Thanksgiving Desserts: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

From The Naptime Chef

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Recipe du Jour: Red Beet Chocolate Sheet Cake

From The Amish Cook’s Baking Book

I was reluctant to try this cake, as I had a hard time associating red beets with chocolate. I love pickled red beets, but other than that I am not too fond of red beets. But when I took my first bite of this cake I was amazed by the taste. It is a very moist cake and you cannot taste the red beets. Neither can you taste the chocolate chips that were added. My daughter Elizabeth doesn’t care for red beets at all either, but she agreed that you couldn’t taste the beets. She said this is probably the only way she could eat red beets. I gave my youngest children a piece, and they really went for it. This is not a cake you eat warm, so let it cool completely before serving.

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Thanksgiving Desserts: Pumpkin Choc-Oat Chip Bites

From The Skinny Bovine’s Kitchen

Mmm… I love these little pumpkin cookies! I always get in the mood for them around halloween and thanksgiving. Pumpkin is just so fall! And what’s better than a cookie with no butter, oil or shortening in it? This is about as healthy as cookies come. This is a pretty common recipe, but a Skinny Bovine addition of oats makes it so one cake mix can make double the cookies! (If you don’t buy oats in bulk then it may be cheaper for you to use the whole cake mix and no oats, but the oats make them yummer, I promise!) Continue reading »

Tumbador PB&J Bar: Worth Every Penny

From Words to Eat By

According to Slashfood, it’s National Chocolate Day. Huh. I had no idea. But perhaps that explains why I’ve been pretty much mainlining the stuff all day. People, I am out of control. Don’t tell Stephen, but I even raided his freezer stash of Hershey’s almond bars. Continue reading »

Mini Chocolate Chip/Pantry Raid Ice Cream Cookies

From Sarah Magid Cakes

My brother and I threw a dinner party for 10 close friends that I miss and see less often now that they all moved to Los Angeles. It was up to me to plan dessert. Without much time and a bit of jet-lag, I decide to go easy on myself and do something that is half store-bought (but could be 100% homemade if one makes ice cream from scratch) and half made by hand.

I decided on mini chocolate chip cookies filled with a variety of ice cream, since I was positive half my friends have been brain-washed by anti-carb/sugar anxiety. Continue reading »

Perfect Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips

From The Naptime Chef

It seems that Apple Mania has given way to Pumpkin Mania this month. While I’ve been chowing down on apples, I’ve also been opening can after can of pure organic pumpkin puree. There is no limit to the amount of dishes I’ve been making with the stuff, everything from savory pumpkin penne, to pumpkin bars, to sweet pumpkin pudding cake. Continue reading »

Quick and Easy Chocolate Cake

From Take Back Your Table

I did it again. I offered to host a celebration on a weeknight even though I am already struggling to manage my insane schedule. Why? Why do I do these things to myself? Why do I promise to bake cakes and entertain people on a Thursday night when I can barely muster up the strength to cook dinner every night for my family after a long workday? Continue reading »

A Special Treat: Dairy Free Hot Cocoa

From Food Allergy Mama

Who doesn’t love hot cocoa? It’s sweet, chocolaty, warm and perfect with marshmallows. My kids are always asking for me to make a mug of this delicious concoction after school. There aren’t any suitable allergen free mixes on the market, and warming Chocolate Soy Milk doesn’t do it for me. I want something as close to the real deal as possible. Continue reading »

Haute Halloween Hangover

From Elizabeth’s Edible Experience

I have no doubt that the last thing anyone wants to see on the day after Halloween is a recipe for another sweet treat. But rest assured, this in a different league than the individual-sized pre-packaged treats you have been smuggling all day from your children’s plastic pumpkins. This is a sophisticated, gourmet recipe. One that uses the flawless combination of salty and sweet and just when you think it can’t get any better, the salty flavor comes from one of the most coveted and elegant salts around, Fleur de Sel. Continue reading »

Kim’s Cake

From Sarah Magid Cakes

My wonderful friend, Kim Ficaro has a birthday today. She is without a doubt, one of the most creative people I know, who transforms the ordinary into utter beauty.

She helped style and art direct my book, and I love seeing her work in food, design, and home magazine, catalogs, and newspapers. She uses flowers, found objects, and beautiful fabrics to make stunning arrangements. She also uses many textiles for tablecloths, or for accenting a plate of food. For her birthday cake, I thought about using an idea based in textiles. Continue reading »