Roopa I went to a friend’s gathering the other night, and she requested cheesecake of any kind. I adapted a recipe off of Sprinklebakes, and went with a malted chocolate filling rather than a strawberry filling. I didn’t actually eat any – I had a bad experience with cheesecake once – but apparently it was … More No-Bake Malted Chocolate Cheesecake
Roopa It’s my sister’s birthday this weekend, and she requested a vanilla chocolate cake with salted caramel icing. And Rolos. There were…issues with this cake, but I think I salvaged it ok! I didn’t really feel like doing a marble cake, so I thought I’d do a chocolate chip vanilla. I used my go to … More Vanilla Chocolate-Chip Rolo Cake with Salted Caramel Icing
Roopa I’ve never really made any sort of whoopee pie/ sandwich cookie, so I thought that would be a strategic use of my leftover cream cheese icing. I had a few issues with the cookie making, but they worked out ok. They were originally supposed to be a chill-roll-cut kind of cookie, but that was … More Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
I am a little bit sad that I have not been able to experiment nearly as much with my baking in recent days. Firstly, after a glorious summer of unemployment, I actually have a job now. Employment sort of cuts into time. On top of that, a lot of the baking I’ve been doing has been … More Carrot Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing
Roopa A friend of mine came into town today, and I felt there needed to be some sort of baked good involved. I went with banana chocolate chip muffins because:a) I was short on timeb) I had more than a few bananas at my housec) I was way too lazy to make icingAdmittedly, the lack … More Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CAKE Roopa My friend’s birthday is tomorrow, and he requested some sort of chocolate peanut butter concoction. I made a chocolate peanut butter cake with honey vanilla filling (from my cupcakes yesterday) and hid the questionable icing job with lots of Reese’s cups. I used this chocolate cake recipe, this peanut butter icing recipe, and this honey vanilla … More Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
Roopa I have been slightly enamored with these cookies for years, due to my love of Seinfeld. Given that I live in Canada though, I didn’t actually eat one until this past May, when I went to New York. I thoroughly enjoyed that they are not so much cookies as they are small cakes. I didn’t … More NYC Black and White Cookies
Roopa Today was experimental cookie baking today. I kind of jumbled a few ideas from recipes I’ve used together and came up with these. They taste pretty good, but I’m pretty sure version 2 will be better. They are also a little softer than ideal – I needed to let them sit on the cookie … More Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
BLUEBERRY MUFFINS Roopa This really was the byproduct of having an overabundance of blueberries in my house, some of which were getting a touch sketchy. You know that ‘not good to eat but not actually going bad yet’ stage? They were there. Something needed to be done. That something was blueberry muffins. I adapted this recipe here, … More Blueberry Muffins
Roopa I felt like making something a little unconventional today, so I decided on coconut mango cupcakes. I don’t really enjoy coconut, but it seems to be a pretty well liked flavour and I had coconut milk at home, so I thought I’d try something with it. I kind of just threw some ingredients together, … More Coconut Mango Cupcakes
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