Bailey’s Icebox Cake with Homemade Chocolate Wafers

Most bakers are usually reluctant to bake in the summer time, because no one wants to have yet another source of heat bearing down on them. Out comes the no-bake recipes: no-bake cheesecakes, puddings, trifles. Icebox cake (or zebra cake) is one variation of the ever-classic trifle. I strongly believe that contrasting textures makes a …

From-Scratch Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bars

I already have a seven layer bar recipe on this blog, but this one deserves a post on its own because it's even more homemade. Usually seven layer bars are made with graham crackers, canned condensed milk, sweetened coconut flakes and chocolate chips. All highly processed stuff, and I've a great disdain for things that …

Strawberry Toast + Oatnut Bread

It's summertime, and berries are at their peak. Sweet, succulent and juicy, strawberries are a fantastic way to cool you down and satisfy your sweet tooth. I was grocery shopping, and I was lured by the strong scent of the strawberries. Nothing beats the smell of ripe strawberries; which incidentally, taste nothing like strawberry-flavored candy. …

Banana-Oat Walnut Bread

Despite this being called a dessert blog, I don't make dessert all the time. I might want dessert all the time, but I simply don't have enough calories allotted to eat everything I want. So, I improvise. I fulfill my desire to create by adding a chock-full of healthy ingredients into what could otherwise be …

Bran Muffins

My bran muffin obsession all started with the complimentary corn bread that L'Ecole offered. It wasn't exceptional corn bread, but tasting it reminded me of how much I enjoy the gritty texture in corn bread and bran muffins. Bran muffins. I must have a bran muffin! I went to Trader Joe's to get a box …