Three words to describe these heart shaped shortbread cookies: simple, easy, delicious. There is no vanilla in this recipe. The flavor all comes from the butter so it’s really important to use good quality butter. In fact, there are only five ingredients required to make these cookies: unsalted butter, powdered sugar, granulated sugar, flour and salt. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Heart Shortbread Cookies
Posted in Cookies. Tagged with cookies, heart cookies, pink hearts, pink shortbread cookies, shortbread cookies, shortbread recipe.
Chocolate-Frosted Layer Cake
I started out the first day of this New Year with two different kinds of fruit salad, one made of blackberries, strawberries and blueberries. The other made of cantaloupe, honeydew and pineapple. After having taken in all that antioxidant goodness, I had a hankering for a slice of this layer cake frosted in luscious chocolate. I also baked a cake a year ago today frosted in chocolate, which was equally good, but this cake is an entirely different recipe. The year went by so fast that it’s hard to believe we’re starting another one. So what are my resolutions? Continue reading
Posted in Cakes. Tagged with chocolate, chocolate ganache, fudge, fudge frosting, ganache, vanilla cake, yellow cake.



















