Dessert

Sour Cream Ice Cream with Dulce De Leche Topping

I’m the girl at the frozen yogurt shop who bypasses the special flavors and toppings and fills up on the plain.  I love the tartness and the fact...

Melon and Chia Seed Faux Tapioca Pudding

Sure it’s kind of old-fashioned and I can certainly understand that it’s texture isn’t for everybody, but I love me a good tapioca pudding. ...

Peppermint Bark Ice Cream

Fashonistas eagerly anticipate the September issues of fashion magazines; I eagerly anticipate the Williams-Sonoma holiday catalog, filled with all  sorts of goodies that a...

Maple Walnut Fudge

A couple years ago, when I was unable to travel to New England to see family for Christmas, my mother sent me a holiday...

Chocolate Hazelnut Financiers with Chocolate Ganache

I think I need help.  I can’t seem to stop making financiers and financier-like mini tea cakes.  But after the recent successes of the...

Tarte au Citron- Lemon Tart

Although I’d like to consider myself a relatively good cook and baker, I’m pretty sure that I’d flunk Decorative Arts and Design if I...

Gluten-Free Carrot Cake with Sour Cream Frosting

This carrot cake came thisclose to not getting posted.  But certainly not because it didn’t taste good.  I’ve been making, and thoroughly enjoying, versions...

Raspberry Espuma- Raspberry Foam Dessert

Last week I posted some very seasonal recipes: rhubarb and ginger spritzers as well as rhubarb and ginger mojitos.  This week, I thought I’d...

Double Chocolate Hazelnut and Brown Butter Brownies

You’ll have to forgive me for taking a quick break from my Peruvian cooking.  I just couldn’t bear holding off on sharing this double...