Category: New Recipe

My mom loves marble cake, so I decided to make one from scratch for her October birthday. I made this yellow and chocolate cake combination following a single recipe a couple of times that month, but, unfortunately, didn’t like how either turned out. Each time, it ended up more like a yellow cake with a fudge…

My favorite vegetable is the red bell pepper. Every week, I eat them either raw in a salad or sauteed in my pasta specialty. Many weeks, I enjoy them both ways. I have wanted to try roasting them for a long time. Since I am branching out in cooking and baking this year, it definitely made…

Since I live alone, I wanted to make a single-serve dessert, the kind you can make and bake in a mug. I decided to try a brownie one day. That you actually bake in the microwave. The recipe I tried was good, not great. Good enough to repeat a few times though. The brownie wasn’t…

1-2-3-4 Cake is like a pound cake. My maternal grandmother likes to make it and taught me as a child. The cake’s name comes from the ingredients; there’s 1 of something, 2 of another and so on. It’s definitely easy to memorize. Passed down orally, this is likely why it’s an old-fashioned recipe. Just before…

Last year, I followed an easy coffee cake recipe, one that used a box cake mix, but I didn’t like how both the cake and topping turned out. Read about it here. Since I definitely want to have a ‘go to’ coffee cake as an option to accompany coffee when hosting friends, I wished to…

I have been anticipating the day that I would try to make these Chocolate Molten Cakes in Cupcake Pans for awhile. I have good memories of this particular dessert. I was surprised when I cut into my birthday cake in Paris and it turned out to be one of these. During college, I relished this menu…

The Monday before last, I tried a new recipe for dinner. The Quick & Easy Italian Pork Chops turned out quite well. This dish was delicious! It was seasoned with a bit of a spicy kick. Looking great as well, the meat browned nicely. It will definitely become one of my ‘go to’ recipes. I may follow…

During my special three-day 4th of July weekend, I made chocolate chip cookies from scratch. Of all the recipes collected on my Pinterest board (Recipes to Try, also see Recipes Tried) and in my cookbooks, this is probably the new recipe I was looking forward to making the most. I love them. Additionally, I had prepared…

My Second Coconut Cake I hesitate to include this coconut cake as a new recipe because I used boxed cake mix and canned frosting. But, had I not been trying to branch out, I probably wouldn’t have made it on my own. Trying new recipes was also a good excuse to properly outfit my kitchen…

Known to be time-consuming yet elegant, I actually attempted to make risotto.  …and it turned out fairly well! Perfectly al dente and creamy. …but I didn’t personally like my dish. I had used pre-shredded store brand parmesan and I think it gave the rice a cheap, artificial taste. Next time, I’ll choose a better cheese…