Tag: dessert
Chocolate Stout Layer Cake
Be still my little mouse heart: This is the best chocolate cake I've ever made.
Brown-Sugar Pumpkin Cheesecake with Chocolate-Shortbread Crust
This cheesecake is like pumpkin pie dressed up in velvet. It has all the delicious, spicy autumn flavor of traditional pumpkin pie—coupled with the dense creaminess of cheesecake.
Italian Prune Plum Crumble
I have to admit: Until recent years, I was scared to death of these little things. Are you kidding me: "Prune" in the same sentence with "dessert?" No, thank you. I didn't get over it until well into my late twenties. And I'm still kicking myself that it took me that long.
Chocolate Caramel Tart
This tart is like a grown-up candy bar, in decadent tart form. The cookie crust is crisp and buttery. The caramel is creamy with just a little tang from the addition of a dollop of craime fraiche. The chocolate ganache is velvety and rich.
Old-Fashioned Pound Cake
Technically, this is half-a-pound cake, since it only uses about a half-a-pound of each of the key ingredients.
(Pound cake gets its name from the pound each of butter, sugar, and flour originally used to...
Decadent Sweet Cream Rice Pudding
Rice has got to be one of my favorite foods. Fried rice. Buttered rice. Jambalaya. Rice crackers and krispies. You name it, I most likely have a closely-guarded stash of it in my cupboards.
I...
Rustic Apple Galette
This may be the shortest intro in Hungry Mouse history. We're out the door in a few minutes on our way to a party, but here's what we're bringing.
A galette is basically a rustic...
Duckie’s Rice Pudding
Duckie was my grandmother, and this is her rice pudding recipe. I use whole milk to make it, because that's the way she did it.
Duckie's Rice Pudding
1 quart whole milk
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup uncooked...
Koi Plates
Normally, I like really plain plates, to keep the focus on the food, but these are really nice.
Koi in a Fountain dessert plates are available online from Anthropologie for $12