I hope you enjoy baking and eating these desserts and I would love to hear about your kitchen adventures. Please bear with me as I work on the website. Some of the recipes were developed for the site, while others were taken from various books I have written over the years or other projects that I have worked on.
These cake balls are so moist that they are the perfect candidate for a dry coating, such as shaved chocolate.
In my opinion, butter pecan ice cream is highly underrated. There is something about the creamy, dairy flavors accented by the crunchy, nutty pecans that I simply love and I wanted to create a cake ball homage. This recipe begins with a homemade pecan toffee combining butter, sugar and a hint of salt. The basic […]
Of all the white chocolate–covered cake balls in the book, this one appeals most to even milk and dark chocolate lovers.
The photo above was taken in my kitchen during my recipe testing for my Cake Balls book. It depicts my Dulce de Leche Cake Balls and of all the photos I shared with friends while testing, this is the one that got the most responses…while the caramel drizzle on top pops against the white chocolate, […]
If you like caramel and burnt sugar flavors, this recipe will tickle your taste buds.
People love anything and everything covered in chocolate but whether its chocolate covered pretzels, potato chips, or bacon, the extra saltiness makes the treat irresistible. My recent book, Cake Balls, introduces the perfect little indulgence for all you salty n’ sweet lovers: The Crunchie Munchie…a combination of Milk Chocolate Brownies, Milk Chocolate Ganache, pretzels, caramel […]
If you are a fan of salty-sweet combinations, this is the perfect cake ball for you.
Milk chocolate lovers, I have created a milk chocolate brownie just for you!
I was always intent on providing some exclusive cake ball content for my site, outside of my book, and here is the first installment. Yes, truth be told I had the Lemon Curd in the frig already, so I was ahead of the game, but what inspired me was not only that pastry kitchen staple, […]
These cake balls combine a basic yellow cake and lemon curd with fresh blueberries.
This is a buttery yellow cake, perfect for cake balls that need a fairly neutral flavor background.
This doughnut features a sticky, crunchy topping combining caramel and pecans with a nice hit of bourbon.
Usng both chocolate and Dutch-processed cocoa provide depth of color and flavor and using oil, as opposed to butter, gave the doughnut springiness.
These ridged strips are made from pate a choux (cream puff) dough, piped out of a pastry bag fitted with a star tip directly into the hot oil.
This ring-shaped yeast-raised doughnut is covered with a thick vanilla frosting
These doughnuts are yeast raised, spongy, and light, yet with a bit of substance to their texture.
Cassata is a classic Sicilian cake often combining a fairly simple sponge cake with fresh ricotta, candied orange peel, liqueur, and shavings of chocolate.
Cocoa, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, and ganache are all combined in one cake ball.