dessert

A strawberry roll cake with cream and strawberries on a cutting board.

Strawberry Roll Cake

This Strawberry Roll Cake is how my mom always makes strawberry shortcake. The easy dessert is a delicious sponge cake with strawberries and whipped cream rolled up inside.

Strawberry roll cake on a wooden cutting board.

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Three pieces of brownies with red sprinkles on top.

Strawberry Chocolate Brownies

Strawberry chocolate brownies with cream cheese frosting.

This is a perfect treat for Valentine’s Day – Chocolate Brownies layered with frosting, chocolate and strawberry candy.

Strawberry chocolate brownies are stacked on top of each other.

No-Bake Orange Cream Cheesecake Recipe

With Syracuse University playing in the Final Four this year I wanted to make a special dessert to celebrate and eat during the game on Saturday!  It has been 10 years since Syracuse made the Final Four, so it is not an everyday occurrence.  I received my Master’s Degree from Syracuse, and have lived near the school for many years. Luckily since their mascot is an Orangeman it is fairly easy to make something themed, after all there are lots of ways to incorporate oranges in cooking.

No-Bake Orange Cream Cheesecake

Apricot Almond Bread Pudding

Apricot Almond Bread Pudding

I made this delicious bread pudding using the organic fruits and nuts that I received from Bella Viva Orchards. I love apricots and almonds, and I thought they would make a great combination for a bread pudding.  I tried to make the recipe not too unhealthy, so the recipes has less eggs, sugar and butter than most bread pudding recipes. Even with that it was plenty sweet, since the dried apricots are so sweet they don’t need extra sugar.