22 Saturday Aug 2020
Posted in beverages, cocktails & coffees, love to cook
The Hurricane Cocktail is a New Orleans classic, made famous at Pat O’Brien’s courtyard bar.
This cocktail dates back to the end of WWII when whiskey was in tight supply and liquor vendors insisted bar owners buy multiple cases of rum to each case of whiskey.
08 Wednesday Jul 2015
Posted in desserts, love to cook, Share the Love
I was introduced to this fabulous RECIPE a couple of years ago and tucked it into my must-make folder for safe keeping. Juicy sweet pineapple, coconut, macadamia nuts, sweetened condensed milk, dark rum, and the surprise ingredient ginger snaps. Baked into awe-mazing. Oh my!! We’ll call this heavenly dessert, that screams tropical paradise, Piña Colada Baked Pineapple.
Continue reading »08 Monday Dec 2014
Posted in adventures in chocolate, desserts, love to cook, Share the Love
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butter, caramel, dark rum, eggs, flour, mayonnaise, sugar, sugared pecans, unsweetened cocoa
My Dark Chocolate Rum Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream recipe was inspired by the most popular dessert on this year’s Halloween Office Party Buffet. There sat Mark’s picture perfect rum cake, whose aroma alone was so intoxicating co-workers began to stalk the break room pre-party (secretly wondering if they could manage to sneak a piece without getting caught). There’s something sensual about the combination of rum and butter and sugar.
Continue reading »19 Thursday Sep 2013
Posted in adventures in chocolate, desserts, love to cook, Share the Love
It was time for another Adventure in Chocolate. I started something kind of fun. Every other week or so I will choose one of my work-mates to select a recipe, that I then recreate, picture, post about, and deliver to them to Share the Love. This time up I chose Allan and he chose Chocolate Rum Balls.
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