First things first, I had a really hard time naming this recipe. As you can see, I went with the (hopefully) most straightforward title possible. Other possibilities included: turtle cups, brownies filled with caramel and pecans, caramel and pecan filled brownies, caramel nut cups, the most insanely delicious dessert I’ve made in a while —…
Cakes
Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Gluten-free cupcakes: FINALLY! I’ve been wanting a recipe for gluten-free cupcakes for a while now, but by gluten-free I really mean flourless (or almond flour), since I don’t care to learn the intricacies of gluten-free flour mixing. It seems, well, complicated. One of my favorite gluten-free desserts is this flourless chocolate torte, but I didn’t…
Spiced Molten Chocolate Cakes
I have some seriously awesome friends here in Bozeman. Well, everywhere, actually — but today I’m feeling especially grateful for the Bozemanites. Cheesy-happy post, commence: Yesterday four of my girlfriends here in town took me on a special “Celebrate Mary’s Engagement” day to Yellowstone: it was a phenomenal day! We started with breakfast burritos at…
Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
We’re at it again with the cranberry! In case you’re worried it will end soon: fear not! I have plenty of cranberry left to share with you before the holiday season is over! For those of you rolling your eyes in exasperation at the abundance of cranberry in my life, um… you might want to…
Raspberry Peach Cobbler
Can I brag for a minute? Please? Thanks. I had an awesome weekend, and you’re going to hear about it. While nothing extraordinary happened, this was one of those weekends you don’t want to end — as was clearly demonstrated by the incredible amount of lounging in bed that happened this morning. If you don’t…
Best Vanilla Bean Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream
Lately, my imagination has been going BONKERS. Seriously, I’m having insane dreams at night, and daydreaming more than ever (which is actually saying a lot) about all sorts of may-happen-in-the-near-future kinds of things. Honestly? It’s really, really fun. Derek and I have been doing some hilarious, and productive, brainstorming lately. Although I can’t quite share…
Lime Pound Cake
I can’t get enough lime: it’s green (uh, hello best color EVER), tangy, zesty, and undoubtedly makes the best flavor of popsicle. Don’t doubt me on this — just go try a lime popsicle and try telling me it isn’t the best one you’ve ever had. Just try.
Brownie Cheesecake with Chocolate Caramel Ganache
I’m in vacation withdrawal. I know I’ve been home for like… 3 days; however, it’s still lingering over me! California was awesome! I’m daydreaming about working at Stanford, or Condé Nast, or *gasp* GOOGLE. Big dreams, I know. I’ve only ever half considered moving to California (SO many people! Yikes!), but after this last trip……
Strawberry Almond Streusel Muffins
This year is flying by. March? Already? SLOW DOWN! Life has been crazy busy this year, these last two weeks being exacerbated beyond all belief. It’s exhausting being busy! Usually I take my days off to bake, do things around the house, get outside, and bake some more. Last week I was too exhausted to…
Cream Cheese Brownies with Goat Milk Caramel Swirl
Happy National Cream Cheese Brownie Day! You may or may not have known that today was so special, but if you look here you will see that almost every day of the year has a dedicated food “holiday” associated with it. How freaking cool is that!? My Aunt sent me that link and I immediately…
Red Velvet Anniversary Heart Cakes
This was going to post last week, but with the snafu with the site and a busy week at work, it just didn’t happen. So, here it is! Last Monday was my anniversary with Derek, and with Valentine’s day coming up I figured everyone could use these heart-shaped cakes! Not to mention I had to…
Lemon-Blueberry Sour Cream Pound Cake with Lemon Glaze
I had planned to post the recipe for the best bread I have ever made in my life today; however, I realized I’ve been over-souping you guys lately and should probably give you a sugar jolt. You’re welcome. Bread to be posted in the near future! Apparently I can’t get enough pound cake in my…
Vanilla Sugar Pound Cupcakes with Red Wine Chocolate Ganache
Why haven’t I thought of this before? Pound cake cupcakes!? These. were. AWESOME. I love pound cake, and will eat it in hearty portions probably not appropriate to talk about here. Usually I make some chocolate sauce to eat with it, although not overpower it, so I figured: Pound cake cupcakes, WITH chocolate ganache to…
Pumpkin Spice Layer Cake with Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting
It’s still pumpkin season, right? Even if it isn’t, I can’t wait a year to post this cake because it was too delicious. I’m not one for bragging, but somehow I need to convey to you how awesome this cake was! No joke, it was fantastic. The pumpkin flavor is subtle, leaving the cake a…
Brown Sugar-Pecan Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting
Thanksgiving is almost here! I’m getting excited to head home to Oregon this week, which will include baking a lot of pumpkin or pecan filled recipes! I spent this weekend learning to skate ski (I’m pretty much a pro now, look out for me in the next winter olympics), attempting (multiple times) to make ravioli…
Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake
My family is huge on Thanksgiving. Really, it’s the only holiday we celebrate together each year. Growing up we would always have ample amounts of pumpkin pie, pumpkin custard, apple pie, chocolate pecan pie (to be posted later this month!), and a few other random sugary treats. Besides liking Thanksgiving, my family likes sugar. This…