Category: Dessert

Belgian Liege Waffles

Roger and I had the liege waffles at Moulin, a French cafe in Laguna one morning.  He suggested I try to make them at home for our neighbor Carol who was coming over for Sunday morning coffee.  They turned out so amazing!  I made the dough at night and let it warm up in the morning.  It took about 2…

Tres Leches de Ron con Chocolate

INGREDIENTS For the cake: Butter, for coating the pans 3/4 cup water 2 teaspoons instant coffee crystals 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, preferably Dutch process 1 3/4 cups cake flour, plus more for dusting the pans 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon plus 1 pinch fine salt 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar 5 large egg yolks…

Croquembouche – Henry’s 15th Birthday

Henry always appreciates an ambitious project for his birthday.  His 13th birthday had 4 colors of cake in a tower.  14th birthday was a decadent Snickers cake.  15th birthday needed to be equally special so I decided on a croquembouche.  It was pretty cool and Henry was impressed. I read so many recipes from the internet.  I can’t remember exactly…

Angel Food Cake with Vanilla Custard Sauce

This is a long time family recipe that started from my Grandmother Ann who passed it to my mom then to me.  Actually, I don’t use the family recipe.  I use the Betty Crocker Cookbook version.  Roger had angel food cake for birthdays, too.  So this makes everyone in the family happy.  I don’t make this for everyone every time.…

Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Shortbread

I bought these fun cookie and milk mugs on Etsy and wanted to make cookies to fit in them that would be good with milk.  This is what I found on the cake merchant blog.  I liked these but would probably keep looking for new recipes.  Not bad though and very fun to use in the mugs! Ingredients For the…