This year we’re going to a friend’s house for Thanksgiving and I volunteered to bring the dessert. I love pumpkin pie, and pecan pie, and honestly, just pie in general. This year though, I wanted to do something a little bit different. After some searching I found a great recipe from FoodieCrush for Pumpkin Tiramisu, but of course I had to do a test run in my kitchen first. This recipe was inspired by the traditional Italian tiramisu, and is so yummy and easy to make it. And the best part is NO BAKE!! Okay the best part is probably how good it tastes, or maybe how good it looks.…
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Apple Rose Tart
We went apple picking last week and brought back a small bag of apples. Then a few days later we hosted lunch for some friends, and our friend Michelle left an even bigger bag of apples she’d picked for us. What to do with all those apples? We tried apple cider, apple butter, and of course, good old apple pie, but our favorite was this Apple Rose Tart. Apple Rose Tart Ingredients: Makes 5 mini pies. 5 apples, thinly slices (use a madolin slicer) 1 pie crust (pre-made or using my favorite recipe here) 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup granulated sugar 4 Tbsp melted butter 2 tsp lemon juice 1 tsp…
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Ricotta Pie
I still remember the first time I tasted Ricotta Pie. I was at one of my best friend’s house studying, and her mother, Tia Telma, a Paulista of Italian descent, brought us this fresh and hot out-of-the-oven deliciousness as our afternoon snack. It was so good that this pie was forever marked in my mind. Recently, in a fit of nostalgia and sweet cravings, I asked Tia Thelma for this recipe, but she didn’t even remember she used to make this pie for us! Haha! After endless search on the internet, I found a recipe that didn’t really look the same to Tia Thelma’s but luckily for me it tastes exactly the…
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Naked Cake
I’ve been obsessed with naked cakes since last year, you might remember my berry layer sponge cake, which had a naked look. A couple days ago, I decided to bake another cake with the naked look and fresh flowers. I used the Fluffy Yellow Layer Cake recipe from Cook’s Illustrated book and a lemon and lavender filling. Lemon-Lavender Cream Cheese Frosting 8 oz. cream cheese, softened 8 T butter, softened (1 stick) 1 tsp grated lemon zest 2T lemon juice 1 ½ tsp dried lavender buds. Ground ½ tsp vanilla 2 1/3 cup confectioners sugar Mix cream cheese, butter and sugar in a food processor or mixer. Add other ingredients until smooth. And because I…