Never have I doubted the wonderful combination that is chocolate + anything. With cookies, cakes, ice creams? Yes. With fruit, coffee, oatmeal? Absolutely. I would probably put chocolate chips in my salad if that wasn't so frowned upon! The most recent match that I have found to be incredibly divine is chocolate + matcha. Not only is matcha (aka green tea) full of nutritional value and antioxidants, but it can be incorporated into delicious baked goods as well!
Read MoreCookie Layer Cake
This is my version of the cookie cake, except clearly on sugar steroids. Layers of moist vanilla cake, fluffy buttercream and addictive cookie dough, which is then covered with more cake crumbs. Are you one to always eat the cookie dough before it's baked? Luckily, this is eggless and just as delicious!
Read MoreWhoopie Pies
As a New Englander, whoopie pies are just something that we grow up with. To outsiders, it may just seem like cake with frosting, but it's so much more. It is something that as a child, it was the special treat we would get after going to get Italians at Amatos, or a surprise dessert sitting on the counter, wrapped in wax paper ready to be eaten. These chocolate whoopie pies have a super moist cake with the most simple, yet deliciously sweet, buttercream right in-between!
Read MoreMadeleines
As many people know, my love for France is one that simply cannot be explained. The food, culture, people, sights, I fell for them all the first time I went. To me, the pastries are in a class of their own, divine, simple, delectable, unlike anything else. Madeleines are a perfect example of the art of French pastry.
With their sea shell shape, light flavor, and buttery sponge cake, madeleines are pretty much as French as you can get. What is so wonderful about them is that you can add almost any flavor to them and they will absorb it. Traditionally, madeleines are made with very finely ground almonds or some lemon zest, which is what I have done in this recipe...
Read MoreBoca Negra
This is the most decadent, chocolaty, rich cake I have ever tasted. This cake is named Boca Negra for a reason: after one bite, your mouth will be covered in chocolate, which to me, is absolute perfection, plus there's a little bit of bourbon in it, so even better! Whether celebrating with a Champagne toast, relaxing after a long work day or just because, this cake is as close as I've been to heaven...
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