The Cupcake Hero theme for March was Marshmallow. Last month, for the liquor theme, I made Strawberry Margarita Cupcakes, but felt like they were kind of boring. This month, I spent hours pouring over recipes and cupcake descriptions, agonizing over the “perfect” recipe, one that would really stand out in what I figured would be [...]
Filed under: Cupcake Hero, chocolate, cupcakes, dessert, dulce de leche, pecans on March 27th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
My husband (Picky Apple) surprised me on Valentine’s Day with two new cookbooks. It was really the perfect gift, as I keep adding cookbooks to my Amazon cart for “pretend” orders. (Do you do that with online shopping, or is it just me? Add all the things you want to your cart, just for fun….then [...]
Filed under: brownies, chocolate, dessert, pecans on February 21st, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Pecans, coconut, and chocolate are all favorites of mine. Any dessert that contains all of these things is a match made in heaven, in my opinion. I wanted to tackle a layer cake this week, and when I ran across this recipe in The Gourmet Cookbook for Inside-Out German Chocolate Cake, I knew I had [...]
Filed under: cake, chocolate, coconut, dulce de leche, pecans on February 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment »