April 2010

Tres Leches Cake

April 29, 2010 |

Tres Leches. Three Milks. See, 3rd through 8th grade (and two college semesters) of Spanish did pay off. That glaring four-year gap? Latin in high school. What can I say? I like to mix things up a bit. Like cakes. Specifically this cake, which made me want to do a little dance around the kitchen [...]

Raisin Bran Muffins

April 27, 2010 |

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A favorite cereal in a breakfast muffin? As Ina Garten might say, “How great is that?” Now you all know I don’t claim to be a health nut (in fact, far from it), but for some reason Raisin Bran has always been a favorite cereal of mine. Something about those slightly sweetened flakes and sugary [...]

Dark Chocolate Truffles

April 19, 2010 |

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I fell in love with truffles approximately a year and a half ago. On my very first date with my Chief Culinary Consultant, he gave me a bag of Lindt dark chocolate truffles as a gift. During one of our conversations prior to going out for the first time, I had mentioned how much I [...]

10 Kitchen Favorites from Readers

April 14, 2010 |

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Welcome to the new quarterly roundup of Brown Eyed Baker reader kitchen favorites! As a bit of background, I am a member of the Amazon Affiliates program (many of you are probably aware of it, and may even be members too!), and what that means is that if I provide a link to a product [...]

Honey-Vanilla Sour Cream Pound Cake

April 12, 2010 |

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This is the third and final recipe on the menu that I created for the recipe contest on Kraft’s Breakstone’s sour cream microsite (the appetizer on the menu is the Cucumber-Tomato Bruschetta in Phyllo Cups and the entree is the Italian Chicken Salad Sandwiches). This pound cake is a perfect ending to a bright and [...]

Italian Chicken Salad Sandwich

April 6, 2010 |

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Last week I posted the Cucumber-Tomato Bruschetta in Phyllo Cups appetizer and told you all about the recipe contest I am currently in over at Kraft’s Breakstone’s sour cream site. To recap (and in case you didn’t happen to read that post), Kraft asked me to create three separate menu items – appetizer, main dish, [...]