This year, my girlfriends and I are making a conscious effort to spend more time together. Our first step toward doing that was committing to a monthly supper club. February’s gathering, of course, celebrated Galentine’s Day. Since I’ve been working on my baking skills lately (Exhibits A, B, and C), I offered to bring dessert.

For Galentine’s Day, only a pretty and pink dessert would do, and I had been dying for an occasion to make this Strawberry-Rosé Snack Cake for some time. After discovering how easy this one-bowl wonder is, I realized I didn’t need an

Whether you enjoy spending Valentine’s Day planning big romantic gestures or having a simple evening in PJs, you can’t go wrong with any of these tipsy sweet treats. Beer and chocolate may not seem like the perfect match, but these rich and creamy brews will easily change your mind. Some of them pair great with a slice of something sweet and others are so flavorful that they are dessert all on their own.

If you’re interested in darker beers like stouts and porters, breweries are now making killer chocolate brews with flavors like Mexican cake and espresso that will make

Everyone knows that when that bright red neon sign is on at Krispy Kreme it’s time to pull off the road and into the drive-thru to treat yourself to a hot glazed donut. The soft pillowy donut often brings back memories of sitting inside my local Krispy Kreme donuts with my dad watching the conveyor belts filled with the raw dough being pushed through the baking mechanisms before being fried, flipped, glazed, and handed over to me as a young kid with a major sweet tooth for hot donuts.

While Krispy Kreme donuts may be famous for its hot

What’s your favorite Arkansas-centric dessert?

I recently talked with Anne Byrn, aka The Cake Mix Doctor, former Food editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and author, about Arkansas baking. Byrn, whose books include “A New Take on Cake,” “Skillet Love,” “American Cookie” and “American Cake” in addition to her “Cake Mix Doctor” titles, is working on a book — expected to be out in fall 2023 — about Southern baking.

Naturally, the conversation turned to sweets. We talked about desserts specific to Arkansas, desserts that might have originated here but migrated elsewhere, desserts from other places that Arkansans put their own

Espresso cake followers may need to maintain off on taking that first chunk. Final week, the Third Synthesis Inc. DBA Chicago Candy Connection Bakery issued a voluntary recall for freshly-baked treats as a result of the labels didn’t embrace allergen info. The recall covers numerous flavors of espresso muffins and paczkis produced between Feb. 21 and Feb. 23.

The labels on the muffins and paczkis’ packaging didn’t declare egg, milk, and wheat components. Individuals with an allergy or sensitivity to at least one or all of those components may have harmful reactions in the event that they eat these

It isn’t as if New Orleanians ever wanted an excuse to celebration. However after two years of COVID, the 2 months of indulgence referred to as Carnival appear fairly well-deserved. After being cancelled final 12 months, Mardi Gras is again: the parades, the costumes, and the king cake, a conventional candy deal with eaten solely at Carnival time within the Crescent Metropolis.

“Each Friday at college, youngsters are consuming king cake,” stated author Matt Haines. “Each day in workplace break rooms, on the parade route, together with your family and friends. King cake is all over the place.”