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Chocolate Caramel Tart with Caramelized Peanut Chocolate Ganache

Amazing food photography, food styling and food porn is something that we all see every day across the blogosphere. When I see a photo of some kind of dish and it looks absolutely drool worthy… well I kinda sorta have to make it ASAP. Lucky for me my boyfriend and friends are AH-MAZING… and they [...]

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Chocolate and Vanilla Pot de Creme

Its the week before Valentines which means that eating sweets all week long is perfectly acceptable! Right? I don’t know about you but I am sticking to that rule for the entire week. Dark Chocolate, Hershey Kisses, Cookies, Cupcakes, Pot de Creme and probably anything else that involves chocolate. This year for Valentines Day I [...]

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Daring Bakers – Nanaimo Bars

The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe on are 101 Cookbooks and www.nanaimo.ca. After taking last month off from the Daring Bakers, I was just totally sugared out by [...]

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Chocolate Candy Cane Lollipops

Christmas is right around the corner and I swear this is the last sweet treat I will be posting for the next few weeks! I am in a serious sugar coma! But I had to go out with a bang… and these Candy Cane and Coconut Lollipops were the way to go! They are so [...]

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Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake Snowballs

9 MORE DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS!!!! It’s time to get baking if you haven’t already started! Over the past week I have been baking up a storm and it has been wonderful, except for the fact that my kitchen is in a constant state of disaster. Imagine my surprise when I came home last night and [...]

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Thomas Keller’s Brownies

A few weeks back I braved the crowds and ventured over to Williams Sonoma to get the new Thomas Keller cookbook! I had met him previously at the Food and Wine in L.A. back in October and he was just as fabulous then as he was signing books! He was so nice and took the [...]

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Swirls

I think by now we can all tell that Fall is just around the corner! That means pulling out those fabulous winter coats, and boots and scarves… oh I can’t even wait! (even though there really is no “real” winter in LA – I still pretend) In honor of fall, Maria from Two Peas their [...]

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Cheesecake Lolli’s

Ok I feel like I have been missing out on life. I see these little cheesecake pops all over the place, especially on Bakerella, and it was high time that I made some myself. And let me tell you… my life has been better since making these! They are cute, playful and the best part [...]

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Chocolate Flecked Mint Ice Cream

Remember a couple of days ago I made these totally decadent Double Chocolate Chip Cookies? Well, I told you I was going to do something special with them… and here it is! Homemade Chocolate Flecked Mint Chip Ice Cream sandwiches in between 2 deliciously decadent double chocolate chip cookies. OMG. They are heaven. And they [...]

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Marshmallow Muffins

I guess I have been bitten by the baking bug! I have been baking up a storm – which in turn makes my kitchen a sauna – but nothing that can’t be fixed with a quick jump in the pool! As a kid I used to eat those double chocolate chip muffins from Costco like [...]

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Daring Bakers: Dobos Torta

Talk about PROCRASTINATION – I literally just finished my masterpiece this morning! And now I get to eat it for breakfast The August 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the spectacular Dobos Torte based on a recipe from Rick Rodgers’ [...]

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Totally Chocolate Chip Cookies

This past weekend I had a little bit of time on my hands so I decided to do a bit of baking. I don’t usually do a lot of baking, especially during the summer, but I found this recipe and I just had to try these! These double chocolate chip cookies are so decadent it [...]

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Pumpkin Butterscotch Chip Cookies

I love pumpkin! I use it all the time in the winter when I make pumpkin bread, and pumpkin pie and all those fabulous desserts. Today I decided to make pumpkin cookies… pumpkin butterscotch cookies to be exact! They are uber decadent and you have to try them! Here is what you need: 2 cups [...]

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Daring Bakers: Mallows (Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies)

The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network. We were given the option of doing one, or both of the cookies. I opted for the Mallows or Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies, partially because [...]

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Smookie’s… aka the best dessert ever!

Normally for birthdays and special occasions I make big elaborate cakes but Thomas, my boyfriend, requested smores for his birthday party! I decided to put a little twist on the normal smore and instead of using graham crackers I made chocolate chip (pictured) and sugar cookies to make the top and bottom part of the [...]

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Strawberry Ice Cream with Oreo and Chocolate Chunks

For my birthday a few weeks back I got an ice cream maker… and it is beautiful. I have made my own ice cream before in Culinary School and now I get to make it whenever I want at home! For my first attempt by myself I chose to make something simple… Fresh Strawberry Ice [...]

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Cowboy Coconut Cookies

I have a weakness for cookies, and chocolate, and all desserts for that matter. This week I made these delicious Cowboy Cookies which are Chocolate Chip Cookies with Oats and Coconut…. ummmmm heaven! Seriously… you need to make these… they will rock your world… but don’t eat more than let’s say 7 at a time… [...]

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Banana Bread

Banana Bread was always something that was readily available in my house while I was growing up. My sister and I would eat it for breakfast, for snacks, pretty much anytime we needed a little something to nibble on. Since moving to college, and then on to LA, I have been making Banana Bread frequently [...]

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Okay these are the most fabulous healthy cookies in the world. I can call them healthy because they don’t use tons of butter like other cookie recipes. And… they have fruit in them… therefore they are healthy. Now I can eat 4-5 a day and not feel one bit guilty about it And they have [...]

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Devil’s Food Cake with Fudge Frosting

So today is one of our friends 26th birthday! I was recruited to make the cake so after MANY hours of contemplation I finally settled on something that I knew he would love. Since he is a serious chocolate lover I opted to make Devil’s Food Cake with a chocolate fudge frosting – I will [...]

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M&M Cookies!

Those of you who have grown up around me know that either at my apartment or at the Dalkin house there are ALWAYS cookies available. My dad has a big sweet tooth and its just impossible to live without a little indulgence once in a while! However, I must say that the Dalkin cookies are [...]

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Flourless Chocolate Torte

This was super rich and delicious and I loved every bite of it! Anyways here are your ingredients: Cocoa powder for dusting 10 oz of bittersweet chocolate – finely chopped 3/4 cup of butter (I use a butter substitute) 5 large egg yolks 1/4 cup of sugar plus 2 tbsp extra 1 tsp of vanilla [...]

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Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes

// var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); // ]]> // try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-6731719-1″); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} // ]]>Here is one of my valentines specials! I have quite a few desserts and recipes that I have to start well before love [...]

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Betty’s Brownies

So this recipe has been traveling around on a few different blogs that I read and it just came time to try it! And it worked out perfectly for the Super Bowl today! You can easily buy the ready to bake brownie and cookie dough packets at your grocery store, I would recommend Betty Crocker. [...]

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