Pumpkin Pineapple Walnut Cake

November 15, 2009.   Categories Cakes, Christmas, Desserts, Thanksgiving Dinner.

Pineapple Pumpkin Walnut Cake This cake resembles a spicy carrot cake.  You can modify the sugars to your own taste – more brown or darker brown for more molasses flavor. If you really love the cream cheese frosting, just double that recipe for a taller layer of frosting.  The pumpkin puree can either be homemade or canned.  You may also want to modify the spices to your taste… some prefer more spice than others....

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Butternut Squash-Apple Cake w/ Ginger Streusel

October 24, 2009.   Categories Cakes, Chef Viviane Banquet Farre, Contributing Chefs, Desserts, Fall, Seasonal Vegetables, Vegetarian.

Butternut Squash-Apple Cake w/ Ginger Streusel

Butternut Squash–Apple Cake with Ginger Streusel Recipe and photo reprinted with permission by Viviane Banquet Farre www.foodandstyle.wordpress.com This is really a remarkable recipe.  .  . exceptional ingredients and inventive concept.  If you haven’t used turbinado sugar in place of regular brown sugar – please try it.  Most “brown” sugar is really just a form of processed white sugar…...

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Zoe’s Halloween Marble “Spider” Cake with White Chocolate Coffee Icing

October 21, 2009.   Categories Cakes, Chef Zoe Francois, Contributing Chefs, Desserts.

Zoe’s Halloween Marble “Spider” Cake with White Chocolate Coffee Icing

Zoe’s Halloween Marble “Spider” Cake with White Chocolate Coffee Icing  www.zoebakes.com Halloween is around the corner and I was looking for fun dessert recipes.  I started and stopped my search with one click to my baking and blogging hero, Zoe Francois of www.zoebakes.com.   Check out this beautiful and adorable marble cake with spiders!  Well, I think it’s cute because I have a young son...

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Praline Pumpkin Pie

October 21, 2009.   Categories Christmas, Desserts, Pies and Tarts, Thanksgiving Dinner.

Praline Pumpkin Pie

Praline Pumpkin Pie  Recipe and photos with permission by: Deeba Rajpal (Twitter @vindee) of http://www.passionateaboutbaking.com/ I was on Twitter yesterday and saw another blogging friend post a link to this recipe and one simple line . . . “be still my heart.”  And when I saw this recipe I thought…. wow, be still MY heart! The Twitter blogging community is so full of talented chefs, home cooks, photographers...

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Zoe’s Ice Cream Cake

September 13, 2009.   Categories Cakes, Chef Zoe Francois, Contributing Chefs.

Zoe’s Ice Cream Cake

Zoe’s Ice Cream Cake The title of this post should say “Mouthwatering Triple Layer Brownie Ice Cream Cake” Three layers of ice cream (flavors of your choosing), homemade brownie from scratch creates the supporting layers of this cake.  Enough said.  Simply delicious.  Zoe Francois from www.zoebakes.com does it again with a remarkable yet simple recipe that will leave the reader salivating. . . at least her...

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Tee and Cakes Famous Chocolate and Bacon Cupcakes

September 10, 2009.   Categories Cakes.

Tee and Cakes Famous Chocolate and Bacon Cupcakes

Tee and Cakes Famous Chocolate and Bacon Maple Cupcakes www.teeandcakes.com 1932 14th Street • Boulder • Colorado • 720-406-7548 Downtown Boulder has become known for great little eateries, bookstores and coffee houses.  And considering the town is usually named one of America’s fittest cities by various media publications, many of these local boutique shops and restaurants are organic or health-conscious.  Along comes Tee...

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