Mocha Cream Frosting
I know whipped cream is not a separate food group, but it could be. Even the lactose intolerant can rarely deny themselves the pleasure of a taste. While marshmallows do gracefully adorn a cup of hot...
View ArticleMocha Pound Cake from The Loveless Cafe
Full disclosure: we have not made this cake yet, but we sure are this coming weekend. We have a birthday party where there will be plenty of kids and lots of adults. The kids get a traditional...
View ArticleOne-Bowl Mocha and White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Simply Sensational Cookies by Nancy Baggett is just chuck full of ideas you have to try. Have to. What kind of dessert person are you? Honor that addiction. Show some pride. And, get some variety in...
View ArticleMoretto: A Mocha Beverage from Michael Turback
Quick now. What is mocha? Or moka? Or mokka? Or Mocca? Or Mocha? In a land of coffee shops, no, in a land of Starbucks, we all know that a mocha is coffee plus chocolate. It was not always so. The...
View ArticleChili Mocha Frosting
Sometimes life does get better. And easier. For example, a couple of years ago, a Starbucks opened on our block. It’s around the corner, to be true, but in a short walk of 400 feet we can have our...
View ArticleMocha Tres Leches Cake
Our friends gave a dinner party last weekend and asked us for the Alpha and the Omega. For a Mexican-themed dinner, my role was to supply margaritas and dessert. We knew the main entry, pork shoulder...
View ArticleGooey Double-Chocolate Mocha Cookies from Theo Chocolate
The word “gooey” is increasing popular. If you use the Google Ngram app, you can track a history of word usage all the way back to 1800. Gooey did not appear at all until about 1900. Usage crept up to...
View ArticleFudgy Mocha Bars from Dorie’s Cookies by Dorie Greenspan
Earlier this week, I review the brilliant new cookie book from Dorie Greenspan: Dorie’s Cookies. And I’ve posted one recipe for her Melody Cookies, a thin chocolate wafer topped with sugar sprinkles....
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