Last week I mentioned that sometimes simple is good and I'm happy to see you agreed. I can't believe how many of you hopped on the roasted strawberry recipe and loved them! Thank you for the emails! This week it was time to take simple one step further and put all those roasted strawberries to work. Roasted strawberry goat cheese blondies are basically everything I could ever want in a dessert. By this point, you know I'm goat cheese happy and we don't even need to go into my love for blondies. Add roasted strawberries to the mix, and ...
Raspberry Goat Cheese Cheesecake & a Giveaway!
Who's up for some cheesecake? How about another giveaway too? Pretty good way to start the weekend, right? I have been dying to share this cheesecake with you - raspberry goat cheese cheesecake is definitely my new "it" dessert of the season! It's light and airy with just the right amount of sweet, and it just looks like Spring to me. And today's giveaway is fabulous too! I have partnered with my friends at Vermont Creamery to bring you the "Buttercream Blondie's Essentials" package, which consists of all my favorite products including ...
Best of 2012: Your Favorite Desserts!
I hope you all had a merry Christmas! I spent the week home in NY enjoying time with family, consuming lots of calories, and taking a nice little break from life! Shutting off for a few days can really do wonders, but after 5 days out of the kitchen, I'm itching to get back to baking :) I've already got lots of new dessert ideas brewing in my head for 2013, but first I want to take a look back at the best of 2012. From sparkly peeps to an oatmeal cream pie makeover that still makes me swoon, this was a seriously sweet year! There was no ...
Balancing the Buttercream with Butternut Squash and Goat Cheese Nachos
Good morning guys! I'd like to take a break from our regularly scheduled program today to bring you the newest addition to the balancing the buttercream series. I've had these nachos in my head since September, and with the holiday season upon us, I figured we could all use a little balance. I don't know about you, but my holidays look something like this: parties, dinners, drinks, stress, 5,000 batches of cookies, more parties, and so on. Sound familiar? I've also learned that no matter how many times you dance around your kitchen to T ...
Balancing the Buttercream with Goat Cheese & Avocado Portobellos
Are you confused? Wondering if you're in the right place? Where's the dessert?? I promise this isn't the twilight zone, just changing things up today. You see, the most common question I'm asked is "How do you stay in shape?" Sometimes I get the "You don't look like a pastry chef!" Other times it's just "What's your secret?" Well, I can assure you there is no secret, but I do have some tips and tricks for balancing the buttercream. I also figured as long as I'm going to talk about this, I have to share one of my favorite go-to ...