July 2010

Swiss Swirl Ice Cream Cake

July 28, 2010
Swiss Swirl Ice Cream Cake

July 2010 – Daring Bakers’ Challenge This month’s Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Sunita of Sunita’s World – Live and Food. The challenge she chose for us was a Swiss Swirl Ice Cream Cake inspired from this recipe from Taste of Home. The components of this challenge consisted of: Chocolate Swiss Roll [...]

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Tagged as: Chocolate, Daring Bakers, Sauces, Vanilla, Whipped Cream

Coconut Sugar Cookies

July 26, 2010
Coconut Sugar Cookies

Having worked for Buy.com over 6 years now I can honestly say it is by far the best company I have worked for, which is why I am so thrilled I get to be a part of a new and exciting chapter in Buy.com’s history. It was officially announced this past Friday, Buy.com is no [...]

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Tagged as: Coconut, Vanilla

525,600 minutes measured in sweets

July 23, 2010
525,600 minutes measured in sweets

Well everyone, today my little blog is 525,600 minutes old +/- depending on what time you read this post. So, I thought it would be the perfect day to share with you how I measured this year: “In daylights, in sunsets,In midnights, in cups of coffeeIn inches, in miles, in laughter, in strifeIn five hundred [...]

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Tagged as: all-purpose flour, baking soda, Birthday, bittersweet chocolate, chocolate covered cocoa nibs, cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar, dark brown sugar, eggs, heavy whipping cream, nutella, shortening, sour cream, strawberries, unsalted butter, unsweetened chocolate, vanilla extract

White Peach Ice Cream

July 21, 2010

Today I’m going to share with you how this yummy white peach ice cream came to be. It all started almost 3 years ago when I stopped by our local nursery while they happened to be having a buy 1 get 1 50% off sale. Being a sucker for a bargain I walked out of [...]

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Tagged as: Lemon, Peach, Sauces, Vanilla

Mexican Shells – Conchas

July 19, 2010
Mexican Shells - Conchas

I have to say I’m still not quite comfortable working with yeast, I find it a bit intimidating… I’m not sure why. This weekend however, feeling inspired from my recent trip to Mexico, I was determined to tackle my fear of yeast and make some Mexican sweet bread for you. I chose “Conchas” or Shells. [...]

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Tagged as: Chocolate

Electrolux #splits: Monochrome Banana Split

July 16, 2010
Monochrome Banana Split

If you’ve been following my blog for a while you might remember that last February I flew to New York on behalf of

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Tagged as: Banana, Chocolate, Nuts, Peanut Butter, Sauces, Vanilla, Whipped Cream

Coffee Ice Cream with Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans

July 13, 2010
Coffee Ice Cream with Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans

This past weekend my husband and I flew to Mexico to attend my Aunts 90th birthday. Unfortunately the boys weren’t able to join us on this trip. I did however, make sure I left a little piece of me with them before I left. To kickoff the birthday festivities my uncle celebrated mass in her [...]

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Tagged as: Birthday, Chocolate, Coffee, espresso, Sauces, Vanilla

Pretty in Pink Macarons

July 10, 2010
Macarons filled with Pink Lemonade Buttercream

Here we are again, another month has flown by… it’s now time again for another entertaining Mac Attack round-up this time, the theme is “Sing… Sing a Song”. Let me tell you it wasn’t easy deciding on a song. Initially I planned on selecting a song with a summery theme, then I switched gears and [...]

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Tagged as: Almond, Buttercream, gluten free, Lemon, Meringue, Sauces, Strawberry

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