Valentine’s Day

pavlova covered with whipped cream, fresh fruit, and flowers

How to Make a Stunning Pavlova

While a pavlova may seem like a super fancy dessert, it's actually very easy to make. It's a giant meringue with a fluffy interior. The key to …

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White plate filled with a pile of honey cookies

Simple Honey Cookies

Often, honey cookies are super soft and chewy. Not these - they are crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. They hold their shape really well so you can use them with …

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cupcakes frosted with three types of strawberry frosting on a white background with some scattered strawberries

Strawberry Cupcakes

These strawberry cupcakes are some of the best you'll ever have. They are moist, flavorful, and loaded with chopped, fresh strawberries! You can top the cupcakes …

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Homemade Turtle Candy

Homemade Chocolate Turtles – Simple Turtle Candy Recipe

Making homemade chocolate turtles with pecans and a foolproof salted caramel is a simple introduction to candy-making at home. The turtles don't have to look perfect and, in fact, their imperfections make them all the …

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Collage of gift ideas for bakers

Gifts for Bakers – 25+ Best Gift Ideas

Do you need gifts for bakers in your life? I've created the ultimate gift guide! Start here to find something great for the cupcake, cookie, cake, pie, or bread baker on your list! There are …

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Mirror Glaze Cake

Easy Mirror Glaze Cake

Mirror Glaze Cake is a cake made with glaze that is so shiny that you can almost see your reflection in it! While this type of glaze works best on smooth mousse cakes, it …

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Sugar Pie

Cream Pie – The Sugar Cream Pie That Tastes Like Crème Brûlée

Cream pie (sometimes called sugar cream pie) tastes like crème brûlée in pie format. It's rich and decadent and the filling requires just six ingredients - sugar, butter, half and half, vanilla, nutmeg, and cornstarch. …

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two mugs of hot chocolate with a large marshmallow in each

The Best Homemade Hot Chocolate (Drinking Chocolate)

This recipe is, hands-down, the best homemade hot chocolate recipe I've ever had. It's so rich, so packed with chocolate flavor, that it's hard to put your mug down. I began …

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Pink serving dish filled with square and round bonbons painted with gold

What are Bonbons and How to Make Them

Highly revered, chocolate bonbons are truly blissful! They're actually not that hard to make. But what exactly are they? How are they made? How are these chocolate confections different from truffles? …

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Vanilla and Strawberry Mousse Layer Cake

Easy Strawberry Mousse Cake

This strawberry mousse cake has an intoxicating strawberry smell and a heavenly taste. This is a mousse cake recipe that you can finish with a mirror glaze, but it certainly doesn't demand one. …

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Neapolitan Cookies

Neapolitan Cookies

Like all Neopolitan desserts, these cookies are tri-colored. They are soft and chewy and taste like the tried-and-true combination of vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate. "Each of these Neapolitan cookies is like a snowflake," says …

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Chocolate Olives

Chocolate-Covered Olives – Olive and Chocolate Aphrodisiac Love Bombs

Green olives are reputed to make men more virile and dark chocolate has been thought since the time of the ancient Mayans to increase erotic pleasure. Combine olives and chocolate and you have little aphrodisiac …

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Better Than Sex Cupcakes

Better Than Sex Cupcakes: Chocolate Times Five

I don't want a 'plain chocolate cupcake'. I want a phenomenal, rich, delectable, 'better than sex' chocolate cupcake. Milk chocolate? White chocolate? Dark chocolate? All of the the above. Not EVERY …

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