BEST. CAKE. EVER. Boca Negra literally means “black mouth” in Italian and that is exactly what you get when you eat this cake. It is so rich, fudgy and full of chocolate that it just sticks to your teeth (in a good way of course). As long as you eat   Read More ...

Happy New Year! If you’re not one of those people on a diet, you’ll love these brownies! I start my diet tomorrow, which happens to be exactly 6 months until my wedding! I had to go out with a bang, and these brownies did the trick. By the way, notice   Read More ...

It’s my turn to host our Club:Baked selection of the month! Baked is one of my favorite bakeries although I’ve never stepped foot in their door. One of the amazing creators of most of these treats is Matt Lewis, states on his Twitter account, “we like to bake so much   Read More ...

I received nectarines from my food coop two weeks in a row. I had them stored in the fridge to extend their shelf life until I came up with a dessert recipe to use them in. Desserts are a great way to use up fruits before the end of the   Read More ...

Let’s talk about these cupcakes. It all starts with an extremely moist, yet intensely chocolatey cupcake. Take another bite and you’ll taste the tart homemade raspberry filling. Roughly four bites later, you’re eying the remaining cupcakes, contemplating if it’s okay to eat just one more because that chocolate ganache is   Read More ...

Some of you may or may not have guessed this, but it’s Secret Recipe Club time again! I was lucky enough to get Lacy’s blog called NY City Eats. I already get so much joy out of being a part of Secret Recipe Club because of the love from fellow   Read More ...

This month I was lucky enough to be given Jess’ blog Inquiring Chef via Secret Recipe Club. She is a Washington DC transplant living in Bangkok, Thailand. Not only does she have some great Thai recipes in her repertoire, but some great dessert recipes as well! I actually made her   Read More ...

How many times have I told you I love the combination of chocolate and mint? They are a match made in heaven. These bars are named after a classic cocktail called a Grasshopper. Its ingredients are creme de menthe, fresh cream and creme de cacao. The cream de menthe is   Read More ...

Michelle from Brown Eyed Baker is one of my favorite blogs out there. Her blog has hundreds of pictures of beautiful cakes, pies, cookies, muffins and a few savory dishes thrown in there for good measure. I think we are similar in a lot of ways… and not only because   Read More ...

Whoopie pies can be considered either a cookie, pie or cake. Mine turned out to be more like soft cookies. They have made their name all around the US but are predominantly found in New England. Maine to be exact. That state is famous for its whoopie pies, especially Wicked   Read More ...