These Recipes will be the Downfall to your Diet!
Vanilla Bean and Lemon Panna Cotta with Raspberry Sauce, Lemon Snowball Cookies and a Raspberry Lemon Martini I really enjoyed this dessert. All of the components were very easy to make and all together they were delicious! I loved the colors of the desserts together and I was so stoked to see all the little […]
Devil’s Food Cake with Ricotta Cheesecake and Vanilla Bean Buttercream This was a totally decadent dessert! A three layer cake with a layer of Cheesecake in the middle, has got to be one of the most calorie dense desserts that I’ve made so far here. If Cheesecake Factory doesn’t already have something like this, they […]
Chocolate Cake with Cheesecake Center – Day two – Vanilla Bean Buttercream I am getting good at making traditional buttercream frosting with whole eggs. I find this style of frosting to be so much better than the frosting made with just butter, milk and powdered sugar. For starters, there is less sugar involved. I made […]
Marshmallow Roulade – Day Two – Seven Minute Frosting I have a love/hate relationship with seven minute frosting. I LOVE to eat it, and I hate to make it… You see, previously when I’ve made it, the frosting turned out gritty because the sugar didn’t completely dissolve while I was making it. It turns out […]
It’s my birthday! Yep! It’s October 31. I’m a little Spook. A Pumpkin. A Witch. All these nicknames that I got from my mother because I was born on Halloween. Do you have a nickname? Do you love it or hate it? There have been a few nicknames over the years that I was not […]
Peaches and Cream My local Peaches are so good! They are sweet and juicy and we love them. Well, we kinda have a love/hate relationship with them. You see, we just can’t get past the fuzzy outside. We don’t eat them “raw”, I’ve been baking away with them in some desserts. (I’ve got a few […]
Day one – Strawberry and Banana Ice Cream This week, I’m playing with one of my favorite treats – chocolate covered fruit. I think that chocolate covered bananas and strawberries are perfectly simple and amazing. I am making all of the recipes from the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and Desserts Book.
Hi, I'm Karyn. I'm a busy Mom, but I still want to make decadent desserts that will impress. I've taken a three day approach to these decadent desserts. On Dieter’s Downfall, we’ll make a wonderful dessert over three days. My breakdown is intended for busy people who really, really want to make a stunning dessert for a dinner party, but feel like they can’t because of time. Follow along and make something spectacular! [Read More …]
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