Cinco de mayo desserts recipes

cake ELEGANCE and WHIMSY- high layered

This showy cake was created for a very special person on her celebratory Birthday. My Mommy's personality is…

Fancy BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE

Classic Butterscotch Sauce with a healthy twist. A fancy, rich and decadent topping with an added key ingredient that produced a lovely surprising…

CHOCOLATE APPLE NUT Phyllo triangle pockets

Between the sheets of PHYLLO Pastry...what can we find? Just some of my favorite ingredients. Buttery light…

cake RICOTTA cheese CHOCOLATE RUM

All this talk about APRONS and Grandmothers got me going on assembling my notes and photos to finally share…

BANANA CHOCOLATE candied Ginger Muffins

Moist, aromatic and incredibly tasty. After having looked over a few similar banana chocolate muffin recipes,…

PECAN pie...with sweet modifications

Ahh...the wonderfully decadent PECAN Pie. I am not going to tell you that I have re-invented this favourite…

NUTTY flourless cookie CRISPS < Brutti ma Buoni >

Got a few egg whites left over from a recipe? Here's a super easy crispy, flourless cookie called < Brutti…

1-2-3 easy Frozen CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

This dessert has the silky smoothness of a rich CHOCOLATE GELATO. This is an incredibly crowd pleasing…

Banana Peanut Butter Mock Ice Cream

All you need is a banana, peanut butter, and a food processor or blender to turn out to be the most delicious,…

Olive Oil Cake

Ice Cream, The Orange Blossom Special!

Who doesn't love the smell of orange blossoms, the one flower that's almost a metaphor for romance. I wore…

texas date loaf candy

This is a delicious old-fashioned Texas recipe similar to fudge but is shaped into a log and sliced. I was surprised to learn from a Mexican…

Mexican "Aztec" Hot Chocolate Ice Cream with Ancho and Chipotle

There are no words to describe how outrageously fabulous this ice cream was. Complex flavors in a rich creamy…

Mexican Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

These cookies, crunchy nuggets incrusted with cinnamon sugar, are quite popular in Mexican supermarkets in Texas. They are simple to make and…

Black Bottom Cupcake Cookies