A collection of recipes and inspiration for creating memorable desserts
For this week’s Feature Dessert, I’m sharing a recipe based on one of the most gorgeous and unique pavlovas I’ve ever eaten. It was a saffron meringue base, filled with freshly whipped cream and lemon curd, and topped with pomegranate seeds and pistachios. I was …
Even if you’re not a lemon fan, lemon curd is likely to be the exception you’ll eventually make. I can say that because that’s exactly what happened to me! But then I was basing my dislike for lemon solely on yellow “lemon” candy, which is …
Can you think of anyone you know that doesn’t like chocolate? Even those without a sweet tooth often enjoy a “healthy” bite of dark chocolate. It’s a versatile ingredient that can be used so many ways that it can please anyone’s palette. Ganache is one …
French Macarons have been a hot trend in the US for the past decade. This light-as-air sandwich cookie keeps evolving and has as many people wanting to bake them as it does eat them! Macarons are a technique-driven cookie and therefore one of the most …
Dessert shooters are one of my favorite things to make. You can turn almost any dessert into a shooter, and they instantly become more fun to eat! I might have to apply this theory to the savory side with my four year old twins, maybe …
I consider cookies to be the comfort food of desserts. The aroma of fresh baked cookies often evokes childhood memories. They can be created to appease all tastes, and they are generally easy to make! But don’t count cookies out as boring or predictable–sometimes they …
The idea of a mousse always seemed so fancy. It’s not something I grew up eating and I don’t recall seeing it often on dessert menus. Last weekend, I asked our friends about their experiences with mousse to see if I was completely out of …
I avoid eating cake–I always ask for a different dessert entirely for my birthday, I didn’t eat a bite more than was smashed into my face at my wedding, and I only make it when especially necessary (like my twins’ first birthday) and even then …
My very first Feature Dessert on this blog has recently become one of my favorite things to eat. I can’t make a pie to save my life (which my pie-making 11 year old daughter loves to remind me) so, I combined a creamy, spiced, apple …
Jump to the recipe Five Ways to Fancy Up Your Cream Puffs Cream puffs, profiteroles, eclairs, choux are all made of the same thing– a simple paste which on its own doesn’t carry much flavor. They are, however, the perfect vehicle for a variety of …