Featured Recipes

Iced Tea Gelato, and more Summer Recipes!

June 24, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: food, my food

The other day I had an inspiration… We have a mint plant that is growing like crazy, and I adore a little sprig of mint in my Iced Tea in the Summer time. So a recipe creation was in order… What about gelato, inspired by the flavors of good ol Southern iced tea? The experiment was quite a success – although next time I think I’ll add a bit of lemon zest to the mix to really capture a perfect iced tea. Go get the recipe over at Foodwhirl: Southern Mint Iced Tea Gelato. More Summer… Read on...

Make your Own Homemade Pop-Tarts!

June 3, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: food

How cool is this! Talk of Tomatoes shows off how she made homemade ‘pop-tart’ look-alikes! What a fun and clever idea. And so much better for you than the store bought ones, I’m sure (at least you should be able to pronounce all the ingredients!)

Janelle Says:
“I made pop-tarts today.” That wasn’t a sentence I thought I would say. I made pop-tarts from scratch! The crust was super easy to make, the longest stretch of ‘work’ was the rolling, measuring and cutting into proper rectangles. But then, the filling was super easy: I just used nutella, jam

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Cake Eggs: Cake Filled Eggshells!

March 29, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: food, my food

I remember making these when I was a kid… What a fun and unusual treat for Easter and/or Spring in general. I could totally see these for a baby shower brunch at each place setting, maybe topped with an edible flower. The how-to is below! How to make Cake Eggs: All you need:
Egg shells (Jumbo would yield larger results, but in this case, I thought brown would be pretty.)
Your favorite light in texture cake batter (for these I just used a white cake mix) Using an icepick or other sharp pointy… Read on...

Tootsie-Roses!

March 4, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: featured, food, Guest

Here’s a great idea for cake or cupcake decorating, using tootsie rolls! They come in all kinds of wonderful colors now… My friend Grieg made these (apparently he’s not just a great photographer, but a great cook as well), and was generous enough to show us how! You can see some of his other creations at Foodwhirl, too! (Like the Cheesecake Cookie Cupcakes, and Chocolate Hearts) How to Make Tootsie-Roses For the petals:
Starting with the smaller of your teardrops, wrap each petal around your flower base and continue until… Read on...

Irish Car Bomb Icecream!

March 2, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: food, my food

Trust me.. you want to try this. Homemade Guinness Icecream topped with Bailey’s and Irish Whiskey. Trust me on the Guinness ice-cream too, if you’re going “eww, beer!??”.
Perfect for St. Patty’s! As promised yesterday, I wrote up the whole thing. Read the whole story on the making of, over at Foodwhirl.

Make Valentines Day Cupcakes, from Hello Naomi!

February 11, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: food, Guest, inspirations

Dabbled LOVES Hello Naomi (aka Naomi Henderson), a favorite cupcake maker from Down Under! (Read the Dabbled Interview with her) We’ve features her fabulous work here before (here, and here), and she has graciously given us a tutorial on how to make some lovely V-day cupcakes. See below for

The Vanilla Cupcake recipe
How to Decorate them

(a few translations from us Yanks, to the best of my ability: Icing Sugar = Powdered Sugar. Castor Sugar = a superfine sugar, which you can purchase in speciality stores here in the states, or make… Read on...

Macadamia-Cranberry topped Sweet Potato Tartlets

January 20, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: food, my food

My latest party recipe: Sweet Potato Mini-Tarts. I got rave reviews on my sweet potato casserole with cranberry-macadamia topping at Christmas, so I decided to adapt the recipe for use as a mini party dessert / appetizer. Last week I gave you the run down on making the tartlet shells… they were very easy and inexpensive to make, but if you’re pressed for time, you can use any type of pre-made appetizer shells for this recipe.
The same ideas can of course be adapted for other types of mini-pies, but I’ll tell you these were certainly a… Read on...

How to Make the Dragon Cake! (the much anticipated tutorial)

June 18, 2009 | Also posted in Topic: food, my food, recent

The Dragon Cake I made for my 4 year old’s birthday was so popular, that I decided I’d better do a tutorial. Note, I am not a professional baker, and i’m sure there are things I’ve gotten ‘wrong’.. but that’s one reason i did this tutorial to show that you don’t have to be a professional to attempt something cool! PS: You guys better appreciate this! I actually didn’t do the best job of documenting my process while making the Dragon Cake, so I took some of… Read on...

Make Some Soup!

June 1, 2009 | Also posted in Topic: my food

But it’s not soup weather you say!? Well, this is a vichyssoise, and it’s perfectly delightful served cold! Sorry for the re-run here, but I’m so behind in the real world right now. The Boy’s 4th Birthday is this weekend, and I’d better get started! The rest of this week should be filled with Dragon Party related posts. Oh, and don’t forget — just a few more days to enter the latest Giveaway! And it’s a good one! But, here’s a cool soup recipe for you — check out the pics below, and go here for the full… Read on...