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Rebecca Swanner

Apple Cider and Caramel Ice Cream with Pirouettes
Baking

Apple Cider and Caramel Ice Cream with Pirouettes

There’s a lot I want to accomplish this year, especially when it comes to pastry. After all, if the world is going to end in December, I should make sure to indulge in as many delicious bites as possible before then. Right? This weekend,…

January 11, 2012
RyanGoslingLovesCandy
Recipes

Ryan Gosling Loves Candy

Hey girl. Lately, I’ve found myself watching Ryan Gosling’s films. It started with Drive and sort of went from there. Then a friend tells me that he loves candy. Like loves candy to the point where his kind-of-ridiculous abs would rebel. As a baker…

October 22, 2011
Baking

Spicy Bourbon Bonbons and Tequila Lime Infused Caramels

For this month, the Daring Bakers has the awesome challenge to do chocolate and candy. Two of my favorites! To participate, you had to make two candies. One had to either be a truffle, a dipped chocolate, or a filled chocolate. I racked my…

August 28, 2011
Baking Travel

Absinthe Cupcakes

I have a teeny-tiny obsession with absinthe. It started back in college – the liqueur was still illegal then – when a friend of the guy I was dating brought back a bottle from Prague. We had it in the classic college way. In…

August 23, 2011
Recipes

Peanut Butter Honeycomb Pie

Recently, I was reading the latest issue of Bon Appetit when I came across a photo for this Peanut Butter Honeycomb Pie. It was love at first sight. I was smitten, and I had to make it. I am not, as I have previously…

August 18, 2011
Baking

Truffles

I made these a few months ago but I’ve been lazy about posting photos. The chocolate truffles I created for a dear friend while the coconut truffles I made for my grandmother. I wasn’t terribly impressed with the coconut truffles – though I think…

August 6, 2011