Recipe: Sugar-Free Peanut Butter Cheesecake

This flavorful cheesecake reduces calories by replacing the sugar with sucralose and eliminating the crust.

Recipe: Honey Walnut Cheesecake

This is an easy cheesecake with a unique flavor.  The walnuts, honey and vanilla, while compelling on their own, combine to add surprising chocolate notes.  The cake leaves a satisfying honey aftertaste.

A Frugal, Toasted Cake Topping

Leveling the cake

Here's a culinary tip on a frugal but effective way to finish a cake:  toasted crumbs.

Pumpkin and Devil's Food Cake

This post gives instructions on how I combined several recipes into an unusual but highly satisfying dessert.

Recipe: The Cookie That Really Crumbles

These light and tasty cookies are fun for both kids and adults.  They are fun because they're hollow and brittle which causes them to crumble away when you take a bite.  While they are not something to serve at a formal event, these crunchy treats make a great addition to a picnic where the ants can enjoy any crumbs you create.

Recipe: Wine and Cheese Sundae

Many dinner parties begin with cheese, crackers and wine as an appetizer, but this iconoclastic sundae makes a novel finale to a summer dinner for adults.

Canola Oil and White Cake

I recently tried experimenting with making classic white cake using canola oil and the "fat jacket" technique. The result exceeded my expectations of taste and texture.