No campfire needed for these chocolate s’mores cupcakes. Rich chocolate cupcakes with a graham cracker base stuffed with melty chocolate ganache, sticky marshmallow frosting, and topped with a toasted marshmallow. The crispness of the air means that fall is on its way. It’s an odd thing, the changing of summer to the fall season. Many of my friends hardly being…
My Favorite Recipes: Bourbon Bananas Foster Bread Pudding
Dessert Recipes, Eat + Drink, North American Desserts, North American Food, Recipes, SweetI never considered myself a bread pudding fan, let alone think it would ever become a favorite. Bread, torn up in pieces and put back together? Not very interesting. That was, until Bobarino’s, one of the restaurants my company owns put a bourbon bananas foster bread pudding on their menu. One of the perks of shooting food photography for restaurants…
My Favorite Recipes:
Cornflake Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies
Dessert Recipes, Eat + Drink, North American Desserts, Recipes, Sweet
If I could only eat one type of cookie for the rest of my life, it would be Milk Bar’s Cornflake Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies. These are not your ordinary chocolate chip cookies. They’re both crunchy and chewy, with buttery toasty flavors from the toasted frosted flakes, and insane caramelized toffee flavors from the marshmallows as they slowly melt into…
My Favorite Recipes: Coconut Tres Leches Cake
Dessert Recipes, Eat + Drink, North American Desserts, North American Food, Recipes, SweetDay 534265 of quarantine… Spring has made a temporary detour bringing snow to many parts of Michigan. There’s a running joke among Michiganders that there’s always a “fake spring,” then third winter about this time of year. Mother Nature certainly can be fickle when all we want to do is spend some time in the sunshine! Something certainly not fickle…
Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Muffins
Dessert Recipes, Eat + Drink, North American Desserts, North American Food, Recipes, SweetIs it just me, or was March the longest year month ever? I suspect April will be just as long, but at least spring in on the way here in Michigan and temps are slowly creeping above 50F; hooray! As many of us are now entering week 3+ of self-isolation, baking has quickly become an activity to fill the copious…
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Classic Yellow Cake with Chocolate Buttercream
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In today’s time of home isolation, I, like so many millions of others, am finding it difficult to adapt to the “new normal.” It’s almost unfathomable that 10 days ago all was fine until it wasn’t. I now find myself laid off from a job that I’ve been at for 15 years with no return date in sight, leaving my…
A Foodie’s Guide to Eating in _____ is a delicious series exploring blogger’s favorite foodie cities! Each month, we’ll highlight a different city known for its culinary prowess, and hit the streets on search for best foods they have to offer. This month we travel to Amsterdam, the Netherlands with Samantha from Sam Sees World as she shares her best…
How to Make Buche de Noel: Christmas Around the World — France
Dessert Recipes, Eat + Drink, European Desserts, European Food, SweetHistory of the Bûche de Noël It’s hard to think of Christmas desserts without immediately thinking of the show-stopping Bûche de Noël or Yule log cake. This traditional French Christmas cake is made from a rolled Génoise sponge cake brushed with a sweet syrup, and filled with a fluffy filling. It’s then covered with chocolate buttercream and chocolate shavings to resemble…
A Foodie’s Guide to Eating in Queenstown, New Zealand
Australian Food, Eat + Drink, Food Adventures, Savor, Travel PlanningA Foodie’s Guide to Eating in _____ is a delicious series exploring blogger’s favorite foodie cities! Each month, we’ll highlight a different city known for its culinary prowess, and hit the streets on search for best foods they have to offer. This month we travel to Queenstown, New Zealand with Sarah from Gluten Free Travellers as she shares her best…
A Sweet-Tooth’s Guide to the Best Desserts in Bangkok
Asia, Asian Desserts, Asian Food, Eat + Drink, Savor, SweetIn a city of over 13 million people, there’s always someone with a sweet-tooth to satisfy, which means there are sweets of every variety to be found across the city at all hours of the day or night. The colorful plethora of desserts fill the streets and markets, taking hold of the senses and filling the belly. Having been to…