Round 2 of research into making the ultimate bacon chocolate cupcakes and I discovered something so much better than caramelized bacon: chocolate covered bacon! How did I not think of that before? I had envisioned little pieces of chocolate covered bacon, sort of like chocolate chips. Part of what I didn’t like about the original […] Read more…
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Bacon and Chocolate Cupcake
I’ve been wanting to try baking with bacon for a while. Salty and sweet is a classic combo; there is caramel with fleur de sel, pretzels dipped in chocolate, etc. My local cupcake bakery Let Them Eat Cake! beat me to it by making “Fat Face Bacon” (named for the sandwich shop next door): a dark […] Read more…
"Grown-Up" S’mores Pie with Guiness
This is slowly turning into a baking blog. Can you tell that baking was my first passion in the kitchen? It’s still what I’m most comfortable doing (although I love being in the kitchen period). Anyway, I heard about this pie contest for Pi day via Serious Eats on Monday. I instantly decided to enter […] Read more…
Chocolate Avocado Cake with Avocado Buttercream
Here’s a random recipe floating around the net utilizing a common ingredient in an unusual way: Serious Eats posted a recipe from Joy the Baker for Chocolate Avocado Cake with Avocado Buttercream. It’s a very unusual use for avocados but I’m totally intrigued. You probably have a couple of extra avocados laying around this weekend […] Read more…