Even though it's raining, dreary and gray, I am grateful that the rain held up long enough for me to walk to my morning class, where I became a little stronger, and longer, and a little more flexible. I left the class feeling healthy and confident.
You might want to cover your ears for this one. Because since taking a bite, I haven't stopped shouting every expletive under the sun. Earmuffs! Gah. This cake. It's... that good. I just can't. I am a total basketcase over it. That would be some fluffy whipped egg whites folded into batter up there.
I have probably made this chocolate pie approximately five trillion times since I first made up the recipe. And if you say you aren't a big fan of chocolate pie, as I once said in my ignorance, that may only be because you are used to Jello pudding mix chocolate pies.
Peach Mousse Verrines for Josie's Virtual Baby Shower Food blogging is a truly magical thing. Though I've said it before, it bears repeating. It brings together people from different circumstances who share one common love. Friendships are made over conversations about food, but they continue based on so much more.
With Mother's Day just a couple of days away, I've been thinking a lot about motherhood and what kind of mom I am to Clara. Truthfully, I think about this topic quite a bit.
Recipes, tips and more for making a bold statement when you use REAL Butter in your cooking and baking.
This cake is a rich yellow cake with a sweet cinnamon swirl running throughout and topped with a thin layer of vanilla bean frosting. It's perfect for breakfast or dessert.
Directions To make the crust: In medium bowl, combine flour, salt and sugar. Add cubed butter and use pastry blender to cut butter into dry ingredients until size of small peas. Add water 1 tablespoon at a time until dough starts to come together into ball.
In Chinese culture, the pistachio is called the happy nut (开心果 kaixinguo). 开 means open, 心 means heart, and 果 means fruit or nut. 开心 also means happy, and it literally describes the way you open a pistachio to eat it. Therefore, 开心果 means happy nut.
Baked egg custard recipe - Preheat the oven to 170°C. Beat the whole eggs, egg yolk and vanilla extract together lightly (you don't want them to become too frothy). Place the cream in a...