Bizcocho de Novia Puertorriqueño

Baking

This vanilla cake with festive sprinkles is absolutely one of my favorite cakes of all time. I’ve met a lot of cakes in my long cake-filled life (I’m partial to chocolate because, hey, it’s chocolate). However, this cake specifically is just something else. It literally translates to “Bride’s Cake”, and a lot of people call …

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Fancy Hot Chocolate

Culinary

Chriiiistmaaaas! la, la, la laaaaa! CHRISTMAAAS! la, la, la, la, laaaaa! It’s been unusually cold here in the big old state of Texas and we’ve literally had hot chocolate for the past three days. I’ve got a few recipes down but this one is definitely my favorite.

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Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Empanadas

Baking

Hello my wonderful wintery friends! Today was just one of those days where you think about a quick treat you desperately want and do all in your power to make it. These pumpkin pie cheesecake empanadas were something I dreamt up last night. I needed these pumpkin pie cheesecake empanadas  in my stomach, desperately. I couldn’t last more than …

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Nutella Frappe

Baking

I awoke this morning with a desperate hankering for a Nutella frappe. They make them pretty much anywhere back in Puerto Rico. They have all kinds too! This isn’t like the coffee frappes. This is pretty much liquid Nutella and should not be had daily. This is a treat, y’all. Don’t blame me if you get diabetes. It …

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