Hatch Chile Cashew and Coconut Brittle Prep 10 mins  Cook 8-20 mins  Chill 30+ mins  Eat 1 hour I made this Hatch Chile Cashew and Coconut Brittle for the Food Bloggers of Los Angeles annual Cookie Exchange. I was inspired by a package of Hatch Chile Cashews I received in the summer from Melissa’s Produce… Continue reading Hatch Chile Cashew and Coconut Brittle inspired by Martha Stewart
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Pina Colada Pie
Prep 30 mins  Bake 25 mins  Refrigerate 1 hour  Eat 1:30 This warm spring weather has me thinking about summer on the way and Pina Coladas….in a pie. Tasting this Pina Colada Pie will remind you of sitting by the pool with a frozen drink decorated with a little umbrella. I put the Pina Colada Pie innocently on the menu of… Continue reading Pina Colada Pie
Cardamom Vanilla Cupcakes with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep 10 mins  Bake 20 mins  Cool 10 mins Frost & Decorate 15 mins  Eat 55 mins We made these Cardamom Vanilla Cupcakes at our Get Dinner on the Table…in a Flash cooking class and they can indeed be made in a Flash. Mix up the batter in a few minutes. Scoop them into muffin cups and into… Continue reading Cardamom Vanilla Cupcakes with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
Chocolate Samoa* Cake with Hazelnuts and Fresh Coconut (*A Girl Scout Cookie)
Prep 40 mins  Bake 20 mins  Cool 1 hour  Frost Cake 20 mins  Garnish Cake 10 mins   Eat 2:30 This Chocolate Samoa Cake with Hazelnuts and Fresh Coconut is not Fresh Food in a Flash, but it is divine. It’s luscious light center of ground hazelnuts and ground Samoa Girl Scout cookies are suspended in a light chiffon cake. It’s wrapped up in… Continue reading Chocolate Samoa* Cake with Hazelnuts and Fresh Coconut (*A Girl Scout Cookie)
Coconut Cake made with fresh coconut
Prep 20 mins  Bake 30 mins  Cool 60 mins  Frost 15 mins  Eat 2:05 hours If you’ve never tasted a Coconut Cake made with fresh coconut, you are going to go well…coco-nuts when you do..that is if you are a coconut lover like me. There are coconut lovers or coconut haters – no in between. … Continue reading Coconut Cake made with fresh coconut
Chocolate Coconut Pecan Pie
Prep 15 mins Bake 30 mins  Wait 15 mins Eat 60 mins Makes 2 pies to serve 12 This Chocolate Coconut Pecan Pie is a winner. We’re talking triple chocolate! Are you listening chocolate lovers? TRIPLE CHOCOLATE! Chocolate in the crust, chocolate in the filling and chocolate in the garnish around the edge of the pie plate.
Chocolate Dream Bars
Prep 15 mins  Bake 30 mins  Eat 45 mins I’ve updated this Chocolate Dream Bars recipe from my 1973 Pillsbury Cookbook. All the girls in Minneapolis were given this cookbook when they came “of age”. The combination of the cookie crust along with chocolate, walnuts and coconut are dreamy, hence the name. They are gooey… Continue reading Chocolate Dream Bars
Holiday Cookie Baking Class – December. 8, 2012 + Vote for my Cookie
I NEED YOUR VOTE BEFORE NOVEMBER 12!  I’ve entered the Chocolate Dream Bars we served at the Holy Nativity Fundraiser into the LA Times Holiday Cookie Contest. Those of you who tasted these, know how dreamy they were. Would you like to help me and vote for them?  If so, click here.  Enter… Continue reading Holiday Cookie Baking Class – December. 8, 2012 + Vote for my Cookie
