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Chocolate Caramel Macarons

March 20, 2010

Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes, it was so interesting to learn what everyone’s favorite birthday dessert was, as expected there were a wide variety of treats mentioned. I had a great birthday yesterday. Oh, but the festivities haven’t ended there is more planned for today… I guess I’m still a little [...]

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Pistachio² + White Chocolate Macarons

March 13, 2010

OK, only a few days left before St. Patrick’s Day so I thought I would share a somewhat green dessert (I tried…). And since I want to keep newly learned macaron making skills sharp I decided it would be another Macaron recipe. You don’t mind do you? I was having a hard time trying to [...]

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Irish Coffee Macarons

March 11, 2010

An Ode to The Buena Vista Cafe‘s Irish Coffee. The best tasting Irish Coffee! The next best thing… Irish Coffee Macarons of course! Don’t know what dessert to make for your St. Patrick’s Day celebration? Well if you happen to have a bottle of Irish Whiskey lying around the house or you’ve added it to [...]

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Macaron Class with Tartelette

March 9, 2010

This past weekend I was fortunate enough to be able to partake in an amazing Macaron Class taught by none other than The Macaron Goddess herself, Helene Dujardin (Tartelette) The class was organized by Rachael (La Fuji Mama) with the help of Jenny (Devour the World) and Gaby (What’s Gaby cooking). Before I dive into [...]

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Chocolate Dobos Torte

February 6, 2010

Or more appropriately… How to give new life to an over-baked flourless chocolate cake. The story started off with the best of intentions. The plan was to make a luscious flourless chocolate cake for one of my colleagues who recently accepted a new job in NY. I pulled out this baby off the cookbook bookshelf, [...]

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Gluten-Free Nanaimo Bars

January 27, 2010

January 2010 – Daring Baker’s Challenge Shhh… I’ve been hiding out. Apparently, these little fellas (Nanaimo Bars) have caused quite a stir inside my “circle of trust”. I don’t really get what the fuss is all about? I mean, OK… so, you have three layers of deliciousness. A base layer comprised of crumbled graham cracker [...]

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Chocolate Raspberry Macarons & Book Giveaway

January 21, 2010

I don’t know what it is, but raining gloomy days just bring me down… I guess I love sunshine way too much. Or, I’m just a spoiled California brat. Either way, to help me get through this minuscule moment of bad California weather, I opted for a little baking therapy, let me tell you it [...]

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Monochrome Rainbow Cookies

December 31, 2009

Well, here we are today is New year’s Eve… and have I got a doozy for you. Hopefully I won’t upset any of my Italian friends for transforming a very classic Italian Christmas cookie the “Rainbow Cookie” which colors are supposed to represent the Italian flag. Here is what the original Rainbow Cookie is supposed [...]

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