Mmm chocolate. (I don’t like the title because it’s long and dumb but I couldn’t think of a better one.) Lately I’ve seen a lot of people making cakes in a mug. A cake “baked” in the microwave is not appealing to me. My husband has reported that he does enjoy them, and says there is no better way to get your cake fix solved in a hurry. I’ve never tried one so I’m not sure why I have strong feelings against them. Maybe I’m crazy? (Don’t answer that.) Anyway, I’d rather take a few extra minutes and throw a …

This is the kind of dessert that people sneak bites of before it’s dessert time. True story. I don’t bake cakes often, especially multiple layer cakes. Maybe it’s because I dread handling two or more cakes that inevitably don’t look symmetrical and I can’t frost cakes to save my life. Or perhaps it’s because I don’t have many occasions that call for a cake and I don’t want to make a whole cake for just me and my husband. Let’s go with the latter reason. 😉 Now a one layer cake, that I can do. After all, it’s almost like …

There was a day when I didn’t care about cracks on top of a cheesecake. My husband has made this pumpkin cheesecake a few times (before my blogging days) and we’re pretty confident that it cracked then too and yet we continued to make it again and again.  Why?  It’s out of this world delicious.  We loved it.  Our families loved it.  We’ve never made any other kind of pumpkin cheesecake because there is no need to try any other when you’ve found one that tastes as good as this one.  Plus, it’s easy to make. I debated on whether …