DIY Heart-Shaped Chocolate Cake with Cherry Mascarpone Frosting: from-scratch layers, a luscious whipped cream frosting … Happy Valentine!
Valentine’s Day
Cardamom-Lemon Cake with Rosewater-Saffron Frosting
Picture this: a layered cake covered in whipped cream and edible, sugared roses. Romantic idea, huh? The most perfect cake for Valentine’s Day. Let’s step through this recipe, detail by detail.
Make a Persian Love Cake for Valentine’s Day
Do you love baking? You will love baking a Persian Love Cake. Do you love someone? You’ll love baking Love Cake for someone you love. Do you love strawberries and cream? Cardamom and roses? Pistachios? Cream of tartar? If you do, you’ll love this recipe.
Holiday Punch
Happy New Year! Looking for something fun to make to welcome in 2016? This Holiday Punch cocktail is full of everything holiday: cranberries, your Christmas tree … gin. What, gin isn’t associated with the holidays? It is at my house.
Breakfast in Bed Ideas for Valentine’s Day
(Or Really Any Day, If You’re Smart)
How to Quicken Your Romance: Easy breakfast in bed ideas for Valentine’s Day – or any other day, for that matter.
Nothing Says “I Love You”
Like Chocolate-Dipped Pretzel Nuggets
OK, a dozen long-stemmed roses and expensive chocolates in a heart-shaped box says it, too. But not in the same way; don’t overlook the little things on Valentine’s Day.
Warm Camembert Appetizer Recipe
This warm camembert appetizer recipe makes the perfect beginning to a romantic dinner for two: simple but elegant … luscious, semi-melted cheese set off by red raspberry jam. A glass of wine. Soft lighting. You may wind up forgetting all about dinner.
Rose-Themed Valentine’s Day Dinner Menu
Camembert with Raspberry-Rose Water Jam, Rosemary Pork Chops, Potato Rosettes, and Persian Love Cake with Sugared Rose Petals
Why Is Red Velvet Cake Red?
Why is Red Velvet Cake red? Blame it on the anthocyanin that is found in natural cocoa, but blame the artificial aspect of it on the Adams Extract & Spice Company. Or, if you’re fancy, blame the Waldorf-Astoria. Don’t blame beets. The FDA says that the Red 40 dye in Red Velvet is safe … but they also OK’ed Skittles, so decide for yourself.