At our Oscar’s party last year I made white chocolate statuettes with a chocolate covered Oreo cookie as the base. For this Hanukkah and Christmas I’m back at it making chocolate covered Oreos with decorations. These Oreos are molded in white chocolate with blue icing applied later. The colors are for Hanukkah. Next are Oreos in a…
Category: Holidays
Acorn Sugar Cookies, Pumpkin Seed Brittle, Sweet Potato Bread
The holidays always spark my desire for theme baking. This Thanksgiving I made maple glazed sugar cookies in the shape of acorns, lemon glazed sugar cookies in the shape of maple leaves, and sugar cookies drizzled with red colored, white chocolate in the shape of oak leaves. I tried something new this year and made…
Greek Easter Food: Bourekas, Mahlepi, Pascha, more
The Greek Orthodox Church’s canon is to bless, praise and glorify God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Greek Orthodox Divine Liturgy midnight service commemorating Pascha or Easter is the embodiment of the expression of those principles. It is full of awe and pageantry; the highlight is when the church is completely shrouded in…
Cheesecake Decked for Christmas!
Cheesecake is rich, creamy, and delicious and is by far one of the ultimate comfort foods. It is simple to prepare but it does take a long while to bake, cool and set before it’s ready to be served. I decorated this Cheesecake Decked for Christmas with fresh, homemade, whipped cream rosettes and added a red…
Halloween Cupcakes!
Halloween is my guilty pleasure… Who doesn’t love a holiday devoted to delicious tasting treats and the possibility of a good trick? I especially enjoy greeting the little ones dressed up in their Halloween finest and hearing their sweet little voices chant, “TRICK OR TREAT,” at the front door. They look so adorable waiting for…
Easter Bunny Cupcakes
Welcoming the Easter Bunny will be easy this year. The weather is fantastic; the grass is already green and the colorful and vibrant spring flowers are flourishing. As a matter of fact, it was such a mild winter that we had a few lingering carrots in our garden. I believe that the Easter Bunny might…