Strawberry Layer Cake & Sweet Mascarpone Cheese Frosting

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Fresh strawberries are perfectly ripe for picking right now . . . a little bit late this year, but bursting with extra sweet flavor! With Mother’s Day in just a few weeks, I wanted to share our favorite Strawberry Layered Cake recipe with you. This cake is so full of flavor, especially with the extra {Read More}

Cinnamon Apple and Cream Cheese Filled Mardi Gras King Cake

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I have always, always, always loved King Cake for Mardi Gras!  With today, “Fat Tuesday”, being the last official day of Mardis Gras in the States and Carnival around the world . . . I have just sunk my teeth into a divine King Cake like no other!  This cake has a cinnamon apple filling {Read More}

Lemon Polenta Torta with Fruit Compote

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‘Lemon Polenta Torta’ with powdered sugar sprinkled on top just as it is served in Italy! Winter and lemons?  This combination just doesn’t seem very logical to many of us.  Lemons are more commonly associated with the hot days of summer when we quench our thirst with icy, cold lemonade or lemon sherbet.  But in the warmer {Read More}

Nutella, Banana and Macadamia Nut Panini

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Bananas and Nutella may sound weird to some, but the combo is simply incredible and irresistable once you try it.  I love this marriage of fruit and chocolate-hazelnut so much that I am exceptionally good at tricking my brain into thinking that I’m really eating something healthy when I indulge in a half of a {Read More}

Lemon Citrus Granita on the Amalfi Coast, Italy

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Nothing is as cleansing and refreshing as a lemon citrus granita!Clean, clean, clean . . . the theme for January to kick off the new year of 2013 for the Cooking Light Virtual Supper  Club. So PERFECT! I don’t know about you, but I have always loved New Year’s Day!  I don’t make any specific {Read More}