Category Archives: Chocolate
Chocolate Cake with Coffee Buttercream Frosting
This recipe is from Baked Explorations. I just love this cookbook. I love both of the Baked cookbooks. If you haven’t already got these two cookbooks on your shelf I highly recommend you fix this. If you like cake. And … Continue reading
German Chocolate Cake
A few years ago, when we were newly married and had just moved in to our first home together hubby baked me a birthday cake. Looking back, it was my first homemade birthday cake in quite a few years. He … Continue reading
Chocolate Chip Cookies
I’m on a mission to perfect the chocolate chip cookie. It needs to be chocolate filled, chewy but not undercooked in the centre, browned on the edges and not too salty. These cookies are good, very good even, but not … Continue reading
Gluten-free Caramel Slice
Caramel slice reminds me of two things – the 80s and my mum. Did everyone’s mum make caramel slice in the 80s? It sure seemed like it. I don’t really remember for sure if my mum made it regularly but each … Continue reading
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Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies
Kitchen Sink Cookies Adapted from recipe by Martha Stewart Makes about 40 Ingredients 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup firmly packed light-brown sugar 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 2 cups … Continue reading
Chocolate Cake with Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting
My fascination with layer cakes continues, this time it’s a chocolate cake. I made this cake for no other reason than just to make a cake. With all the sewing and crochet projects I have going on, sometimes it’s nice to … Continue reading
Pumpkin Choc Chip Muffins
Recipe Is it a cupcake or a muffin? If I add frosting will it become a cupcake, but remain a muffin if un-iced? I’m leaning towards calling these muffins, but either way they are delicious. The recipe comes from Baked: … Continue reading
Homemade Pizza and Chocolate Mousse
The Kitchenaid is getting used at every opportunity in Katie’s kitchen this week. Saturday night hubby and I made pizza and let the Kitchenaid do her stuff with the dough. Success! For dessert I made chocolate mousse, something I hadn’t made … Continue reading
Muddy Chocolate Orange Cake
In less than ten days I’ll be a real grown up 30 years old. And every birthday needs a cake, well at least one. I might try for multiple cakes this years since it’s the big three-oh, and heck, why not? I got … Continue reading
Homemade Oreos
This weekend saw sewing, crocheting and baking. I worked on my first quilt, added to the rainbow blanket and made a batch of homemade Oreos. A few notes on the Oreos: * I use Van Houten brand cocoa. * I … Continue reading
