Category Archives: Desserts

Turning Found Fruit into Treasured Quince Jelly (Super Simple Recipe!)

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Robin

I’ve always gotten a kick out of “finding” food and turning it into something delicious like quince jelly. At my first sleep-away camp at age 7, my buddies and I plucked huckleberries from vines alongside a hiking trail. We proundly … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizers, breakfast, Breakfast/Brunch, brunch, brunch/breakfast, Condiments, Desserts, Recipes | Tagged easy quince jelly, quince, quince and vanilla, quince jam, quince jelly | 1 Comment

Camp Cooking: Magic Layer Pie

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Robin

It’s officially camping season and all around me, throngs of outdoor adventurers are readying their camping gear and pondering whether to head for the mountains or the desert, the coast or the woods. Me? I’m already planning the menu. Don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Desserts, Recipes | Tagged 7 layer bars, campfire cooking, campfire cuisine, camping, camping cooking, camping recipe, choclate chips, chocolate, coconut, graham cracker crust, graham crackers, seven layer bars, sweetened condensed milk | Leave a comment

Maple-Glazed Bacon Beignets

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Robin

On the heels of my earlier success with homemade sufganiyot and a recent taste of Applewood-Smoked Bacon Beignets with Maple Crème Fraiche at Melissa Perillo’s San Francisco restaurant, Frances, I’ve been obsessing about fried balls of dough. As foodie obsessions … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizers, Baking, Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Recipes, Side Dishes, Snacks | Tagged bacon, bacon donut, bacon recipe, bacon recipes, beignet recipes, beignets recipe, fat Tuesday, fat Tuesday recipe, mardi gras, mardi gras recipe, sufganiyot, sufganiyot recipe | 2 Comments

Thai Black Rice Pudding with Coconut Milk

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Juliana

Rice pudding and coconut are both divisive food items, often inviting extreme reactions from supporters as well as loathers. As for me, I love both. And the sticky, sweet, faintly salty black rice coconut pudding that’s served in Southeast Asian … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Recipes, Vegetarian | Tagged black rice, black rice pudding, coconut, coconut milk, forbidden rice, southeast asian cooking, southeast asian dessert, thai | 2 Comments

Dessert Crepes with Sweet Ricotta Cream and Strawberries

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Juliana

If you’ve been reading Two Lazy Gourmets for a while you might have noticed that I LOVE TO MAKE CREPES! (Ever since I got a new crepe pan for my birthday, I can’t stop making crepes.) Yes, crepe-making is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Recipes, Small Plates, Snacks | Tagged crepes, dessert, easy, easy crepe recipe, fruit, heavy cream, ricotta cheese | 3 Comments

Sticky Toffee Pudding: An Easy Recipe for an Elegant Christmas Desert

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Robin

I tasted my first sticky toffee pudding while visiting Edinburgh when I was pregnant with my son. True to the myths about pregnant women, I had cravings. Uncontrollable, intense cravings. For instance, seeing a box of Nilla Wafers in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Desserts, Recipes | Tagged cake with caramel sauce, cake with toffee sauce, caramel sauce, christmas dessert, date pudding, easy christmas dessert, easy sticky tofee pudding recipe, elegant christmas dessert, english sticky pudding, holiday dessert, holiday desserts, sticky date pudding, sticky toffee pudding, sticky toffee pudding recipe, toffee sauce | 5 Comments

Jelly Donuts for Hanukkah

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Robin

One day several Decembers ago, a friend mentioned in passing that she had stopped in to Mollie Stone’s on the way to work to pick up Krispy Kreme jelly donuts for her coworkers. “You know, for Hanukkah,” she said casually. … Continue reading →

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Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Praline Topping

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Robin

Last week we brought you a meatless entrée fit for the thanksgiving table, and today, I present a delectable gluten-free pumpkin pie. This easy Thanksgiving dessert is a stunning end to a festive meal, and one that’s fit for everyone, … Continue reading →

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Honey Cake for Rosh Hashanah

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Juliana

While my sister and I gabbed over breakfast at our local Russian deli/bakery last weekend, my three-year-old niece entertained herself by playing with one of those little single-serving honey packets. After poking at it and balancing it on the backs … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Desserts, Recipes | Tagged cupcakes, honey cake, jewish cooking, jewish new year, marcy goldman, rosh hashanah, smitten kitchen | 34 Comments

Orange Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate Glaze (AKA “Man Cake”)

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Robin

One of my favorite recipes in The Lazy Gourmet is our Orange Cake with Crème Fraîche and Bittersweet Chocolate Drizzle. I love that this beautiful and delicious orange cake can be mixed together with a spoon (no electric mixer!) in … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Desserts, Recipes, Vegetarian | Tagged bundt cake, cake, chocolate, chocolate glaze, creme fraiche, easy father's day dessert, father's day dessert recipe, father's day recipe, orange, orange bundt cake, orange cake, orange creme fraiche cake | 2 Comments