Hold on to your hats ladies and gentleman — this cake is rich! If there could be a theme song to play while eating it, it would have to be “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” This music video is pretty strange and has no bearing on how good this cake is. The cake uses 99% and [...]
Archive for the ‘desserts’ Category
Chocolate Layer Cake
Posted in baked goods, cake, desserts, tagged chocolate, layer cake on November 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Thanksgiving Check List
Posted in Vegetarian, baked goods, cooking tips, desserts, holiday, recipes, side dishes, tagged thanksgiving on November 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
If you haven’t started thinking about what you’re doing to make for Thanksgiving…now would be a good time to start (wink, nudge: there’s less than a week to go!). You have the weekend to plan your meal, create a grocery list and spring into action. I haven’t gone as far as practicing serving the [...]
Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Posted in baked goods, cupcakes, desserts, tagged chocolate, cupcakes, vanilla buttercream frosting on November 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A one-bowl cupcake recipe that delivers on the promise of being very chocolatey and really good. James called them “a sugar seizure,” but I think it’s because the frosting had one-cup-too-much of sugar (the recipe below reflects the change). I made these for Halloween hence the green frosting in the background. I also attempted [...]
Apple Cranberry Crisp
Posted in baked goods, crisps and cobblers, desserts, tagged apple, cranberry, crisp on October 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I told you I’d have lots of apple recipes for you, and here’s one more! It may look like a funny mass of oats and apples, but it’s actually a heap of pure autumn goodness with a kick of cranberry tartness. We’re a bit appled-out here at the Kotecki Kompound (i.e. our one bedroom apartment), [...]
Apple Upside Down Cake
Posted in baked goods, brunch, cake, desserts, tagged apple, cake, upside down on October 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Behold! One of many apple-related recipes coming your way. It’s fall which means it’s apple baking season. Apples are available all year round, but fall baking with apples just seems so right. I’m here to tell the tale of my first attempt at an upside down cake. The story is short and simple: it’s so [...]
Caramel Apple Pear Cobbler
Posted in baked goods, crisps and cobblers, desserts, tagged apple, caramel, cobbler, pear on September 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ignore the semi-burnt pecans and let me tell you about this cobbler. It has an oatmeal cookie-slash-muffin-hybrid cobbler topping, amazing homemade caramel and just delicious apple and pears. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and maybe some tea and you’ve got yourself one of the best fall desserts. Or, you could bring this to a [...]
Rosh Hashanah Jam Cake
Posted in baked goods, cake, desserts, holiday, jewish cooking, tagged cake, jam, rosh hashana on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
L’Shana Tova! We’re celebrating 5770 — wow! That’s another thing I love about fall, the High Holidays mark the changing of the seasons and the beginning of a new year. More than my birthday or New Year’s Eve, the High Holidays are when I reflect on the past year and look ahead to the next. [...]
