Showing posts with label dessert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dessert. Show all posts

almond wreath cake (a la rita)


adapted from recipe No. 42 in
Oetker: Baking is Fun, Volume 1

guest item: paczki


the end result of the paczki extravaganza cooking class at
DelightfulPastries

xmas bake-a-thon (a la rita)

nutmeg sugar cookies, cranberry chocolate oat bars, and stollen.

nutmeg sugar cookies (a la rita)

guest item: chocolate truffles (a la gracie)


oatmeal cherry cookies (a la rita)

isbn: 0-517-58550-2.

guest item: cupcakes from angel food bakery

chocolate velvet cake

a chocolate cake version of anne byrn's red velvet cake recipe.

iced fudge brownies with white chocolate chips

folded 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips into a batter of krusteaz fat free fudge brownie mix.
the brownies were glazed with an icing made from 1 cup confectioners sugar, 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1/4 cup fat free half n half.

double glazed chocolate bundt cake


based on this recipe — modified as follows:
  • substituted the pudding ingredient with 1 cup light sour cream;
  • substituted the water ingredient with 1.25 cups low fat buttermilk;
  • folded 1 cup chocolate chips into the batter;
  • applied a chocolate glaze made by whisking 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, and 3 to 4 tablespoons low fat buttermilk until pourable. chilled for an hour and topped with a white glaze made by whisking 1 cup powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 3 to 4 tablespoons whipping cream until pourable.

marble cheesecake brownies

devil's food pound cake


based on this recipe — modified as follows:
  • substituted the pudding ingredient with 1 cup light sour cream;
  • substituted the water ingredient with 1.25 cups low fat buttermilk;
  • folded 1 cup chocolate chips into the batter;
  • made the glaze by whisking 1 cup powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 3 to 4 tablespoons whipping cream until pourable.

chocolate velvet cake

chocolate coconut brownies

chocolate shortbread cookies (a la rita)

double chocolate bundt cake

recipe based on anne byrn's quick tunnel of fudge cake -- without the tunnel.

chocolate peanut butter bars


recipe: anne byrn
a printer-friendly version of this recipe is available here >>

apricot galette with giant apricots (a la rita)

from the june 2010 cooking light apricot thyme galette recipe. thyme was omitted from rita's version.

almond spice cookies (a la rita)


recipe: download pdf

tunnel of fudge cake

recipe: anne byrn
a printer-friendly version from the san diego union tribune is here >>