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Cold-Brewed Iced Coffee. Update 4/2014: Be sure to check out my new, improved cold-brewed iced coffee tutorial with step-by-step instructions and lessons learned since first posting about cold-brewed iced coffee.

Cold-Brewed Iced Coffee

I started making my iced coffee this way a couple of years ago, thanks to this New York Times recipe that convinced me to do so. You add coffee grounds to cold water and let it sit at room temperature for several hours. Getting High with Hi-Hat Cupcakes. I believe it was a year or two ago, before I started my little blog, that I first heard of Hi-hat Cupcakes.

Getting High with Hi-Hat Cupcakes

I then found a recipe for them on Martha Stewart's site. I then searched a bit more and found quite a few people had terrible issues with the recipe on that site (which doesn't surprise me, as the recipes there tend to be hit and miss) and had worked out their own way of making them from trial and error. I set the idea to make them aside and it got buried in my ever churning thought process. Hi-hats seem to have broken through to the surface of my brain with perfect timing. I need an excuse to get out of this terrible slump I've been in. Chocolate Blackout Cake (makes 20 cupcakes, or one nice 9x12" pan o' cake) This recipe first appeared on my blog here 2 cups sugar -Mix together the wet ingredients, Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until combined.

Italian Meringue: (adapted from Dorie Greenspan's Baking: From My Home to Yours The first coil goes on like this: 60 Second Chocolate Chip Cookie A la Mode. I had so much fun developing this recipe. Talk about kinda dangerous though. This baby is baked in 60 seconds, no lie!! The cookie dough recipe is prepared right in your ramekin, so we are also talking about minimal dishes. Win win, right? You know those fabulous pizzookie’s you order at certain restaurants? In any case, Enjoy my friends!! Web's Tastiest: Pancakes Recipes. Everyone knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Web's Tastiest: Pancakes Recipes

So of course you want to get off to a good, healthy start. However, anyone with kids knows that some mornings are just too special to worry about a properly balanced meal. Spending time in the kitchen as a family, whipping up something absolutely decadent and definitely too sweet, is the stuff that memories are made of. The Web’s Tastiest Pancake Recipes are here to turn Saturday into Whattaday! Cinnamon Roll Pancakes Cinnamon rolls are fantastic all on their own, so infusing them with pancake goodness is a recipe for a heavenly morning.

Lemon Blueberry Pancakes Lemon and blueberry are about as perfect a pair as Sunday morning and pancakes. Apple Pancakes An apple a day will keep the dentist away, so when you shred them and throw them into a pancake batter, you’re really making a healthy choice. Nutella Pancakes Need we say more? Design for kids and the home. MarsBar Melts. There are two reasons you'll fall in love with these MarsBar Melts 1.

MarsBar Melts

They only need 4 ingredients 2. They only take 7mins to bake Fast, fabulous & utterly filthy! NB: If you're in America, a Mars Bar over here is what you guys call a Milky Way over there. Pop them in the oven for 7-8mins Until they look like these bad boys- Vanilla cheesecake with strawberry compote & Cooking Blog. 8th December 2011By GuestPhotography by Adam A few weeks ago the industrial design team in Dunedin had a shared morning tea to celebrate a couple of birthdays.

Vanilla cheesecake with strawberry compote & Cooking Blog

Annie made this beautiful cheesecake; it was so good we persuaded her to share her secret recipe with everyone! “I can’t remember ever having cheesecake when I was little… my mum wasn’t that into food; cooking or baking was merely a chore to her. Her signature dish was a sponge cake, but made from an instant cake packet – add some water and eggs and voila!

It most certainly wouldn’t have any icing. “This cake requires a few hours cooling before serving so is best made the day before. -- Take all ingredients out of the fridge an hour before starting. Limoncello Cheesecake. I can not believe I do not have any cavities. Seriously. I have the biggest sweet tooth. Always have. I suppose I can thank my Mom and her insistence on brushing and flossing 3 times a day ; ) In addition to having a little thing for desserts I also have a thing for cocktails.