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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Apple Cake

I’ve been wanting to make this cake since I saw it on Smitten Kitchen.  Last week’s sauteed cinnamon apples were a quick attempt at getting that taste, but nothing beats the entire cake.  This cake has a lot of apples, so you really get that great taste, and since the apples are in chunks, you [...]

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Pear Galette with Cinnamon Whipped Cream

For dessert on Sunday, I used up 2 pears from my fridge that I’d had before Christmas…I hope anyone who enjoyed this dessert doesn’t find that disturbing.  But they’d actually reached the perfect ripeness after that much time.  Pears are so good when they’re ripe, and so boring when they’re crisp like apples.  This tart [...]

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Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

I made this cake this weekend for a potluck dinner with friends.  This cake is amazing- not just in the taste, but the way it’s made.  It’s incredibly simple- it comes together in under 10 minutes and then just bakes for 45 minutes and voila- you have a really chocolately, moist chocolate cake at the [...]

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