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Small Town Tiramisu

March 1, 2011 By Laura 11 Comments

I learned 2 things while making this tiramisu, my first ever traditional tiramisu. First, truly authentic tiramisu calls for some ingredients that are a pain in the butt to find in small towns. Second, I suspect restaurants have been making inauthentic tiramisu for forever, because my tiramisu tasted spot on for what I have been… 

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Filed Under: coffee desserts, Italian American, mascarpone

Blueberry Lemon Tiramisu

January 21, 2011 By Laura 17 Comments

Blueberry Lemon Tiramisu

I have been staring at this recipe for 2 years in Lori Longbotham’s Luscious Lemon Desserts, and I finally decided that it is the perfect post-holiday dessert to serve to company. On the one hand, everyone is totally done with (for a while) chocolate, nuts, mint… but on the other hand you cannot serve wheat… 

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Filed Under: blueberries, lemon baked goods, mascarpone, misc. dessert Tagged With: blueberries, lemon, mascarpone, tiramisu

A LIME!!!! & Lemon Mascarpone Blondies

August 27, 2009 By Laura 11 Comments

I warned you–those Lemon Mascarpone Blondies were put to the top of my To Try list the minute I saw them. But first, a moment or 2 of excitement. First, our fence is up–see it in the backyard? Extra special thanks to my mom and dad for helping us to get it in way before… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, cookies, lemon baked goods, mascarpone

Blueberry Lemon Tiramisu Trifle

August 3, 2009 By Laura 15 Comments

This is another one of those I-know-someone-else-could-have-made-it-prettier-but-holy-moly-it-tasted-good desserts. I just have terrible hands. My dad is a surgeon, my sister can decorate cakes like you would not believe, but none of that came to me. Good thing for me at this point I have a reputation for stuff tasting good! We had another couple over… 

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Filed Under: blueberries, mascarpone, misc. dessert, tiramisu, trifle

The Wrinkly But Oh-So-Tasty Chocolate Flecked Cocoa-Mascarpone Frozen Terrine

July 30, 2009 By Laura 13 Comments

I am tired of waiting to make ostensibly fancy but actually quite simple desserts just because I know I do not have the time (or the hands, let’s be honest) to make them as pretty as they should be. So I whipped this up–faster than I would ever make chocolate chip cookies (and not the… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, frozen dessert, mascarpone

The Spiced Life Café de Leche Cheesecake

April 27, 2009 By Laura 44 Comments

The Spiced Life Café de Leche Cheesecake is a combination of classic flavors in a creamy, indulgent cheesecake. My mother begs for this dessert regularly.  “This is the best cheesecake I have ever had.” I almost keeled over when those words came out of my mother’s mouth. I was pretty sure up until that point… 

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Filed Under: caramel, cheesecake, chocolate, coffee desserts, cream cheese, Daring Bakers, ganache, mascarpone Tagged With: caramel, chocolate, dulce de leche

Strawberries Are Here!!!

June 8, 2008 By Laura 6 Comments

Local strawberries have finally arrived in the Midwest. I bought some from a farmstand and Alex and I went strawberry picking (which she was surprisingly good at). By the time the day was over, in my rush of excitement, I had purchased and/or picked over 12 pounds of strawberries! First I made jam. Now I… 

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Filed Under: mascarpone, misc. dessert, strawberries

Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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