My peach raspberry crisp was a failure. Too soupy and the once crisp topping (now soggy) was laced throughout like cereal in milk. Bummer. I managed to eat some of it – but it was not blog-worthy. Peeling peaches, however, is a blog-worthy skill. Sorry no other real sweet to discuss. I did make an interesting raspberry [...]
Archive for the 'desserts - plated together' Category
peach peeling
15Jul11 Filed under "healthier", 1. very easy, desserts - plated together, extras and fruit. |Closed
ice cream cake (using a failure)
25May11What a megaflop (Sylvie’s word)! But no worries…you can easily turn a calamity into a triumph (again, she’s using the thesaurus). On Sunday, Sylvie and I decided to bake together. I directed, she executed, and we were happy with the scents and smells of rich chocolate filling the kitchen. We were all smiles until the little brownie [...]
banana toffee cake
18Apr11Yum yum yummmmmmy. Even some of the men said yummy (which is typically not a word that they tend to use) but it is a MUST here. What can be better than bananas, caramel and chocolate? Not much! This cake oozed with sticky sweet caramel, had a delicious and distinct banana flavor and was even [...]
I cheated with this ice cream. I did. Didn’t have time to make home-made but wanted something special and different. You can really be creative at home with mix ins and ice cream. Use your mixer to help you incorporate the extras. I loved loved loved this treat. Not too much coffee flavor since I [...]
banana surprise
17Mar11Had to re-post these again. Had to – and renamed them too. Greg actually came up with this name. One night he asked – “can you make bananas surprise please?” I said sure but told him they are called caramelized bananas. He said no – banana surprise (he’s almost 15 btw). I asked why [...]
