Desserts
Easy Vanilla Ice Cream
This is an easy recipe for vanilla ice cream, which I make in our Cuisinart icecream maker. My favorite ice cream storage containers are the SUMO ice cream containers on Amazon.
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Easy Lemon Sorbet
This recipe is super easy and makes a light dessert for after a meal or just anytime. I use a Cuisinart ice cream maker with a freezer bowl, but may want to upgrade to an automatic model in the near future.
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Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
Tres Leches Cake is popular throughout Latin America. The cake is baked with whole milk and then soaked in a combination of evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk, hence the “three milks” title. It’s a super moist cake that’s best served the next day. Top with fresh whipped cream or just use the canned version.…
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Coconut Pecan Frosting
The perfect topping for German chocolate cake! This recipe is the perfect amount for the three-layer German chocolate cake recipe.
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German Chocolate Cake
My favorite cake! This recipe was from the Baker’s German Chocolate wrapper about 50 years ago! They are still making the same chocolate, but believe the included recipe may have changed just ever so slightly over the years. Even if you don’t like coconut, you will love this cake. Top with Coconut pecan frosting (separate…
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New York Cheesecake
When living in North Miami Beach, I frequented a great bakery that made New York styled cheese cake, but since moving to the Pacific Northwest, it’s almost impossible to find. I scoured the internet and cookbooks to find the best cheesecake recipe, and finally developed this smaller 8-inch traditional version. This cake reminds me of…
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