One-Bite Lemon Cheesecakes

June 14, 2013 by Monica in Baking, Desserts, Fruit, Sponsor, Sweets, Tarts

A couple of weeks ago (or maybe a month, I can no longer keep track of things around here) I was contacted by a representative of Duchy’s Originals, specifically their shortbread cookies. Oh yes, this is a sponsor post, but I’m not going to bore you with it – I’m keeping it short and sweet, so you can get to the recipe (which is awesome!).

Anyways, this product is very blue blood – like “Royal” blood. The Duchy Originals brand was founded by HRH Prince Charles The Prince of Wales – as in that dude that is going to be a granddaddy to the most famous baby in the world in a couple of weeks.

GCC: Frixuelos (Asturias Crepes)

June 05, 2013 by Monica in Cooking Club, Desserts, Gutsy Cooks Club, Latin, Quick Meal, Sweets

This is a new month of recipes for the Gutsy Cooks and with it comes a new set of recipes for us to show our gutsiness on. June belongs to Steph, from Orangespoken and boy has she brought her “A” game.

She started us off with a sentimental pick. Her mom’s favorite snack, one that tugs at my heart every time I read her recap.

Extraordinary Cakes: Ivoire Royale

June 04, 2013 by Monica in Baking, Baking Club, Cake, Desserts, EXTC, Fruit

This is the second cake from our bake-a-along of the Extraordinary Cake Book from Karen Krasne.

It took me the whole month to get this going. I did not realized how busy I been until I saw how I keep pushing this cake later and later, until I realized that memorial weekend was going to turn into a baking marathon in order to have it ready to post and discuss, along with the other bakers participating.

First off, the cake is easy, I think it may be one of the easier ones in the whole book, with 4 steps to make the components needed, they are all very simple and quick to make. The drawback is the waiting, and for this one you had to wait.