If you didn’t realize it, I am a foodie before I am a coffee-head/tea freak.  Sometimes I forget that many of you only read this blog and have no clue about Baking Delights, which is actually the bigger,more popular blog.  One of the things that doesn’t change is that I like to use coffee and tea in my cooking.

Courtney, who writes Coco Cooks, shared a link to an online magazine that looks wonderful.  In this particular issue all of the recipes centered on desserts made with….tea.  Masala Chai Creme Brulee?  Green Tea Tiramisu?  Wow!
They did look absolutely incredible and I …read more

 
I am so not kidding. This was awesome.  Except for the messed up meringue which I will explain in due time….
I love chocolate …and I love chocolate pie but I wanted something a bit different.  You know how you stand at the closet door and stare at your clothes on Sunday morning waiting for either your body to suddenly drop 20 lbs OR an angel to appear and pull something out and hand it to you, saying “Thus sayeth the Lord..wear this and thy thighs will be as tiny reeds“???

This is based on a recipe from Epicurious. I love mango, it is such a sweet fresh flavor and it goes well will all kinds of tea. Green tea, Matcha powder, is THE in ingredient right now, and God forbid that someone would think I was not on the cutting edge here at Kettle and Cup. ..And look..maybe you can get it to glow under a black light.