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An Almond Joy Birthday Cake

February 17, 2012

This is a continuation post of the Almond Joy inspired treats. The brownies were just a side treat but here’s what I did for S’s birthday cake. It’s the richest, softest vanilla cake I’ve ever made. It’s four layers of cake with coconut almond filling, coconut fudge filling, and topped with ganache. I happened to have a can of [...]

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Almond Joy Brownies

February 15, 2012

As promised in my last post, I’ve brought to you a candy bar inspired recipe. Last week, was S’s birthday, so I started off with his favorite candy bar, Almond Joy, as inspiration. So the first recipe is for these lovely brownies. I was worried at first that the chocolate over powered the coconut flavor [...]

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Monday Musings: Candy Bar Inspirations

February 13, 2012

I’m always searching for inspiration. I probably spend more time than I should on places like Foodgawker and Pinterest. But sometimes great inspirations can come from things we’ve had again again, like candy bars! Last week, I wanted to make some desserts for S’s birthday so I thought about candy bars. Almond Joy is one [...]

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Orange Scented Marble Pound Cake

January 26, 2012

Searching for inspiration, I asked V what his favorite kind of cake would be. “Vanilla and chocolate mixed mommy”. And so began my search for the perfect marble pound cake recipe. I started with a base recipe from culinary school and my fancy bundt pan. The result? A cake that was way too buttery and [...]

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Chocolate Babka

December 27, 2011

Chocolate babka, a sweet yeasted cake filled with chocolate and cinnamon. It just sounds so delicious. I’ve read about others making it on several blog sites. Quite often the post starts off something like this… “The only reference I have to chocolate babka comes from Seinfeld”….yadda yadda yadda… Well, not to sound like everyone else but [...]

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Cardamom Chocolate Truffles and Gnaana

November 25, 2011

Occasionally, I try to fuse Indian flavors into my desserts or turn my traditional Indian recipes into something not so traditional. I’ve never truly loved traditional Indian sweets but I am learning to experiment with flavors more and more. Cardamom has become a favorite. Gnaana is an Indian parenting resource with a great retail site as [...]