confections of a serial baker » chocolate

s’more lessons

sharon — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:44:09 +0000

every day is an opportunity to learn new things, and we are constantly faced with challenging situations that do not always work out the best. in the past week, i have learned many lessons… some easy, some hard… some that will have a big impact on my life, some that were [...]

folgers in your cup(cake)

sharon — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:29:29 +0000

as you read last week, i love coffee, and am celebrating my birthday… so i took the opportunity to combine these two things– and i am glad i did! i spotted this recipe last year and for some reason never made it. i will not be making that mistake again.

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double dose

sharon — Sun, 01 May 2011 23:28:01 +0000

before i get started, i need to make a brief confession. i am a bad daughter. my mom’s birthday was on April 9th and I had great plans for what i wanted to send her. there is something (non-food) that i want to make her, but have not found a friend [...]

pillow fight!

sharon — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:48 +0000

earlier this week, i brought you peanut butter pillow cookies filled with chocolate brownies; a little over a year ago, i showed you chocolate cookies filled with peanut butter; but my vegan friends have sadly had to miss out on both of these. i can’t [...]

shhhh!!!

sharon — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:16:03 +0000

okay, so you saw what i went through this past weekend for ed’s birthday…however i did not post the recipes. i will be honest, i wasn’t going to, but i got enough requests for it, that i feel that i should. the title of this post does [...]

me vs. cake

sharon — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:43:00 +0000

i will admit to being proud of my cookies. my scones are delightful. my cupcakes are great. my cakes… my cakes are disasters. if there wasn’t already a wildly popular site called cakewrecks, i would consider creating a section on my site with that name. let me [...]

down with the shortness

sharon — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:10:56 +0000

coffee, hazelnut, chocolate, cookies… all of these things are on the list of things i need more of in my life. so, today, i baked them all into one brilliant masterpiece! while these shortbread cookies might hold their own without the nutella, and could easily be wonderful with a [...]

earthquake bars (aka i’m so vain)

sharon — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:42:23 +0000

i’ll admit it: i have issues. i want my tasty treats to look tasty…is that so wrong? while i completely understand that things can taste good even when they don’t look good, i have also learned that presentation is important, especially if i want to make money. my other [...]

hot hot heat

sharon — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:19:38 +0000

we are in the middle of the umpteenth heat wave of 2010, and i decided that i didn’t want to fire up the oven today. i was going to make granola bars, but after i didn’t share anything with the usuals last week (most of them unfortunately didn’t get [...]

moose attack

sharon — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:39:18 +0000

this past sunday, my kitchen and i were attacked by a moose. wait, no… a mousse. but we were attacked, i assure you of this. i considered taking some photos of the mess, but the lighting in my kitchen isn’t so great, and i would rather concentrate on how [...]