Hay, Hay, It’s Sorbet!

I was so excited when Eat Drink Live announced the sorbet theme for the next round of Hay, Hay, It’s Donna Day. I have a Donna Hay magazine that I’ve been keeping on my coffee table because the raspberry semifreddo on the front cover is so gorgeous and now is the season for cold [...]

You Are My Sunshine

A few weeks ago, for the last Student Lunch of the year, someone brought some cookies from Sam’s Club but, because she couldn’t eat them herself, she left the extras here. Actually, there were several kinds — we had a boatload of desserts that day and somehow all the extras got left with [...]

Coconut and Lime Cupcakes

Rachel at Coconut & Lime is celebrating the third birthday of her blog and started a contest based on coconut and lime ingredients, but I can’t seem to figure out how to get to her older posts to link it.
I love both coconut and lime but ever since I read that post, I [...]

A Little Surprise!

Sometimes a recipe is so good, you come back to it again and again. Even when you want something a little ‘different’. I’ve shared about my recent infatuation with key lime and I had hoped to participate in Elena’s Muffin Monday 02 but ‘a day late and dollar short’ doesn’t even begin to [...]

Lemon (and Lime) Curd Cake with Fresh Fruit

I generally try to offer one dessert that doesn’t have any chocolate in it and I like to pair it with fresh fruit and often use a lemon flavor in the base. This year I made a whipping cream cake and put lemon curd between the layers and started playing with frosting options. [...]