desserts

From Martha Stewart, this looks super tasty.

Dark chocolate, bacon, cupcakes. ‘Nuff said.

A super moist, delicious cake recipe using Bailey’s Irish Cream.

This is the best chewy blondie recipe! These cookie bars include the option of adding white chocolate chips and nuts, but they taste just as good without any add-ins

A recipe for a flourless cherry cake from Kalivha on #xkcd

These look delectable, but I have yet to try the recipe. I’m not at all sure about using butter substitute here, why not just use the real thing? Also: too many brand names here.

Second recipe on an old mimeographed sheet out Mom’s cooking journal.

A sumptuous way to finish off a Italian dinner.

This cake suprises people because the frosting ends up on the bottom!

These chocolate treats are crowd-pleasers, and they’re gluten-free.

I’ve not made this, but the recipe sounds wonderful.

The combination of the tart cranberries and sweet pears makes this a fabulous dessert

Pretty good looking and easy recipe from Panera

This crustless apple pie recipe is prepared within the apple for a Fall treat. Even novice bakers can make this seasonal dish from Marc Matsumoto on the Fresh Tastes blog.

My mom got this recipe out of a newspaper ages and ages ago and it’s been a perennial favourite of our family for a long time, and on to other families as well. My friend, Marina, made some glorious modifications to it by adding chopped candied ginger pieces to the batter. Truly a work of art!

I am so so so excited to share this recipe with you today. Yes, it’s only 2 ingredients. And I mean really two ingredients. Not one of those recipes that say two or three ingredients and then one of the ingredients is something like “pre-made dough”” or “cake mix”. (Not that there is anything wrong with those recipes.)

I found this tucked into Mom’s recipe journal.

This is a recipe from my Great Aunt Lillian’s store of recipes, has been in my family for a long time. These are the best ginger snaps evar.

I might have died and gone to dessert heaven.

Skip the store and make sweet treats at home with Alton Brown’s Homemade Marshmallows recipe from Good Eats on Food Network.

A chewy brownie prepared in a sauce pan before baking.

An easy tort/pie recipe

Little pumpkin cheesecakes on a ginger snap crust.

This is a recipe from my mom’s cookbook, called “My Mom’s Easy Cake”. This really is an easy cake to make, and pretty delicious, too.

This recipe came from Nelly Starr, a former patient of my uncle John’s. She used to make him these cakes all the time. My aunt Marcie finally convinced him to ask her for the recipe. My cousin Kate responded with “You know, Mom, if you ask her for the recipe, she’ll never make another cake for Dad.” And it was true! Nevertheless, we have the recipe secured.

An old stand-by.

Cobblers are dead-easy, better than pies. Here’s one coming from Panera bread.

The classic Betty Crocker cake, using a spring-form pan instead of the cast-iron skillet, because I have one and not the other.

A yummy fruit cobbler type of dessert. This recipe is adapted from King Arthur Flour’s “The Baking Companion.”

a tasty sounding treat reminiscent of s’mores

Shortcakes used here are really just slightly modified drop biscuits. Nothing special here, really.

Makes about 6 dozen cookies.

This is one of those decadent, ultra-chocolaty cakes that is a piece of cake :-) to make!

This is a very moist and chocolatey cake. It is best served warm with whipped cream on top, and it reheats well.

“A baked pear or apple recipe with a crunchy oatmeal cobbler-like topping. Simple and tasty. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream. Yummy!”