Sometimes we just need a sweet treat.  Here’s a couple of quick and easy recipes from reader Celeste at Cooking Creations to get you in the sweet Fall mood…Personal Pumpkin Pies and Apple Pie Cupcakes! I have been searching the internet and cookbooks for some autumn treats a lot recently. I have come across so […]

How about something delightfully decadent the next time you get an urge to bake?  Check out these chocolate covered eclairs from Foodalution!  When you’ve mastered cookies and cakes, knowing how to make pâte à choux should certainly be part of your advanced repertoire… I decided to embrace French Pastry making, specifically petite éclairs. Why? Because […]

Check out this clever idea from Made By Nicole. Portable and adorable cupcakes… Nicole writes: In honor of International Cupcake Week I thought I’d make cupcakes in a jar as a treat for the family. We always pack a lunch when I go writing on Tuesday nights and Chris and the boys run errands so […]

These are so pretty, I had to share them with you guys…  Delectable Deliciousness made these, and what a lovely little dessert that is sure to impress your guests with your baking prowess!  She shares the technique, with lots of photos, for making the cake part, which could of course be used for other desserts […]

I’ll be down at Dragon-con here in Atlanta this weekend, so I figured you guys might something appropriately geeky this weekend.  My Clone Trooper Pops won First Prize in the Instructables Stuff on a Stick contest!  Sweet! Here’s the link on how to make them yourself :) Make Clone Trooper and Storm Trooper candy pops, […]

Aldy at Al Dente Gourmet sends us this lovely carrot cake… I totally love the decoration of the candied carrots, what a clever idea!  And her recipe sounds tasty too… Go read the whole thing, and get the Carrot Cake recipe! I am particular about my carrot cake; I prefer the mixture for this cake […]

Foodwhirl reader (and all around cool chick and busy mom) Karen Ronfeldt sends us this fabulously easy cake! Mocha Brownie Cake 1 (21 ounce) package fudge brownie mix.  I used Chocolate Chunk Brownie Mix. 1/3 cup water 1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 1/2    cup chopped pecans (more or less depending on […]

[Originally published 2-18-2010] I had beautiful Bosc Pears in my organic produce box this week and decided to try some poached pears.   One of my favorite cookbooks is Clean Food by Terry Walters and I found a poached pear recipe there that I adapted to what I had on hand.   We make our own Muscadine Wine […]

You know that Suggest a Site link I keep mentioning?  Well, reader Grace sent in her lovely website all about desserts, La Mia Vita Dolce – My Sweet Life, which is where I spotted these lovely little flourless chocolate cakes!  Don’t they look divine?  So, if you have a fabulous food website, be sure to […]

If you’ve ever asked a family member for a favorite recipe, or perused your grandmother’s cookbooks, marveling at the notes she’s taken in the margins and the bits of dried-on ingredients left as artifacts of her pursuits, then you know there’s a certain comfort to be taken in preserving the heritage that is contained therein. […]

I needed something fancy to decorate the equally fancy chocolate pie I was making for Valentine’s day.  I really like the look of a mound of chocolate curls haphazardly sprinkled over the top of a dessert, so I gathered my ingredients and quickly threw some together. Ingredients 2 oz. semi-sweet chocolate 1 teaspoon vegetable shortening […]

Yesterday after a fun-filled 4th of July celebration, I came home and sat down to put my feet up and watch the new Cooking channel.  I had recorded the Indian Cooking show and thought I’d see what they had prepared.    They were featuring  curries, which I love and will prepare some day this week (stay tuned!), […]

Blueberries are just coming into season — we have several bushes in the backyard..  (If anyone needs a young blueberry bush, in the Atlanta area, just let me know — we have sprouts!)  I love this idea from Cooking With My Kid to make blueberry cobbler bars.  These look like a great idea to take […]

Isn’t this a great idea for your 4th of July Celebrations?  Red, White and Blue Strawberries…  Go get the how to at Scrambled Hen Fruit Have you been featured on Foodwhirl? Show your pride with a FEATURED button! Don’t want to miss anything?  Get our RSS Feed.. or if that’s not your thing, follow us […]

My awesomely cool friend Rachel pointed out these on her Facebook, and I had to link them here.  We’ve featured Tres Leches Cake here before (yay, Niki!)  but I know some of you won’t go bake a cake.  But everyone makes pancakes, right?  They aren’t scary.  So check out these Tres Leches Pancakes from Giver’s […]

Nothing cools me off better in the Summertime than Iced Tea!  With a lovely sprig of mint, maybe?  This was my inspiration for combining the refreshing taste of iced tea with the decadence of gelato…  It’s a fabulous fresh combination that a little unusual, and perfect for summer.  Why gelato instead of ice cream?  Why […]

I hope everyone is gearing up for a lovely Weekend!  Here in Atlanta it’s going to be beautiful, but HOT… So, here are some ideas for cooling off! (Oh, quick message: Giving away 500 free business cards on Dabbled today – pop over here to enter!) Thirsty?  Make a Cucumber Gimlet at Crumpets and Cakes! […]

This is apparently my picky 5 year old’s new favorite ice cream.  So when I ran across this easy sounding recipe at The Brown Eyed Baker (we previously featured her Oven Fried Onion Rings!), it went into my ‘to do’ file! I thought you guys might enjoy it too..  Go get the recipe! Have you […]

I’ve had this one saved for a while… I wish I’d remembered it when I was trying out different cupcake recipes!  This sounds delicious — and you definitely should bake a cake from scratch now and then!  This reminds me a bit of an old fashioned 1-2-3-4 cake.. From Delicious Delicious Delicious: So, today’s post […]

Last weekend I made cake and cupcakes for my son’s birthday.  I needed cake and cupcakes that were dense enough to be trimmed into shape, and tried a few different recipes.  This one from last week was very tasty, but too crumbly for this purpose.  So I tried another, and it worked out well! Although […]

My son’s 5th birthday was this past weekend, and this is the first in a series of posts with some how-to’s from his birthday brunch!  I baked his birthday cake (Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb) and also Clone Wars clonetrooper cupcakes.  For both of these, I used marshmallow fondant.  (Tutorials: Clone Wars Cupcakes […]

I’m in the midst of planning/cooking for my son’s birthday party this weekend, so I thought I’d share the cupcakes I was making…   These tasted wonderful, although the texture is so light, I think they’d work better for an actual cake than for cupcakes.  According to my mom, this is the recipe she used when […]

As I was going through my saved cool posts to link to, I found another delicious sounding recipe from Delicious Delicious Delicious (go figure!). So anyway… check out this pie! The filling is banana and chocolate, which when baked smells somehow of caramel. I have not figured out why or how that can be the […]

I spotted this sparkly goodness at Delicious Delicious Delicious, and thought it was a lot of fun! I love kulfi! I had the most amazing pistachio kulfi in a street café in Delhi once, as well as some pretty good stuff in Rusholme years ago with my mum, and have always wanted to try and […]

Easy!  Festive!  Delicious! Refreshing! Pretty!  This is my favorite go-to dessert after a simple, quiet meal for two or a blow-out family celebration.  It works perfectly with a quiche brunch or a prime rib dinner!  Adults love it made with Champagne and kids love it made with ginger ale.  A delicious summertime treat! Ingredients: Rainbow […]