Tiramisu in Martini Glasses

01Oct09

Tiramisu… Mmmmm… in martini glasses. This recipes makes five standard martini glasses.

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Ingredients:

0.3 cups of fine brown sugar
2 eggs, separated
8 oz. mascarpone cheese
0.5 cup strong black coffee
36 lady fingers
1.25 cups heavy chilled whipping cream
2 tsp coffee essence (you can use vanilla if you want)
4 TB white sugar
Cocoa powder for dusting
Coffee beans for decorating

Instructions:

Whisk the brown [...]

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Tags: desserts, cwST originals, chocolate, eggs, coffee, lady fingers, heavy cream, mascarpone cheese, cocoa powder, coffee beans

Tiramisu

03May09

I finally found the perfect tiramisu recipe and I don’t have to freeze it! It makes me happy that I finally have a recipe for my favorite dessert.
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Ingredients:

3 egg yolks
1 cup powder sugar
8 oz. mascarpone cheese
1 cup chilled heavy cream
2.5 cups strong brewed coffee
1 TB cocoa powder (I used Scharffen Berger)
40 Italian ladyfingers (number [...]

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Tags: desserts, chocolate, eggs, coffee, lady fingers, heavy cream, mascarpone cheese, cocoa powder, bittersweet chocolate

Cheesecake Brownies

03May09

I was going to make my favorite dessert tonight to relax and take some stress off but Whole Foods was already closed and HEB didn’t sell mascarpone or lady fingers!!!! So I decided on brownies but I wanted to mix it up a little bit. I don’t remember when or where I saw “cheesecake brownies” [...]

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Tags: desserts, cwST originals, chocolate, eggs, cheesecake, cocoa powder, all purpose flour, cream cheese

Chocolate Caramel Tart

04Apr09

Warning: this is very rich and very decadent. You will experience mouth orgasms all the way.

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Crust
Ingredients:

1.5 cups flour
0.25 cup Dutch-process unsweetened cocoa powder
0.25 tsp kosher salt
7 TB unsalted butter, cubed and softened
0.5 cup powder sugar
2 egg yolks, preferably at room temperature
0.5 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions:

Heat oven to 350ºF
Combine flour, cocoa powder, and salt in a [...]

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Tags: all purpose flour, bittersweet chocolate, caramel, chocolate, cocoa powder, crème fraîche/sour cream, desserts, eggs, grey salt, heavy cream, maple syrup

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

04Apr09

I had leftover chocolate ganache from the Chocolate Caramel Tart so I decided to dip the strawberries into the mixture!

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Banana Oat Cookies

03Apr09

I’m having a very weirdly acting sweet tooth today. First these cookies, and now a chocolate caramel tart. Look for that later, most likely tomorrow because it takes such a long time to make.

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Ingredients:

3 large, ripe bananas – well mashed
1 tsp vanilla extract
0.25 cup unsweetened apple sauce
2 cups rolled oats
0.33 cup pumpkin seeds
0.33 cup [...]

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Tags: apple sauce, bananas, chocolate, chocolate chips/chunks, cinnamon, desserts, flax seeds, oats, pumpkin seeds

Frozen Tiramisu

18Sep08

This is my fourth time making tiramisu but I still cannot get it to the correct consistency before chilling it. I have to put it in the freezer because if I didn’t, it would be all sloppy and mushy. When I take it out of the freezer, I allow it to thaw for 1-2 minutes [...]

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Tags: chocolate, cocoa powder, coffee, desserts, eggs, heavy cream, lady fingers, mascarpone cheese, red wine, whole foods