Fudgy brownies stuffed with fresh raspberries and topped with a healthy layer of raspberry buttercream frosting make the perfect easy decadent dessert. A few weeks back, Remi decided to host a rum tasting with some friends. Being the responsible adult that I am, I thought it would be wise to ensure there were snacks to…
Blood Orange Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
What do I do when I have leftovers of some random ingredient like blood orange glaze? I come up with another new recipe! Ha! I actually love the combination of chocolate and citrus, particularly orange. So when I had leftover blood orange glaze from these happy little donuts and some overripe bananas begging to be…
Coconut Pineapple Cake
This cake is the most delicious and moist coconut cake with a perfect pineapple filling that makes a wonderful dessert for any special gathering, but especially for my Mom’s birthday or Easter! This cake has become an annual tradition – I make it every year for my mother’s birthday because she adores coconut much like…
German Chocolate Cupcakes
I hate coconut. There. I said it. It’s not the flavor, but the texture that I despise. And what I’ve found is that there are two camps when it comes to coconut and most people have their feet planted firmly in one or the other. For me, it’s a texture thing I can’t get past,…
“Hot” Chocolate Pots de Creme
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a luscious baked chocolate custard with a bit of heat, topped with soft pillowy clouds also known as homemade marshmallows… Over the years, February has become the month of chocolate and you know what? I am a-okay with it. I love most things chocolatey. Chocolate cake, chocolate ice cream,…
Toffee Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream Sandwiches
Lacey thin and perfectly chewy toffee chocolate chunk cookies with a hint of oatmeal stacked with epically simple vanilla ice cream! Do you ever get a craving for a cookie that’s just an idea or a concept in your mind, you have such high hopes that they will turn out exactly like you think…until they…
Kraken Chocolate Rum Ball Cake
What would happen if you take a delicious chocolate cake, add rum to it, layer it with praline ganache, and coat in a healthy layer of even more rum in the form of rum buttercream? A stupid good cake. STOOPID Good Cake! Basically, I decided to make you a cake that tastes like those oh…
Matcha Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies with Coconut Cream Filling
So we have a little bit of a tea problem. Okay, a big tea problem. Over half of the door organizer on our pantry is filled with boxes and bags of tea. Sachets, packets, loose leaf, chai, earl grey, green, rooibos, oolong, darjeeling. It’s an addiction. We find ourselves having hot tea just about every…