Category: Individual Desserts
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Sweet, Salty and Spicy Platanos Maduros
One year after my family came to the USA, I met my best friend Mireya, who happened to be Cuban. I was 13 and she was 15, and because of the similarities in our backgrounds, we became fast friends. I was quickly accepted into her family and their circle of friends. Her mother was like…
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How To Make Petit Palmiers
I was 14 and my best friend Mireya was 16. She had just passed her driver’s test and became the designated driver for our huge group. She spent half of her time driving around in her red impala picking everyone up so that we could all hang out together. No more begging my father to…
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Sweet & Salty Three Cheese Tart With Caramelized Figs
Sometimes you want something different in a dessert. I don’t know about you but I love a sweet, salty and delicately spicy combination in desserts…and when it comes together as it should it’s true nirvana. I often have cheese and fruit for dessert, so I wanted to combine some of my favorite cheese items into…
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Sinful Cream Filled Snickerdoodle Mini Cakes
One of the most popular cookie flavors for kids other than the chocolate chip cookie is the snickerdoodle. Instead of doing a simple cookie, I wanted to translate that same flavor into a mini cake or muffin. I’ve seen this muffin done many times before, but I wanted to do something extra by filling it…
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Liege Waffles
There are a million types of waffles…literally…they are eaten throughout the world particularly in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Hong Kong, Vietnam and of course the USA. Some are light, airy and thin with yeast used in the batter, and others like the ones we make here in the USA are leavened with baking powder. The word “waffle” first…
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Classic Baked Alaska
People always ask me about elegant desserts they can make ahead of time with very little or no effort prior to service. One of those elegant favorites is the always classic Baked Alaska. If you’ve never had it before, it is a simple dessert made of ice cream, sponge cake and Italian meringue that is…
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Classic Bananas Foster With Mini Banana Cakes
Next to the chocolate soufflé and crepe suzette, bananas foster is another one of those classic desserts prepared tableside that customers at many high end restaurants have been enjoying for many years. The dish was created in 1951 by Paul Blangé at Brennan’s Restaurant in New Orleans and named for Richard Foster, who was then the…
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Light & Fluffy French Crullers
Who doesn’t just love a great donut. I must admit that I simply adore them. We’ve made lots of them here which have included my Greek loukoumades, bacon honey donuts, Berliner donuts and even bomboloni donuts we recently made for Easter. I may not eat them exclusively for breakfast as others do, but I would…
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Tender Almond Baby Cakes
Coming up with new and creative individual desserts can sometimes be challenging, especially when you are limited in the amount of time you have to create. My goal was to always have a few really good basic cake recipes on hand that can be turned into just about anything…there’s no sense in having a million…
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Profiteroles With Vanilla Bean Semifreddo
Just imagine that you’ve just finished dinner and there’s a knock at the door…standing before you are 3 unexpected guests who are dropping by for coffee….what do you do? Well, the first thing to do is let the people in for goodness sake, exchange all of the appropriate greetings, hugs and kisses then quickly wipe…