Tag: Chocolate
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12 Days of Christmas Baking- Pastry Edition Day 7: Easy Chocolate Eclair
Chocolate eclairs were never my go to pastry, but lately they’ve been a new favorite. This recipe seemed like a breeze after making the cheese gougeres earlier this week and I think this is the third or fourth time I’ve made pastry cream this year. Despite claiming to be an easy recipe that wasn’t my…
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Peppermint Chocolate Biscotti
I’ve tried biscotti once before, but it’s been a while so I decided it was time to try a new recipe! Wanting to recreate the delicious chocolate peppermint biscotti I used to get when working at the coffee shop I found this fun Peppermint Chocolate Biscotti which seemed festive. Biscotti reminds me a lot of…
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Magic Flan Cake
I really wanted to have this posted before Halloween since this dessert is called “Magic Flan Cake,” but I didn’t get a chance to make it last week. This recipe is a lot of fun because you put the cake batter mixture and flan mixture swap places during the baking process. You can read more…
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Chocolate Icebox Pie
Recently my grandfather and I were talking about pie, which isn’t really abnormal; but, he was telling me that he grew up eating Chocolate Icebox Pie. Having never heard of this pie before I wondered how it was different from Chocolate Meringue Pie, Chocolate Cream Pie, Chocolate Chess Pie or Chocolate Silk Pie. I’m still…
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Best Homemade Brownies
Tuesday we had a brownie bake-off at work so I decided to take these recipes I recently discovered. My best friend’s husband made these brownies when I visited and they were so good I had to ask for the recipe. I love brownies, but I feel like a lot of recipes end up overly sweet…
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Chocolate Espresso Cookies
Bonus posting this week! I’ve started buying random ingredients occasionally while I’m at the store and then just finding recipes to use those ingredients. Spoiler alert: Thursday’s posting also includes a random ingredient I don’t normally purchase so stay tuned. It’s been a fun experiment and that’s how I ended up buying espresso chips. Since…
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Original Cake Pan Cake
I love cake and a layer cake is probably one of my favorite classic desserts. While cake is great, sometimes you don’t want all of that cake lying around right? Or maybe you just need a quick and delicious cake this weekend for Mother’s Day! While many companies make cake mixes proportioned for an 8…
KH Confections 