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Spiked Hot Chocolate – Cup of Yule Tide Cheer

December 23, 2012

Where has this month gone? I swear I had a list of 13 different tasty treats I wanted to post this month, I had it all planned out with go live dates and everything! I was going to crank those posts out like they were french macarons. [sigh]

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Tagged as: christmas, cocoa powder, Fulton's Pumpkin Pie Liqueur, mini marshmallows, Thanksgivin, winter

Chocolate Layer Birthday Cake

March 23, 2011

March seems to be chock-full of birthdays in our family. It’s a popular month what can I say? There was of course a particular birthday we celebrated which stood out from the rest. The birthday was number 88, and the birthday boy was my father-in-law.

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Tagged as: baking powder, cake flour, canola oil, cocoa powder, eggs, heavy cream, Irish Whiskey, semi-sweet chocolate chips, superfine sugar, unsalted butter, vanilla extract

Chocolate Garlic Cheesecake Truffles

January 5, 2011

Now before you run away… let me just say that I wanted to start the year by challenging myself to come up with a new recipe using an ingredient you wouldn’t normally think of using to make a dessert. Last summer I created a video for Paula Dean’s Real Women of Philadelphia in which I [...]

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Tagged as: baking powder, baking soda, bittersweet chocolate, buttermilk, cake flour, cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar, eggs, graham crackers, granulated sugar, Nestle's cocoa powder, non-stick cooking spray, philadelphia cream cheese, Philadelphia savory garlic cooking cream, unsalted butter, unsweetened chocolate

Chocolate Crunch Snowball Cookies

December 14, 2010

Although I come from a humble family, my father a Cuban immigrant, and my mother a former nun who decided to leave her life behind in Mexico and start a fresh beginning here in the U.S. I don’t recall a time during my childhood where I experienced hunger, true hunger.

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Tagged as: all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar, Fundraising, godiva chocolate liqueur, holiday baking, Nestle crunch bar, salt, share our holiday table, share our strength, unsalted butter, vanilla extract

Chocomintarita Macarons and Ladies Night in LA with Chef Marcela Valladolid

December 9, 2010

Yes, I did it again… I created another margarita/tequila inspired macaron. I’m sure you would have taken exactly the same course of action if someone invited you to a “Ladies Night In” event sponsored by Sauza Tequila right? And if that wasn’t reason enough… Let’s just say you were also going to be treated to [...]

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Tagged as: almond flour, chocolate chips, cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar, egg whites, gluten free, granulated sugar, heavy cream, holiday baking, Ladies Night in LA, marcela valladolid, peppermint extract, Sauza tequila