A Well-Read Tart

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Valentine’s Day Cherry Chocolate Chip Scones (Recipe Inspired by SPARE)

If you want someone to fall in love with you this Valentine's Day, make them a batch of Cherry Chocolate Chip Scones. Because they're the best fucking scones I’ve tasted since I vacationed in England. Excuse the profanity, Tartlets, as my inner...

Totally Different Chocolate Chip Cookies (Recipe Inspired by RECIPE FOR A PERFECT WIFE)

Full disclosure: these Totally Different Chocolate Chip Cookies are unlike any other chocolate chip cookie you've tasted.  So different, in fact, that I debated posting this recipe. I even debated calling them "chocolate chip cookies."  In the...

Mint Chocolate Chip Hot Fudge Sundaes (Recipe Inspired by THE KISS QUOTIENT)

You know what’s really hard to take pictures of, you guys? ICE CREAM. I’ve made ice cream before for the blog, and I think I managed to pull off some pretty good photos. This time, however, I got cocky, and I tried to do my Mint Chocolate Chip...

Chocolate Chip Cornbread Muffins (Recipe Inspired by AN UNWANTED GUEST)

I felt a little bad for the characters in An Unwanted Guest. I mean, yes, obviously: half of them end up murdered in cold blood, which is rather upsetting. But, let's not overlook another, perhaps just as crucial problem plaguing the paying guests:...

Macadamia Nut Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

I love a good chocolate chip cookie. However, I admit I’m a bit of a snob – I really only like my own chocolate chip cookies. You can keep your Tate’s Bake Shop and your Entenmann’s, and although I used to house Chips Ahoy like no tomorrow,...

Mint Chocolate Cake (Reciped Inspired by THE MOTHER-IN-LAW)

I really should call this Mint Chocolate Cake the “Hot Mess Cake.” Because that's totally what it looks like until the cake comes out of the oven. It’s just a whole bunch o’ ingredients dumped unceremoniously into a food processor that...

Chocolate Covered Christmas Pretzels

One of my favorite things about this time of year is how much baking I get to do. With Thanksgiving, my husband’s December birthday, and the Christmas season all within six weeks of each other, my oven is seriously put to the test. Cookies, cakes,...

Red Wine Chocolate Cake (Recipe Inspired by THE DARK DESCENT OF ELIZABETH FRANKENSTEIN)

When we first meet the titular character of The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein, she is traveling through dreary Ingolstadt, Germany to find her friend Victor. Even though the adventure is shrouded in creepiness, author Kiersten White’s...

Chocolate Espresso Mousse (Recipe inspired by IN A COTTAGE IN A WOOD)

It's summertime, which means that although I will perpetually crave cake, I must concede that the best dessert on a hot, steamy night is a chilled one. Enter: Chocolate Espresso Mousse. This recipe goes along with my latest read, In a Cottage in a...