We had friends over for dessert and drinks the other night – I love entertaining this way because it doesn’t involve a ton of cleaning – but does invite conversation and fun/tasty cocktails. I had every intention of making a triple layer chocolate mousse cake I found on Pinterest – but after I got ready […]
Baking
Carrot Cake Roll with Walnut & Cream Cheese Frosting
We love carrot cake – but this Easter it was just the 4 of us and I didn’t need a HUGE cake, because we really don’t need that much. I had such luck with a pumpkin roll at Thanksgiving, I thought I’d try a carrot cake roll. This cake doesn’t have the walnuts baked in, […]
Honey Sweetened Cinnamon Scones
These are amazing – and fast to whip up. I found the recipe at MoneySavingMom.com – and made it almost verbatim, but I did it ALL in the Food Processor – which makes this amazingly easy. The dough itself is only sweetened with Honey – but they are topped with cinnamon sugar and a powdered sugar […]
The Best Chocolate Frosting In The History Of The Universe
I’m not joking. Rich – VERY rich – it hardens a bit when it’s refrigerated – so you get that “magic shell” effect – just a bit – like a chocolate cake with an expensive ganache on it. I used Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Chips – but you could use regular semi-sweet, expensive Valhrona or ScharffenBerger […]
Blueberry Bran Muffins – 3 WW Pts Each
I was CRAVING something baked yesterday morning. Unfortunately my hubby thought a chocolate cake on the counter was a good idea – FORTUNATELY I was able to resist the temptation. But how to solve my problem? Then I found a recipe that would allow me a baked sweet treat, without blowing my points for the […]
Chocolate Chip Walnut Pudding Cookies
I modified a recipe from IHeartNapTime.net to come up with these yummy cookies. The vanilla pudding keeps the cookies soft – and the oat flour adds some texture to the cookie. I LOVE the original recipe – but the nut lovers in my house wanted a bit of a variation – and I wanted to […]