Category: desserts
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Company’s Coming: Top ten last-minute desserts
We’ve all experienced the familiar panic of an unexpected visitor. The phone rings, so-and-so is in the neighbourhood, and they’d like to drop by later in the day. “Only for a coffee,” they insist.But if you’re anything like me, serving only coffee would go against every hostess philosophy I’ve ever subscribed to.If you have…
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Butterscotch spiral coffee cake
If you love cinnamon buns, you’re going to love this gorgeous coffee cake with an adult twist. So many times, delicious coffee cakes are baked in loaf pans, and they just don’t have the same wow factor. I found this recipe in a new book I purchased, “Baking for All Occasions” by Flo Braker,…
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Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
I’d been dying to make red velvet cupcakes and what better opportunity than for a Pink Party with some of my friends. (Yes, the frosting is a deeper pink, but for some reason my camera didn’t capture the exact hue.)I used this recipe from the Food Network site, but I must offer some caveats.…
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Nigella’s cherry chocolate trifle
I bought this glass bowl just to make this trifle for Christmas. If chocolate custard and sour cherries and chocolate pound cake don’t spell Christmas dessert, what does? In my mind, Christmas dessert should be indulgent, should be creamy, should be luscious, moist, decadent. Should make you feel guilty. Hence – cherry chocolate trifle.…
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Cupcake Decorating 101: My Designs
When I signed up for an all-day designer cupcake decorating class at Bonnie Gordon’s School of Confectionary Arts, it was all I could do not to tell everyone who crossed my path. Her wedding cakes have been featured in countless magazines and Hollywood movies and I’d been drooling over her cakes for years. While…