Chocolate Hazelnut Rugelach Chocolate Hazelnut Rugelach is the perfect post for this week’s #SundaySupper Stuff, Roll and Wrap theme. Many people think that it’s inappropriate to stuff, roll or wrap a dessert. Let me assure you that desserts fit into all three categories just … [Read more...]
Chocolate Budino
Chocolate Budino Do you know the saying, “You say potato and I say potato?” with the sound of the ‘a’ being the variable? Well, I couldn’t help thinking about this as I made my first budino. Bu-what-o, you wonder? Budino is the Italian word for pudding, in this case chocolate pudding. I recently … [Read more...]
Chocolate Butter Cups
Chocolate Butter Cups I was talking to Samuel the other day about a new dessert that I had in mind. He thought it was a great idea and wanted to help me in the kitchen. We used one of my all-time favorite recipes, Nana’s Butter Cookies, as our base. Instead of turning them into cookies, we scooped … [Read more...]
Vanilla Butter Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Vanilla Butter Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting I am so fortunate to have friends, Barb and Rommel Francisco, who include me when they have Filipino night in their home. The first time I went, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Rommel’s parents were in town a couple of weeks ago … [Read more...]