Cloud 9 Brownies

Today I am sharing with you a closely guarded recipe – the recipe for the brownies that I have been baking for Cloud 9 Caterers.  I have been perfecting and refining this recipe for the past year, and I think I finally have it down. Ingredients: 1 cup (1/2 lb) Butter 15 oz Bittersweet Chocolate…

Carrot Cake

A beautifully light, tangy, spiced carrot cake coated in fluffy cream cheese frosting.  I make this special cake once a year, at the end of every May, for my Dad’s Birthday. Ingredients: 2 cups Flour 1 cup Sugar ¼ tsp Salt 2 tsp Baking Soda ½ tsp ground Cloves ½ tsp ground Allspice 10 oz…

Walnut & Blue Cheese Scones

A savoy scone with buttery walnuts and smooth hints of blue cheese.  I have made these before for a Bridal Shower that I catered a few years ago, and they were a hit there, so I figured that they would be a good fit for the bachelorette beach weekend breakfast that I was contributing to….

Chocolate Chip Cookies

A mid-week treat, and a little something to counteract the dreary April showers… Recipe makes 4 dozen cookies. Ingredients: 1/2 cup (1 stick) Butter (room temp) 1/2 cup Vegetable Shortening (room temp) 1/2 cup Sugar 1 cup Brown Sugar 2 Eggs 1 tsp Vanilla Extract a few rasps of fresh Nutmeg 2 1/2 cups Self…