Desserts & Sweets without custard amaretto

Whether you call them donuts or doughnuts or the extra inch on your waistline...donuts can't help but make you smile. Or, make ME smile, and I think we're[...]

Remember these from Maria's shower ? We talked about making the pea pods from fondant , but let me talk to you about the cake itself. The petits fours are[...]

Have you heard of Baked ? The bakery in New York and South Carolina? Maybe you've heard of the Baked: New Frontiers in Baking cookbook. Maybe just maybe, if[...]

We're trying a little something new here at the blog. Once a month or so, kiddo is going to pick a recipe and I'll help him make it...or he'll help me...or[...]

9 Tbsp(about 125gms): Butter @ room temperature. 2/3 cup(about 75gms): confectioners’ sugar/powdered sugar(i added about 1Tbsp more since i felt it was a[...]

CHEESECAKE 1 15 oz can of pureed pumpkin , moisture removed (see below) 5 packages of cream cheese (8 oz. each) 4 whole eggs + 1 egg yolk 1/3 cup of heavy[...]

2 cups (1 pound) cottage cheese 2 tablespoons melted or softened butter 1 cup thin cream or milk 2 tablespoons lemon juice and 1 tsp grated lemon rind, or 1[...]

Candied pecans: 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 1 cup pecan halves, toasted Brownies: 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate (54% to 60%[...]

For the crust: 1 cup Original Uncle Sam Cereal ( chopped up fine in food processor) 1 cup graham crackers crumbs 1 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup crushed pecans 1[...]

    CAKE LAYERS 3/4 c. Boiling water 1/2 c. Unsweetened cocoa pwdr 1 tsp Instant-espresso pwdr 1/2 c. Organic whole lowfat milk or possibly almond lowfat milk[...]

9 ounce chocolate wafer cookies 1/2 c. butter melted 2/3 c. seedless red raspberry jam 3/4 lb cream cheese softened 2/3 c. creamy peanut butter 1/4 c. sugar 2[...]

1 Tbsp. Butter 1 pkt Nabisco Famous chocolate wafers (9 ounce), fine crushed 3 Tbsp. Minced walnuts 1/3 c. Unsalted butter, melted 1 1/2 lb Cream cheese ,[...]

2 ounce Unsweetened chocolate , minced 1/2 c. Butter , cut into pcs 2/3 c. All-purpose flour 1/4 tsp Salt 1/2 tsp Double-acting baking pwdr 2 lrg Large eggs[...]

2 1/2 c. Chocolate wafer cookie crumbs 1/4 c. Granulated sugar 8 Tbsp. (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted 2 1/2 lb Cream cheese , softened 1 3/4 c. Granulated[...]

1 1/2 c. chocolate , wafer crumbs 1/4 c. butter , melted 2 x 500 ml ice cream, containers, chocolate 4 c. cookie, chocolate, chip, toffee, (in 1/2 inch pcs),[...]