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Rhubarb Dream Bars… Trifle: #CreativeCookieExchange

May 17, 2016 By Laura 13 Comments

Rhubarb Dream Bars--delicious but difficult to slice, so better served as a trifle!

These Rhubarb Dream Bars made an amazing trifle, with a crispy meringue top, a delicious custard filling, with a lemony shortbread crust, and layered with whipped cream. Keep reading to see what other seasonal spring treats the Creative Cookie Exchange came up with this month! Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. This… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, cookies, eggs, lemon baked goods, meringue, rhubarb, shortbread, trifle Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, baking disasters, bar cookies, bars, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, eggs, meringue, rhubarb, trifle

Individual Peanut Butter Mousse Pies–for Mikey–and John, Alex and Sammy

March 7, 2012 By Laura Leave a Comment

As most of you know, I was gone for a decent chunk of last summer.  I tried my best to keep up with blogging–I even became a travel blog for a short while but I did not keep up with the outside world worth a hoot.  Major League Baseball passed me by as did the excitement… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, misc. dessert, mousse, No Bake Desserts, peanut butter, pies, trifle

U2 & Chocolate Birthday Trifle: Excuses Excuses!

June 26, 2011 By Laura 6 Comments

I know, I know.  This might be the longest gap I have ever gone without posting.  And we have not even left yet for Morocco!  The first excuse is that some seriously frustrating sh*t, er, stuff, is going on with our internet connection.  So every time I sit down to work on my blog, I… 

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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

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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