I like illusions in food. This looks like a lobster roll but in reality is a yellow cake with strawberries shaped like lobster parts. The yellow cake has butter instead of oil for better browning and extra vanilla for more flavor and cooked in mini muffin pans to resemble buns. Strawberries mixed with cream cheese…
Tag: desserts
Raspberry Sherbet
As a kid we had raspberry bushes in our back yard. Much to my father’s chagrin, the bushes in each patch represented 1st base and 2nd base, so they took a beating during our almost daily whiffle ball games. (Breaking a bush was an automatic out and a major scolding.) Ah, but what berries survived…
Air Fryer Churros
I enjoy a churro at the fair but don’t make them at home because of the messy oil. That is why I decided to try the air fryer. It worked, except I do miss some oil (the sugar doesn’t stick). I did give it a good spray of cooking spray. Now, the dough is very…
Chocolate Donut Bread Pudding
I did version of this a few years ago, but that had some fruit in it and not enough chocolate. I overdid the chocolate in this one, wait, that’s just crazy talk. You can never put in too much chocolate. I did add just a little cinnamon and the tiniest bit of ancho chili powder…
Bananamisu
I have covered that I’m not a fan of tiramisu because of the coffee. So I have done lemon and green tea versions so far, so why not banana? Banana? The mad scientist has finally gone over the cliff. Well, it works. Lady fingers, banana pudding, chocolate covered bananas layered so you get maximum flavor…
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