I express love through my cooking….just ask my friends and family and my waistline! So when I go to a friend’s house I like to bring a treat to share or a bottle of wine. Finding something that takes a few minutes to prepare and finding all the ingredients in the house are sometimes a hard [...]
Bananas Foster
Bananas Foster, the desert of fancy restaurants, or is it? A dessert with flames at home…does it get any better than that? My husband had a recent fire experience in the kitchen so when he went to flambe the dessert, lets just say we went over the steps of how to put out a kitchen fire. Here is [...]
Chocolate Swirled Cannoli Cake
Cannoli in a cake form? If you have ever had fresh cannoli you will know why this cake intrigued me. I have had good cannoli and I have had great cannoli! Just thinking about the great cannoli has my mouth-watering. Did you know that grocery store bakeries now carry ready-made cannoli shells? Need a fancy dessert [...]
Malt Brownies
I think this is the week that I am making a lot of sweets. Maybe it is because I am so sick of winter or maybe it is because I am so sick of winter…..did I already say that? Yes it is true…..I am so sick of winter. So the comfort food dishes continue! I [...]
Baked Pears With Vanilla Mascarpone
I have fallen in love with Poached Pears. My love affair started just a few months ago with a salad that I had at a local restaurant called Maxwells.  That salad had poached pears that were to die for. I first tried making poached pears in January in the slow cooker and they were divine. I learned a few [...]
Cookies and Cream Cupcakes
How do you pick which cupcake to make from this cupcake cookbook? The beauty of the “Cupcake From The Cake mix Doctor” is right in the title….cakemix. I love the fact that a simple cake mix can be turned into 135 different kinds of cupcakes. There are few colored pictures in this cookbook, but I don’t [...]
Chocolate Filled Monkey Bread
Now this is a cookbook that I could learn to love, “Chocolate American Style“. It had more than enough choices for us….like Oreo -Crusted Chocolate Mousse Tart or White Chocolate-Pistachio Biscotti. We settled on Chocolate-Filled Monkey Bread on page 57. You see, our family likes monkey bread. I like making easy monkey bread, and let me tell [...]
