Archive for the ‘Cakes’ Category

December 7, 2009 3

Spiced Up Sticky Toffee Pudding

By in Cakes, Christmas, Dessert

Now that it’s been over a two weeks since i’ve tempted you with the sticky toffee butterscotch sauce, it’s time for the rest of the recipe! This has become a definite favorite of mine since I tried it for the first time last year! I didn’t really know what it was, but after trying it [...]

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September 18, 2009 8

A lighter ‘Pick Me Up’

By in Cakes, Dessert, Italian

Tir-A-Mi-Su. Tiramisu. It means ‘pick me up’ in Italian and is a classic Italian dessert. Being Italian, I grew up with delicious Italian cooking from my dad and Nonna. Though I didn’t acquire a taste for Tiramisu until I was older. I remember having tried it at family dinners when I was younger, but I didn’t [...]

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June 29, 2009 7

50th In Greece..Opa!

By in Birthdays, Cakes

Or..something like that. Maybe not in Greece, but resembling Greece! So my old neighbor asked me to decorate a cake for a friends 50th birthday, and the birthday theme was Greece! So I decided to come up with a Santorini inspired cake! I used fondant for the top and cut it out to look like [...]

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