Dessert

Hazelnut Chocolate Mousse Cake

June 14, 2013 18 Comments

This week I’m on vacation! So I’ve invited some amazingly talented bloggers to guest post and keep you entertained while I’m gone.

Today’s guest post is by Janna Patterson – Eats and Beats. Janna lives near my talented cousin in the DC area, and my cousin “introduced” us. Janna has two adorable kids and a love for entertaining. On Beats and Eats Jenna shares entertaining tips and menus, wonderful recipes, as well as tunes to play while you’re in the kitchen and entertaining.

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Well I just about pulled a face muscle from smiling when Barbara invited me to do a guest post. I mean, holy smokes, does the woman know her stuff! Such an honor to have a space on her site and her readers as my audience for a day!

Today’s lesson is titled: “The Four Stages of Chocolate.” I know this is a subject matter you can all get behind!

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Filed Under: Cakes Tagged With: Chocolate, Dessert

Balsamic Strawberry Sandwiches

June 7, 2013 21 Comments

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I’m on vacation for the next 10 days! So I’ve invited some amazingly talented bloggers to guest post and keep you entertained while I’m gone.

First up is the sweet Carrian from Sweet Basil. She’s a fellow Utah food blogger and I’m fortunate to call her my friend. On Sweet Basil she focuses on reinventing the family dinner, eating healthier, with a few luscious treats sprinkled here and there.

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Hello Barbara Bakes readers!! I’m so thrilled to be guest posting on here today. Barbara is one of my absolute most favorite bloggers and I’m completely honored that she trusts me enough to take over her site for a day. I started the site, Sweet Basil many years ago to share mine and my husband’s love of good food and today it also incorporates our love for health/fitness as well. But let’s be honest, it’s still totally about the food. Which we should definitely talk about…

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Filed Under: Fruit, Pastry Tagged With: Dessert, fruit, recipe

Recipe Rewind: Snickerdoodle Coffee Cake

June 3, 2013 26 Comments

A coffee cake with the flavors of a Snickerdoodle cookie – a crumbly cinnamon sugar top and a sweet, moist, buttery cake loaded with luscious cinnamon chips.

This month’s recipe rewind is Snickerdoodle Coffee Cake. Each month I feature a recipe I’ve posted before that needs updating with better pictures and tweaks to the recipe to make it even more irresistible.

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Filed Under: Coffee cake Tagged With: Asian, Dessert

Memorial Day Recipe Ideas

May 24, 2013 9 Comments

Memorial Day kicks off barbecue season so to help you plan your Memorial Day barbecue, I’m sharing some of my favorite barbecue recipes and some I’d like to try this weekend too.

This Memorial Day I’ll be cooking up one of my favorite burgers, Queso Bacon Burgers with Avocado Salsa. My daughter wants to make sliders instead of full size burgers and I plan on giving Cinnamon & Spice’s Easy Homemade Hamburger Buns recipe a try. Reeni’s also got a burger recipe that I need to try, Homemade Healthier Big Macs.

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: cooking, Dessert, food