Desserts & Sweets without liqueur cookies cocoa cream pudding

Some of my most popular posts have been focused on finding natural alternatives to food coloring, and it’s not hard to figure out why. Colors make drab[...]

Time to make the doughnuts! Sticky, sugary-sweet Krispy Kreme homemade donuts. So do theseΒ homemade donutsΒ (doughnuts or donuts?) taste exactly like real[...]

Confession: Until yesterday, I had never eaten a Peep. We grew up in an all-chocolate-and-jelly-bean Easter basket family. {I love Easter.} So, fast-forward[...]

Baking from scratch, I love it; I do. But sometimes, a cake mix comes to the rescue. Like sometimes in the mornings...when I tend to feel lazy...and the last[...]

* Please sing along to the tune of " It's My Party ." * Have you ever made yourself a birthday cake? After reading The Pastry Queen , I decided that this[...]

Sweet P #1: P ink Polka Dot Martini Glasses (that you can WIN!) {How CUTE are these?!?!? For martinis, dessert, ICE CREAM?!? *swoon*} Sweet P #2: P ampered[...]

For Sweet Cherries 1 lb of cherries 3/4 cup of water , 3/4 cup of sugar either white or brown 3/4 cup of white vinegar 2 peeled thin slices of ginger root 6[...]

4 c pealed sliced peaches 2 c sugar 1/2 c water 8 Tbl REAL butter .. no margarine!! 1 3/4 c flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 c milk[...]

FOR THE CAKE: 3/4 stick butter , softened 1 scant cup sugar (I used 7/8 cup, which is 3/4 cup + 2 T.) 1 1/2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon[...]

1 slc poundcake 1 scoop sherbet or possibly sorbet 1 x dollop Cold Whip thawed     fresh raspberries 1 x sponge cake dessert shell 1 x dollop Cold Whip thawed[...]

Last month, I entered my very first bake-off. It was at our church, so the stakes were very, very high. (You know, face-to-face meeting with the Pope,[...]

1 1/2 c. Golden brown raisins 1 c. Pitted dates , cut into 1/4-inch pcs 1 c. Dry apricots , cut into 1/4-inch pcs 1 c. Candied pineapple , cut into 1/4-inch[...]

1 x frzn pie dough shell or possibly fresh 6 lrg apples peeled, sliced in thin wedges,cored 1/4 c. dry apricots snipped I like "slab apricots " from[...]

500 gm ready to eat dry figs roughly minced 50 gm blanched almonds or possibly brazil nuts rf you prefer 2 x oranges grated zest and juice 250 gm mascarpone[...]

    Glaze 1 c. sugar 1/2 c. water     Flan 1 1/2 c. lowfat milk 8 x egg yolks 1 can sweetened condensed lowfat milk 2 tsp lemon zest 1 tsp vanilla     Cake 1[...]