Sweet And Crumby

Chocolate Malt Cake

This creamy, malted, chocolatey cake is as it implies…it is a whopper of a cake.  It’s everything a cake should be. First and foremost, for it to be ALL THAT, it MUST BE chocolate

Hot Cocoa Cake with Homemade Marshmallows

O.K. if you need a superstar of a cake to bring somewhere, and you want lavish praise and adulation, this one is IT.  It is named the Hot Chocolate Cake and is from Fine Cooking Magazine.  The crazy thing is this cake actually does remind me of the world’s best homemade decadent cup of hot cocoa.

Red Velvet Pancakes with Cream Cheese Dipping Sauce

If you have ever taken your kids to Disneyland, braved the swarms of people and the sun and waited in line an hour for each and every ride, then you can imagine what being at a gourmet food catering truck “carnival” is like.  I first had the pleasure of tasting Red Velvet pancakes when Street Feast took over the Americana shopping center, and I got to sample my daughter’s bounty from the Buttermilk Truck.  I had never heard of Red Velvet pancakes before, but I had always been a fan of a scrumptious Red Velvet cupcake so I was more than eager to test these.

Chocolate Pizza from Max Brenner

This tri-chocolate pizza is taken directly from the Max Brenner cookbook and it is a chocolate pizza beast.  The beautiful, tender crust that is just oh-so-slightly sweet and barely crispy helps  guide those trifecta of chocolate chips all the way to your mouth for the perfect crunch and ooze factor (can you tell I have officially converted to the I LOVE chocolate pizza camp?).

Pineapple Upside Down Pancakes

Stacks of golden pancakes glistening with the carmelized sugar of the pineapple chunks, dripping with buttery rum coconut syrup and a mug of hot Kona coffee on the breakfast table…this is my idea of Hawaii being invited to my Sunday morning brunch.  These pancakes are the epitome of taking a sweet and tropical bite out of life and seriously taste very much like their dessert counterpart, the pineapple upside down cake.