February 8th, 2012

Red Velvet Cream Cheese Brownies

I am so in love with these brownies. I saw them over at Baking Bites.  Who doesn’t love Red Velvet anything? Or Cheesecake? Or Brownies? Then to combine them all together! Since Valentines Day is next week, and did I mention it’s my anniversary, guess what I will be making? Shhhh. Don’t tell him.

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January 31st, 2012

Lemon Curd Recipe

I adore lemon curd. I have been making it for the last 7 years. It started when I owned a small tearoom and I served it each day with scones.

It’s pretty easy, just a little time consuming. You can use it with scones, put it on cake, cookies, and fill cupcakes with it. There [...]

January 20th, 2012

Cupid Red Velvet cupcakes and scones

This past week I was the speaker at my Chicks that Click network group. We meet at Burgers and Beer.  I am a baker and I deliver desserts to parties and events over at Candiland Dessert Company. I had good intentions to bring lots of dessert treats and cupcakes to the meeting. I had planned [...]

November 2nd, 2011

{Dessert} Pumpkin Creme Brulee

Can you ever have enough Pumpkin?

Like I said before, I love anything pumpkin. Did you know this was gluten-free. I have two great recipe books for Creme Brulee, which happens to be my favorite dessert. So I was looking in the book and found the recipe for Pumpkin Creme Brulee.

I had my husband [...]

October 29th, 2011

A Chocolate Affair in Palm Springs

Chocolate Wine, Chocolate Dessert and Chocolate Water need-I-say-more.

This past week, Palm Springs and The Spa Resort and Casino was host to a fabulous evening by Cliff Young’s “Out to Eat” Television program benefiting the Aids Assistance Program.

Your ticket covered the price of unlimited desserts and treats from over 20 vendors. Kelly and [...]

October 4th, 2011

For The Love Of Pumpkin

I would have to say, I am not a huge fan of fall for several reasons. One,  being I don’t like when it gets dark at 5:00pm and the other is that its still dark at 6:00am. I love the sun. I live in the desert. I am not a night person, I am a [...]

September 27th, 2011

Gluten Free 7 Layer Magic Bars {Dessert}

Do you love 7 layer bars, dream bars, magic bars, or what ever you call them? Are you gluten intolerant? Well sometimes you need to take the flavors or desserts you like and rework them to your liking.

I recently made these bars and changed the crust from the original Eagle Brand recipe with gluten [...]

September 21st, 2011

{Dessert} Quick and Easy Frosting Secrets

Don’t you just hate when adding color to your frosting the mess it can make? Are you longing for an easy way to use frosting bags with fast clean up?

I saw this video last year and recently came across it again. Even if you don’t choose to use the same bowl to change colors, [...]

September 7th, 2011

Introductions-A Day in Candiland

My personal assignment this week is introducing my friends and fellow bloggers to my blog, A day in Candiland.  People blog for all different reasons and I guess you could say I do this to be creative and have something to maybe leave behind for my children. My grandmother left behind a large photo album [...]

September 6th, 2011

Berry Delicious Nachos

A few weeks ago, I was reading one of my favorite blogs, Tidy Mom and she shared Strawberry Chocolate Nachos. It looked amazing. After I read it, I headed straight to the store and purchased the following ingredients – Flour tortillas and strawberries I already had some whipping cream, cinnamon, sugar, butter and chocolate chips [...]