Dessert

Don’t Panic Palmiers

April 17, 2012
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So you just got a phone call from your friend saying she just HAS to come over and tell you about what happened last night!  Although you are completely excited for her to come over last minute, the hostess inside of you takes one look at the house and panics!  Gotta vacuum, load the dishwasher, [...]

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7-Up Pound Cake

April 3, 2012
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Are you getting together with family for Easter lunch this year?  Let me guess, you are in charge of dessert?  Here is a perfect Easter dessert solution.  It’s a southern classic with a new, freshened up spring taste. Lemons, limes and 7-Up make this cake quite refreshing and moist.  Any good southern girl must know [...]

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Ice Cream Pie

March 28, 2012
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I’m on my way to Texas today!  I should be home in time for dinner!  There are two things I require when I go home to Texas:  Mexican food and Blue Bell ice cream.  I’ve been thinking about these two delicious foods for weeks now and when I get home I’m gonna make my family [...]

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Chocolate-Dipped Shortbread Cookies

March 12, 2012
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I’M BACK!!!  My website is FINALLY working again thanks to a super helpful techie!  Thanks Mike! A few weeks ago, I was asked to bake some cookies for an event at my husband’s school that took place this past Saturday.  They requested that each person get their own individually packaged cookie.  Of course I jumped [...]

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Black and White Angel Food Cake

February 28, 2012
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I discovered that when you make a large batch of tiramisu, you get stuck with a bunch of egg whites!  Oh what to do with those egg whites?  If I learned anything from my Mamamac in the kitchen, it was to NEVER waste ANYTHING.  She used to save the egg shells after she made eggs [...]

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Tiramisu

February 24, 2012
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Oh sweet Friday!  You are finally here!  Anyone in the mood for a little tiramisu this weekend?? My dad’s most favorite dessert of all time happens to be one of my favorites as well.  And it’s super easy to make!  Only six ingredients and in about 10 minutes and you have an italian classic.  I [...]

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New Orleans King Cake

February 21, 2012
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It’s Fat Tuesday! To celebrate, I’m gonna dig into this King Cake!  King Cake is a traditional New Orleans dessert and there are probably about a zillion of these cakes being made and eaten today in Louisiana.  The King Cake originally gets its name from the kings of the east that went to visit baby [...]

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Toasted Marshmallow Milkshake

February 16, 2012
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There’s a little burger joint in New York City called Stand.  If you are walking down the sidewalk too fast, you will pass it and never see it.  Inside that restaurant there lives a little sweet secret.  That secret is known as the toasted marshmallow milkshake.  The first sip of that thick, creamy milkshake really [...]

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New Orleans Beignets

February 13, 2012
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Well hello there!   It’s another cold, Monday and I am ready for spring already!  I’m thinkin’ what we all need is a little pick me up.  Yes, a pick me up in the shape of a little fried pillow of dough, doused with powdered sugar. Oh sweet Monday!  You just got a WHOLE LOT BETTER! [...]

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Red Velvet-Cherry Cake Roll

February 10, 2012
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Because it’s Friday and we are going into Valentine’s Day weekend, I want to share my favorite dessert pick for the holiday.  It’s a hard choice but, I think I have settled on Red Velvet-Cherry Cake Roll. Does this look scrum-diddly-umptious or what?!? Someone asked me the other day, “What makes red velvet cake unique?” [...]

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