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P♥M Wonderful granita.

The folks at P♥M Wonderful recently e-mailed me again, asking me to make some more delicious recipes using their pomegranate juice. So of course, I obliged. Last time, I made these white chocolate pomegranate cupcakes, so this time I wanted to stay away from cupcakes. Being that it was full-blown 103° record-breaking summertime weather, I [...]

Posted 15 July 2010 · desserts § gluten-free § granita § no-bake § orange § pomegranate § recipe § sorbet § treats · Comments (2) · Tagged:

Lemon pound cake (with glaze!).

Starbucks has an awesome lemon pound cake with lemon icing. If you can get it, try it. It’s super moist, yet dense, with a great lemon flavor. I have to say, Jay is the one who got me into it in the first place. Before he insisted I try a piece of his, I never [...]

Posted 27 May 2010 · cake § desserts § glaze § lemon § pound cake § recipe § treats · Comments (13) · Tagged:

Rhubarb: the fruit that’s really a vegetable.

What the hell is rhubarb? Seriously. Is it a fruit or a vegetable? And what kind of name is ‘rhubarb’ anyway? I wanted these answers before I made anything with such a strange looking, mysterious, fuschia-colored, root-looking, edible ..uhm… object. … Rhubarb is a group of plants that belong to the genus Rheum in the [...]

Posted 26 May 2010 · cobbler § desserts § recipe § rhubarb § seasonal § treats § vegetables · Comments (2) · Tagged:

Earl Grey with lemon “Tea Party” cupcakes.

Nope, these little treats don’t have anything to do with political wingnuts. They do, however, have to do with tea. Remember when “tea parties” meant actual people drinking tea? Or a scene in Alice In Wonderland? Or the famous Tea Party in Boston when people were really protesting something? And not just a bunch of [...]

Posted 19 May 2010 · adult § candied citrus peel § chocolate § icing § lemon § meringue § recipe § tea § unique · Comments (1) · Tagged: ,

Blowing raspberries… & blackberries?

For those of you who don’t know what “blowing a raspberry” is, thank cupcakes for Wikipedia. Here you go. Learn something. I’m not a berry person. I don’t like berries at all, not even the flavor, however strawberry flavoring is the exception. I really don’t like raspberry or blackberry anything, but sometimes I find myself [...]

Posted 04 May 2010 · berries § desserts § dough § filling § pie § puff pastry § recipe § treats § whipped cream · Comments (0) · Tagged: , ,