Category Archives: Sweet Melissa Sundays
SMS: Chocolate Strawberry Truffle Torte
I am very excited to be hosting this week’s Sweet Melissa Sundays recipe for the Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Torte! I joined this great group a few months ago, when they were already almost halfway through the book. I missed out on some great recipes, but was so excited to see this one hadn’t been made …
SMS: Sour Cherry and Almond Biscotti
This week’s Sweet Melissa Sundays recipe for Sour Cherry and Almond Biscotti was chosen by Tracey from Made by Tray-Tray. You can check out her site for the recipe, along with an excellent tutorial on how to make this biscotti, which was immensley helpful to me as I made this last night! You can also …
SMS: Chestnut Honey Madeleines
Wow, talk about cutting it close on this post! It is 11:40 pm here…hopefully life settles down here shortly so I’m not always baking at the last minute! This week’s Sweet Melissa Sundays recipe was Chestnut Honey Madeleines and was chosen by Debbie of Cafe Chibita. You can check out her blog for the recipe. …
SMS: Pistachio Linzer Thumbprints
This week’s recipe for Sweet Melissa Sundays was for Pistachio Linzer Thumbprints and was hosted by Tracey of Tracey’s Culinary Adventures. Check out her blog for this recipe, as well as some other great recipes and pictures! In almost 30 years, the only pistachio I’ve had was in a muffin I bought in the cafeteria of my first …
No SMS This Week
I love coconut, so I’m pretty bummed that I won’t have a chance to make the Coconut Custard Pie chosen by Ruby of I Dream of Baking. Check out her blog for the recipe. Between my kitchen being torn up and no one else even remotely liking coconut, this isn’t a good weekend for baking in The …
SMS: Butterscotch Pralines
This week’s Sweet Melissa Sundays recipe was for Butterscotch Pralines and was hosted by Tess at the Cookin’ Chemist. Check out her blog to get this recipe and see a great tutorial on how to make these! I must confess I was a bit intimidated by this week’s recipe. I’ve never eaten a praline and …
SMS: Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Caramel Rum-Raisin Sauce
This week’s Sweet Melissa Sundays recipe was for Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Caramel Rum-Raisin Sauce and was chosen by Carmen of Baking is my Zen. Check out her blog for a fantastic tutorial on how to make this great dessert! She had a great idea of test running this recipe as a possible dessert for Thanksgiving. …
SMS: Orange Blueberry Muffins with Pecan Crumble
First, I want to say Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms out there! I hope everyone had as fabulous a day as I did. The husband and toddler spoiled me rotten. It was wonderful This is my first week participating in the Sweet Melissa Sundays baking group. The idea of the group is to bake …
