Dessert
Poached Pears in a Spiced Honey Syrup
I definitely gravitate towards heavier (read: more fattening) desserts like cake, cookies, ice cream, brownies, etc., etc., but fruit desserts are the more common...
Dessert
Kiwi-Strawberry Pavlova
Don’t worry my Kiwi friends, I’m not taking sides on the whether Australia or New Zeland invented pavlova. Consider me Switzerland. I also fully...
Dessert
Toasted Hazelnut Fudge Cake with Mocha Glaze, Naturally Gluten-Free
As I sat down to do this write up and compared my notes to the original recipe, I realized that I unintentionally made several...
Dessert
Sweet Jellied Coconut Squares- Coconut Sweetmeat
With all the Asian and Pacific coconut desserts out there (mochi, bibingka, haupia, etc., etc.), it’s always surprising when a recipe using a similar...
Breakfast
Pancakes à la Gundel- Thin Pancakes with Walnut Filling and Chocolate Rum Sauce
Thin Hungarian pancakes, stuffed with a sweet walnut filling and drizzled with a chocolate rum sauce make an elegant dessert or a decadent breakfast...
Dessert
Boszorkanyhab- Witches’ Froth- Baked Apple Mousse
Even if this recipe hadn’t looked very good, I might have made it anyways just because of its name. Luckily for me it was...
Dessert
Yongun Chonggwa- Candied Lotus Roots
Aren’t these pretty? The timing of these was just about perfect because they taste exactly like jelly beans. I kid you not. I think...
Dessert
Ginger Jelly with Honey Molasses Syrup
Another country, another ginger-centric recipe. I suppose you could consider this a grown up version of jello: it has a more sophisticated flavor and...
Dessert
Cold Coffee Soufflé
This is exactly the type of dessert I generally avoid. Namely because it relies on one critical step that I usually botch: unmolding the...
Dessert
Coconut Cream Pudding
This dessert is about as sophisticated as a Snack Pack Pudding cup. I don’t necessarily mean that as a bad thing- I was eating...