Category: holiday desserts
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Salted Caramel Eggnog Fudge Brownies
Full disclaimer, I’ve been sick for about two months with various ailments and I’ve been less ambitious with my baking this year, which means I’m relying on a lot of tried-and-true goodies. These bars, which I made for a couple of potlucks last year, had a fantastic yield and were a big hit. So, I decided not to…
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Holiday pavlova wreath
If you’re like me, you’ve already made your list for your Christmas baking. You may even have started to put some in the freezer for later this year. And if you’re really like me, you can’t help but keep your eyes peeled for new recipes that might strike your fancy. If you’ve already made your…
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Donna Hay’s flourless chocolate cake
I made this flourless chocolate cake for our annual cousins’ Christmas get-together after my cousin, the host, requested a dessert that was gluten-free. I was a bit hesitant as I’d made a flourless chocolate torte before that I wasn’t too crazy about. You can read that blog post here. But the new recipe I found…
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Frosty peanut butter cup Christmas trees
These small peanut butter cup Christmas trees were one of those Pinterest projects that looked really, really easy. In fact, I thought the hardest part would be sourcing the specific sized peanut butter cups I would need to make these. That turned out to be the easy part, maybe because there were oodles of fun-sized…
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Easy peasy Devil’s chocolate pumpkin puree cupcakes
This is going to be a short post because the ingredient list is short too: cake mix and pumpkin puree. Look, I know cake mix is not ideal. But sometimes, I need to make cupcakes quickly and I need a quick chocolate fix. So when I saw this recipe on Pinterest, I thought I’d try…
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Pumpkin bread with dark chocolate and pecans
When I saw this recipe come across the wires at work from The Associated Press, it had me salivating. By the time the holidays have rolled around, I’ve usually made at least two or three pumpkin-based desserts so I had this high on my “To Do” list despite the fact I was heavily pregnant…
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The case of the curious Christmas cake pops
Christmas is well behind us, I know. I can’t even use Armenian Christmas as an excuse (it falls on January 6) but I think this post on cake pops still merits a read for those of you, seasoned or newbie, who are considering making these. While I have always dismissed suggestions cake pops were…
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Dark chocolate Buche de Noel with meringue mushrooms
This is the single, proudest moment I’ve had as a baker this holiday season. I really thought I lost my baking mojo until I produced this whimsical Buche de Noel. I’ll admit I’ve made quite a few cheesy treats over my time. I like the glitz and the glam and the glitter and the…
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White-Chocolate Cherry Shortbread
This recipe caught my eye on Pinterest with the simple caption: “Apparently, the best Christmas cookie ever.” “Best” piqued my interest, and “ever” drove it home. How could I possibly ignore the recipe for the best Christmas cookie ever? So I decide to make it on a whim and take it to my friend’s…
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Canadian Living’s Really Good Rum Balls
I considered not blogging about this recipe because I’m not crazy about this photo and I’m a big perfectionist. But, I’m also a realist and these rum balls were such a hit they’re all gone, and I can’t bear not to share the recipe with you. I’m not making them again just for the…