Whether you’re spending Valentine’s Day with your better half, your partner in crime, or a quiet night by yourself next to a fire, make it extra special with a homemade dessert. Here are 15 of our chocolatiest, strawberriest, and most decadent recipes that won’t let you or your guest down. More
Looking for something new to bring to the holidays dessert table? These pumpkin cheesecake bars are a great alternative to either pumpkin pie or any basic cheesecake!
Thanksgiving is a time for family, friends, giving thanks, and… dessert! Over the years we have compiled quite the list of fall-thanksgivingy treats. Whether you are just beginning, in the middle of, or finished with preparations – or even if you’re not in charge of the food festivities at all this year, we hope the recipes below give you some inspiration and get you in the holiday mood.
We believe that everyone should have a basic apple cake in their back pocket. One that fills the kitchen with aromas of cinnamon, sugar, and of course baked apples!
There is something to be said about homemade vanilla whipped cream. It tastes fantastic, and is so much better than the store bought kinds. When making whipped cream at home you can control the sweetness and flavor. Do you want almond whipped cream? Lemon whipped cream? Or even chocolate whipped cream? Go ahead!
A trip down memory lane (and a possible flashback) is what you’ll get with these cupcakes. We’ve discovered that favorite cereals always equal amazing cupcakes because, well, let’s face it, cereal is really just desert for breakfast. Well… unless you are eating bran bark…
This cinnamon frosting is so divine you’ll be eating it out of a bowl with a spoon! We used our Whipped Vanilla Bean Frosting as a base; however, we substituted vanilla extract for the vanilla bean paste, and added cinnamon. More
Ari recently hosted a brunch bridal shower, for one of her best friends since high school. While brainstorming about what we could bake, we decided on making two different kinds of cupcakes. What breakfast/brunch isn’t complete without cupcakes? We agreed that coffee and tea flavored cupcakes would be appropriate… and delicious! Salted Caramel Cocoa Coffee Cupcakes were a shoe-in for the coffee flavor, but we had to do some investigative work into what the bride’s favorite teas were to decide on the second flavor.
If you are looking for an elegant dessert, then this tart is your answer! Plums are the perfect baking fruit. You can use them in so many preparations, and they hold their structure when heated. Instead of absorbing the flavors around them, they just become stronger and more intense. Combining them with a sweet Brown Sugar Tart Pastry and filled with a chai spiced custard, it creates an other worldly experience. More
This is one of our favorite (and easiest) cookie crust recipes. Just like our basic shortbread crust, used in our Blueberry Tart, it’s a press-in crust with no rolling required. Plus, it’s got a great cookie crust crunch. More