Chocolate fondant heart cakes with gooey melting centers and a chocolate ganache coating. Treat your valentine with these heart-shaped molten chocolate cakes. The batter and ganache are a mix of red-tinted white chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate for festive color. This recipe makes five 4-ounce heart-shaped cakes. They can also be made in a cupcake pan. […]
Chorizo spiced sausage mixed with manchego cheese and wrapped around manchego stuffed Castelvetrano olives. These are a dressed-up version of classic sausage balls. With the briny olives, salty cheese, and spicy sausage, these balls are the perfect appetizer to serve with martinis or red wine. Making these olive stuffed sausage balls isn’t much different than […]
Fresh starfruit juice, chilled sake, and a splash of fizzy soda water. This is a lightly sweet, floral, and fizzy low-alcohol cocktail to ring in the new year. A friend of mine recently gave me a box full of fresh starfruit from her tree. They were so juicy and delicious that I just had to […]
A tower of profiteroles, filled with caramel pastry cream, held together with caramelized sugar and garnished with a snowfall of powdered sugar. The first time I saw a croquembouche, I was amazed. The dramatic presence of it just blew me away. I knew one day I would have to make this decadent tower of deliciousness. […]
Creamy egg custard with freshly ground nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, and a splash of spiced rum. I never liked eggnog growing up. Only ever trying store-bought. For years and years, I thumbed my nose at it. Then a friend of mine made me some homemade eggnog. I was skeptical, but I tried it. I was oh […]
Natural popcorn, macadamia nuts, and toasted coconut coated with coconut caramel candy. Last year I added caramel corn to my goodie gift boxes for the first time. It was met with such a positive response that I couldn’t help but include it again this year. Making caramel corn seems really simple. You just pop some […]
