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Biarritz Sandwich Cookies: #CreativeCookieExchange

December 20, 2016 By Laura 5 Comments

Biarritz Sandwich Cookies: crisp French butter cookies sandwiched around dark chocolate ganache

Biarritz Sandwich Cookies are delicious, elegant and easy French sandwich cookies that are perfect for holiday cookie tins, gifting or just for the heck of it! Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Keep reading to check out all the fabulous cookies with nuts that the Creative Cookie Exchange has… 

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Old Fashioned Chocolate Glazed Chocolate Bundtlettes; Driving Around Mount Etna

September 5, 2015 By Laura 9 Comments

Chocolate Glazed Chocolate Bundtlettes like Grandma used to make--only glazed with a spur of the moment water and butter ganache!

Old Fashioned Chocolate Glazed Chocolate Bundtlettes are like the little black dress of chocolate cakes–simple, super easy and absolutely stunning. Scroll down for the recipe–or read about my adventures driving around Mount Etna first! Affiliate links have been used in the post to link to items I am discussing. As I sit here composing this… 

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Chocolate Drizzled Peanut Butter Cookies: Review of Bake Happy; Adventures in Ortigia, Siracusa

July 26, 2015 By Laura 11 Comments

Chocolate Drizzled Peanut Butter Cookies--chewy, rich, delicious!

Chocolate Drizzled Peanut Butter Cookies are the perfect pantry dessert–I made them upon returning home from Italy with what I had around, and they turned out delicious, even if the chocolate is not perfectly shiny. I was provided a copy of Bake Happy in return for an honest review. Affiliate links have been used to… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, cookbooks, cookies, Italy 2015, peanut butter, reviews, travel Tagged With: chocolate, cioccolato di modica, cookies, ganache, Italy, Ortigia, peanut butter, Sicily, Siracusa, travel

Cacao Nib-Cream Cheese Swirled Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake: #BundtBakers

February 20, 2014 By Laura 15 Comments

Cacao Nib-Cream Cheese Swirled Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake

Because sometimes, double chocolate just isn’t enough. Ha! Actually, this was entirely supposed to be double chocolate, white chocolate chunks in the swirl and cocoa in the cake. But then we had a mishap. And like all cake mishaps in my kitchen, we do not discuss them (watching Mommy fuss and fume and stomp is… 

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Peppermint Chocolate Ganache Glazed Dark Chocolate Bundtlettes

October 18, 2013 By Laura 5 Comments

I know, more dessert. I usually try to intersperse more savory meals inbetween the baked goods, but I had a really good reason for this. Actually 4 really good reasons. First, I made 2 of my kids’ favorite meals the past week. Favorite meals usually means dishes that have been on this site before.

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Chocolate Glazed Latte Cake

January 23, 2013 By Laura 15 Comments

This place has been dessert central lately. Don’t fret, I have not given up my beef braising, curry paste pounding, bean cooking ways. But this has been a hell of a winter for germs, and as long time readers know, I am the original germ magnet. Why is that relevant? Because baking is fun, relaxing,… 

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#BundtAMonth: Mint Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake with Creme de Menthe

December 1, 2012 By Laura 22 Comments

Creme de menthe mixed with sour cream for bundt cake

  Oh Bundt A Month, how I love you. Seriously. I was already addicted to bundt cakes, but being “forced” (inspired, assigned, whatever) to create this cake may be the happiest thing that has ever happened to me dessert-wise. And that is saying something.

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#BundtaMonth Celebrates National Bundt Day!: Chocolate Ganache Draped Banana Bundt Cake and Earl Grey Chocolate Bundt Cake

November 15, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

Chocolate Ganache Glazed Banana Bundt Cake

Happy National Bundt Day! What, you didn’t know it was National Bundt Day? OK, I didn’t either, but the awesome folks that are in #BundtaMonth knew, so we figured hey any excuse is a good excuse to throw more bundt cakes out into the world. As a special treat for the celebration I actually have… 

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Chocolate Glazed Chocolate Chip Cake

January 12, 2011 By Laura 13 Comments

Chocolate Glazed Chocolate Chip Cake is a moist and delicious bundt cake that is easy to whip up and stays fresh longer for using oil in the batter. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing in this post. [Photos were updated in October 2017 and the updated photos are marked… 

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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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