desserts

18 Mar

Absolutely Amazing DIY Birthday Cakes!

Parenting.com has a fabulous birthday cake gallery/tutorial that is nothing short of AMAZING! Each of the 31 cakes in this gallery comes with step-by-step instructions on how you can recreate it at home. There’s some serious creativity & resourcefulness going on here!
Pictured at top: Castle cake – featuring ice cream cone turrets…SWEET!
Pictured below: Pirate Ship [...]

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Read more → Posted on March 18th, 2009 at 8:03am

17 Mar

Beer Floats(!) with Shamrock Swizzles

categories: cocktail recipes, desserts, st. patrick's day

The perfect St. Patty’s Day treat for adults… vanilla ice cream topped with Irish Stout! And LUCKY for us, the directions couldn’t get any easier: 1. Scoop vanilla ice cream into a chilled pint glass. 2. Top with beer. 3. Enjoy!
Leave it to Martha to come up with the perfect themed “garnish” for our beer [...]

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Read more → Posted on March 17th, 2009 at 8:58am

29 Dec

Champagne Desserts for New Year’s Eve

categories: desserts, food and drinks, new year's eve

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday! I took a much-needed break from the computer for a few days, which was the best Christmas present ever – it’s amazing how different the world can look after a few good nights of sleep! Speaking of which… catch some extra zzz’s tonight and tomorrow night if you [...]

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Read more → Posted on December 29th, 2008 at 8:31am

12 Dec

Super-cute Snowmen Treats

categories: christmas, decorating ideas, desserts, food and drinks

These fun snowmen-themed treats from BHG make me happy just looking at them…did you ever think a glass of milk could be even remotely this cute?! (top left image)
Pictured above, clockwise from top left: “Look at Frosty Go” milk glasses (yes – those are powdered donut hole heads!), “Before I Melt Away” white chocolate ice [...]

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Read more → Posted on December 12th, 2008 at 1:19am

21 Nov

Weekly Round-Up (Mini Style) + Caramel Cake Recipe

categories: desserts, weekly round-up

This week’s wrap up is going to be short and sweet…we’re hosting a dinner party for 35 at our house tonight so I’ve gotta get moving… not sure where the day’s gone already! So I leave you with a fabulous Carmel Cake recipe from Smitten Kitchen (that looks so good I wanna grab it right [...]

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Read more → Posted on November 21st, 2008 at 1:01pm

7 Nov

Nutty Peanut Butter Caramel Bars

categories: desserts

Looking for a way to sweeten up your weekend? Here’s an idea…

Chocolate chips swimming in caramel atop a peanut-buttery cookie crust… These Nutty Peanut Butter Caramel Bars look like a mouthful of heaven! (Good one for the holiday baking file!)

{photography by desertculinary}

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Read more → Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 3:38pm