Lillet Marshmallows

So I served homemade (yes Layne, homemade) marshmallows at my party and they were almost like a booby trap because everyone
who ate one had the tell tale dusting of powdered sugar down their front.  Next time I’ll shake the extra sugar off a little better.
I have a lot to say about these marshmallows.  First, they [...]

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Gingersnaps

This is a re-post, but I think I’m justified because I now have pictures of this recipe. And, it’s a good kick-start into the baking season with the holidays around the corner.  These are the gingersnaps my mom always made, and I think they’re the perfect one.  I did double amount of ginger and add [...]

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Little French Fudge Cakes

We went to a dinner party on Friday and I needed a quick dessert to take.  I looked through my Splendid Table cookbook, and this popped out at me because it was a) chocolate, b) looked rich and c) looked pretty quick and I had most of the ingredients.  This is one of those great [...]

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Torte

This is a Dorie Greenspan recipe I spotted on food blogs almost a year ago…too late, I think, to make it for Greg’s last birthday, and so
long that I’ve really built it up in my head and was expecting great things.  And it did deliver.  The torte has a few steps, but is relatively simple [...]

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Chocolate Yogurt Snack Cakes

Don’t you love the sound of a snack cake?  It sounds like an after-school snack.  But these aren’t at all like the Little Debbie variety…they’re really a cross between a brownie and a cupcake.  Chocolately and slightly dense like a brownie, but still light and not too rich.  These are great to make ahead because [...]

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My Kind of Chocolate Birthday Cake

Greg’s mom Marcia’s birthday was yesterday, and I offered to make a cake.  I had found this cake a few days ago while searching on
epicurious.com and her birthday was the perfect opportunity to make it.  It’s more of a dessert than a cake and perfect for people who don’t love big, overwhelming, frosting slathered cakes [...]

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Meyer Lemon Semifreddo with Mixed Berries

This was far and away the star of the show last weekend.  I saw this recipe in Bon Appetit a while ago and was drawn to it because it seemed like ice cream that you didn’t need an ice cream maker to make.  And I love lemon and berries.  Overall, this was pretty simple to [...]

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Peanut Butter Cookies

You may have heard from every Atlanta friend on Facebook that it snowed here on Sunday.  It was pretty amazing- about 2-3 inches that actually stuck.  We walked around in the snow most of the afternoon and that led me to a desire to bake cookies.  I planned on trying a new oatmeal raisin cookie [...]

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Greek Yogurt and Honey with Candied Walnut

For Valentine’s Day we had a super special dinner at Kyma, thanks to a gift card I received at Christmas.  It was an amazing meal, but maybe the most memorable dish was the Greek Yogurt and Honey that Greg ordered for dessert, which I scoffed at at first.  Don’t get me wrong, I love Greek [...]

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Paula Deen’s Coconut Cake

I have to thank Amanda for introducing me to this cake from Paula Deen.  It’s really a perfect coconut cake and made with my favorite cake components-1-2-3-4 cake layers and 7 minute frosting.  It makes a cake with a light, tangy frosting and nice crumbly yellow cake layers.  Seven minute frosting is unstable and doesn’t [...]

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