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These yellow cupcakes are so simple & delicious with a twist of adding real vanilla bean seeds. I enjoy seeing these little black seeds throughout the cupcakes. As for the topping, you can use many frosting's, chocolate, buttermilk or strawberry. The one…
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This Vanilla Cream Frosting is delicious as is - you can even add food coloring to match your party theme. When you're in the mood for something a bit different I've included four variations that are delightfully different.
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 60 Minutes |
Best Ever Banana Bread is adapted from Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour. Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting is adapted from McCormick – Pure Vanilla Extract. This banana bread is a perfect compliment to a cup of tea! Enjoy!
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
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This was given to me by a friend who is allergic to eggs. This is a great way for the kids to get involved making Christmas foods. I used vanilla extract instead of rum since the children drink this. This is a simple and fast way to make eggnog.
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You won't believe these cookies don't have flour or sugar! They're crunchy and oily... Stock up and keep them in your freezer-they defrost in seconds. Easy to make-double or triple the recipe!
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Introducing... the most pimped out smores bar ever. This bad boy is made with vanilla yogurt, chocolate-covered grahams, marshmallows, walnuts, heavy cream, and loads of chocolate chips. It's your sweet tooth's dream come true (and possibly your diet's…
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These brownies are a treat for you and your figure. Enjoy with Love, Catherine
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This is a recipe from my brother-in-laws family. This creamy cheesecake would be great topped with some fresh fruit or even some chocolate syrup...dessert to die for!
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As a child, I grew up eating banana pudding and it is still one of my favorite desserts today. In a matter of minutes, you can enjoy this creamy creation as well. Kids, and grown ups alike, will all love this simple dessert and be begging for more!
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My husband and I make a great team in the kitchen. We try to keep things healthy, but of course there is always room for a sweet treat:)
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The aphrodisiac chocolate, the exotic perfume of vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, fruit, liquor, heavy cream, beaten egg whites, sugary egg yolks and more ingredients are the main characters of this blog, which united in mysterious ways create true delight…
recipe from Raw Food Lifestyles Ingredients: 1/2 cup raw organic cacao powder 1/2 cup Water 1/2 cup organic agave 1 vanilla pod 2 cups frozen ripe pineapple (Diced into small cubes before freezing) Directions: Blend everything in a high powered ble (read full article)
A food blog can never really be complete without at least one recipe of the 'perfect' chocolate chip cookie, or at least the journey to finding one. I was myself a bit surprised that the one that I had made many moons ago, was not posted yet on the b (read full article)
The July 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Sunita of Sunita’s world – life and food. Sunita challenged everyone to make an ice-cream filled Swiss roll that’s then used to make a bombe with hot fudge. Her recipe is based on an (read full article)
The July 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Sunita of Sunita’s world – life and food. Sunita challenged everyone to make an ice-cream filled Swiss roll that’s then used to make a bombe with hot fudge. Her recipe is based on an ice cr (read full article)
Fast and simple but fruitily fantastic! Using fresh fruit to make a cooling drink that is filling enough for a snack and also helps towards the important 5 a day! Dairy products can easily be replaced with non-dairy versions to make it suitable for (read full article)
Today, let's continue our exploration of Italian frozen desserts. We have already gone over the basic recipe for the elegant sorbetto, so today we'll take a look at everyone's favorite summer dessert: ice cream! The Italian version of ice crea (read full article)
A classic Fresh Fruit Tart, filled with pastry cream and topped with fresh seasonal fruit. I made this for my friend Deborah’s flat warming dinner party. A feast for the eyes and a well appreciated ‘home-made present’. Per leggere la ricet (read full article)
Yuuuuuummmm. Ever made your own icecream? I've made it a few times, including a semifreddo phase I went through in the early nineties. THAT one was bad for my bum.But I've never made a 'custard' based icecream. I wanted to try (read full article)
A couple of posts back I mentioned a vanilla panna cotta from Jason Atherton’s Gourmet food for a Fiver, which has the unusual addition of plum tomatoes. He reasons that as tomatoes are technically fruit, there’s no reason why they would (read full article)
Image by erjkprunczyk via Flickr EARLIER this year, more than 25,000 diners over the UK nominated their ten favourite restaurants, pubs and cafés were shortlisted to scoop the top spot in The Good Food Guide Readers’ Restau (read full article)