Dark Chocolate Ganache Tart with Fresh Strawberries

If you love the decedance of dark chocolate and the sweetness of strawberries then you’re in luck because here is the prefect recipe for both of those cravings. What’s more summery than strawberries and what’s more dessert than chocolate? I love the beginning of summer where the possibilities of delicious recipes are endless. There’s an…

Gluten-Free Blood Orange Chocolate Banana Bread

It’s been a while since I posted a recipe on this blog, almost 6 years! When I first started cravingsweetskitchen.com it was truly my passion and it still brings back so many fond memories. As cliché as it sounds, life gets in the way and we run out of time to do the things that…

Chocolate Brownies

Here is another recipe from The Model Bakery Cookbook. If you have a serious sweet tooth, this is the cookbook you want on your bookshelf. It has everything you need and more to do some serious baking and to impress your family. The recipes are based on the pastries they make at their bakery in…

Ricotta Ice Cream with Dark Chocolate and Candied Orange

Until a summer ago, I was a newbie to ricotta ice cream. I tried it in a cheese making class I took with my sister and it changed everything. I was no longer sure what my favorite ice cream was. I had never tried something that delicious in my life. But the devastating part of…

Chocolate Chip Meringue Drops

This recipe brings back some good memories. It was in Foods class in high school that I first learned how to make chocolate chip meringue drops. I had never heard of them before and I have to say I was pretty smitten when I took the first bite. I believe it was around winter break…

Triple Chocolate Cookies and a Merry Christmas

As preperations for Christmas take place I though that I’ll write a quick post. Merry Christmas to everyone! I am so excited about the food I will be eating and the family I will be spending time with. I love how the holidays remind us to appreciate the people we have in our lives. I am sharing a cookie…

Chocolate Chip Cookies

I woke up extra bright and early to make this batch of chocolate chip cookies.  It was eight in the morning and I was set on making them before it became too hot to even think about turning the oven on.  Spoon by spoon I divided the dough among the two baking sheets.  Suddenly I look into…

Hazelnut Lady’s Kisses

This yummy recipe, traditionally made with almonds instead of hazelnuts, comes from Italy. They call these cookies baci di dama or “lady’s kisses”. I love how they have a story behind them, as should every recipe. I found these cookies to be crunchy and sweet and of course nutty.  As you bite into them you find how delicate they are, how they…

Oreo Dessert Pizza

I don’t know about you but I keep seeing breakfast pizzas everywhere. In restaurants, blogs, cookbooks and on tv. But I just cannot wrap my head around the whole egg-on-top-of-a-pizza thing.  I mean I don’t get it.  How do you eat it? It’s an interesting concept, but I just cannot see myself rolling out pizza…

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Last week I celebrated the last of my spring break with a nice bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream.  The weather was beautiful and there was nothing I wanted to do more than sit outside and enjoy the sun- just me and my ice cream. This mint chocolate chip ice cream comes from food…