Chocolate Bread Pudding and a Happy Mothers Day!

I love my mom. 

Seriously, she is my best friend. I know a lot of people who aren't very close to their family and it always makes me sad. I've been so blessed to have an amazing supportive family who I can honestly say are my best friends as well.

Learning to Bake Your Cake and Eat It Too: Chocolate Coconut Rum Cake

I have a confession...

Food blogging has made me fat.

There I said it! It's out!

S'mores Eclairs and Turning 18

Hello everyone.

So this past weekend was a very fun and exciting weekend for me.

Quacks 43rd Street Bakery

I love bakeries.

I mean who doesn't? Fresh bread and sweet treats for whatever your sweet tooth is craving. Does it get any better than that? 

In Honor of all the Boston Marathon Victims and Their Families, Boston Cream Pie In a Jar

This post is a little more serious than many of my other posts. 

Everyone's heard about the bombs during the Boston marathon which is such a tragedy. I heard about it through a customer coming into the restaurant, then watched in horror the footage and photos from the horrible scene on TV. 

Reese's Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

Hello everyone!

Hope you are all having a great week, despite the cold and rainy weather we've been having here in Austin.

I have to admit I wasn't expecting that one bit, nor did I care for it. I'm ready for the 108 degree weather! No more cold until fall please.

Chocolate Caramel Booze Ball

As St. Patricks Day grows closer the Irish recipes keep coming!

These cake balls are not your ordinary cake balls.

Dirty Irish Cupcakes

March has arrived!

White Chocolate Lemon Profiteroles

This past weekend seemed like it was just a big ole' failure for me when it came to cooking.

It seemed like everything I made came out disappointing. 

Chocolate Sin Cake

Have you ever felt so strongly about something, so passionate about it, but you just can't get the right words out to explain it?

Nothing you say does it justice.

Thin Mint Copycat

Some things just taste better when they are homemade.

Bread, cake, pasta. It's basically a fact that you can't get better than homemade when it comes to some foods.

I'll be honest though, I never thought that about Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies. Those things are just so addicting!

Chocolate Souffle

This past weekend all the guys in the house went down to the coast to go fishing, so me and my mom had a girls weekend. 

When I was really young I always cried whenever the guys left, I wanted my brothers and dad here with us. But my mom showed me how much fun it is to be free from the guys for a while. 

Whiskey Chocolate Chip Praline Cake

Hello, my name is Sarah. I enjoy movies, dancing, and long walks on the beach.

But most of all I enjoy sitting by the fire eating cake.

Chocolate Tart

Finally!

I've been wanting to write about since the day I made it. Which was.... Let's see a couple of months ago.

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Orange Liqueur

I'm in shock.

I honestly didn't think anyone ever read my blog, that I was just writing to the void of space that is the internet, only to be seen by robot minds.

But over the weekend Austin Chronicle made a bunch of top ten lists in Austin, and one category was for food bloggers. 

While I didn't actually make it in the top ten, I was listed as an honorable mention, and I couldn't have been more surprised! 

German Chocolate Cheesecake Cake

I'm a very bad decision maker. No matter what it is, it's very hard for me to make up my mind. 

My mom: "Where do you want to go eat?"

Me:"Uh... this place looks good, but so does that one. I don't know!"

Story of my life right there.

Chocolate chip cookies and a few tips

I've been going crazy with cookie dough lately, making chocolate chip, sugar, and gingerbread dough and putting it in the freezer until I want some.

It's really come in handy! My friend called me the other day really upset, so I turned on the oven baked up some fresh cookies and took them to her. Cheered her up fast!

Black Forest Cake

When I was younger, I used to be kind of a tomboy. I grew up with two older brothers so I always wanted to do stuff with them. 

The only way my mom could get me to wear anything besides my brothers old hand-me-downs was to buy something with The Little Mermaid on it. 

Meeting me now you probably wouldn't have any idea I was like that though, I must say i've turned pretty girly over the years.

Now i'm not afraid of dirt and I do like challenges. In fact I even did Warrior Dash this just last November and came 6th in my division!

However, I do enjoy dressing more girly and decorating more. I love cooking and making things pretty, even though half the time my food doesn't come out too grand. I just enjoy pretty things more I guess.

Boozy Chocolate Pecan Pie

It's amazing how much life can change in 1 year. I keep looking back at what I was doing this same time last year and it seems like that was years ago! I was a completely different person doing completely different things! 

For instance, all my friends were in highschool and love was my biggest priority. I was running almost 6 miles a day and hardly ate anything unhealthy except on my one cheat day. I wasn't the closest with my family and I never spent as much time with them as I should have. 

Decadent Chocolate Cheesecake

I must say cheesecake is one of my favorite cakes. 

Rich and satisfying, it's in a class all in itself in the dessert world. I mean there's a restaurant named the cheesecake factory and it just happens to be one of the biggest chain restaurants in America. Coincidence? I think not.