Posts Tagged ‘coffee’
Pear and Walnut Coffee Cake
Cakes, Pies & Tarts • Tags: cake, coffee, fall, giveaway, lemon, morning, pear, POM Wonderful, sour cream
Well good morning. How are you? We have coffee cake. Surely you want some? Surely. Somewhere up there with fluffy biscuits, creamy vegetable tarts, and Southern shrimp and grits, there’s coffee cake as one of the most desirable breakfast dishes. Imagine waking up to this on a cool morning. Brew up a mug of coffee, tea or hot chocolate, and you’re ready to eat. This was actually made for a dinner party where the theme was ‘breakfast’. Breakfast for dinner. Let’s all just admit that breakfast for dinner is always a great idea. Why do you think people love going to Ihop for pancakes late at night? For this dinner party, everyone had to supply a traditional morning platter, and this is something that rides the line between bread and dessert. We sat down to an asparagus and potato frittata, roasted potatoes speckled with hearty turkey sausage and fresh watermelon and pineapple with cream. This coffee cake was a great way to end it all, but there’s no reason why it won’t be baked again for a future fall morning.
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Glazed Lemon Polenta Cookies
Cookies & Bars • Tags: citrus, coffee, Facebook, glazed cookie, lemon, piping, polenta
Is it possible to tire of a favorite food? When does the madness stop? We love us some polenta. Polenta, polenta, polenta. As we’ve said many times, we could eat it for breakfast, lunch, dinner…and dessert? Yes. Dessert. The addition of polenta in desserts is not new. The ones that stand out the most are the cakes–chocolate, lemon, orange, cherry! There are some nice recipes floating around this wide world of web, and one day we will try them. You mark our words. But right now, it’s all about the cookies. Because cookies are a good starting point, we’ve decided to show you these.
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Chocolate Caramel Cupcakes with Caramel Coffee Glaze
Cakes, Pies & Tarts • Tags: caramel, coffee, cupcake glaze, cupcakes, Frangelico, Vosges chocolate
They say there are a few things that you just need a taste of, and you’re set. No need to OD because a hit or two will get you going. No, we’re not talking about illegal substances. We’re talking about chocolate. Honestly, we can eat chocolate in massive quantities and be just fine. Bouncing off the walls from a sugar high? Whatever. Tooth decay? Bah humbug. Pudgy bellies? Eh. Chocolate is one of those things where you can give us a Hershey bar or quelquechose de Vosges, and we’ll tear it up. We’re not chocolate snobs, although we can take the time to appreciate the taste of a fine chocolate. And then we’ll ask you for another piece. These cupcakes are not made with the world’s finest chocolates. In fact, we called upon our friend Hersey for his cocoa powder and Trader Joe for his dark chocolate bar. No matter, they were good. You can’t fault us for just getting our fix.
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