One stale chocolate croissant + one egg + milk (cream?) + pinch of salt + a bit of vanilla (?) = single-serve chocolate croissant bread pudding
3-layer carrot cake
For Zorowar’s birthday. Recipe from the always amazing Smitten Kitchen. Used significantly less powdered sugar. This one was very well liked.
10 minute cookies
Tried out the River Cottage’s 10 minute chocolate chip cookie recipe. Not my favorite but definitely works in a pinch.
vanilla yogurt mousse
Best way to dessertify something that still manages to be breakfasty. Recipe is here.
chocolate chocolate cake
Bah… been too long and I can’t remember what recipes I used for this chocolate cake.
King Cake for Mardi Gras
I remembered to buy some little baby Jesuses this year, so that made it a legit King Cake. I fused together the recipes from Chowhound and Joy the Baker, using […]
S’mores pie
S’mores pie for Daisy’s birthday. Pie recipe for the graham cracker crust and chocolate filling came from Leite’s Culinaria. Marshmallow fluff recipe was from Liv for Cake’s s’mores cake recipe. […]
Chocolate cupcakes with two buttercreams
For Ivan’s birthday: Guinness chocolate cupcakes baked with a bit of dark chocolate mousse (the kind made with chocolate and water) in the middle. Half topped with chocolate buttercream and […]
Chowdah!
NYT recipe for the best clam chowder turned out to be delicious and surprisingly easy. Rather than spending $63.00 on fresh cherry stone clams, I bought two small cans and […]
chocolate chocolate chocolate cupcakes
Accidentally made way more cake batter than I’d intended, so crafted a 9″ layer cake, plus a 6″ cake, plus 21 full size cupcakes. Batter recipe is here. Ganache recipe […]