Posts tagged bourbon
Classic Carrot Cake with Passionfruit Brown Butter Frosting

I’m so excited for this classic carrot cake recipe!! You know I have a new carrot cake version every year and this one is a new rendition you will love so much! It has golden raisins plumped with bourbon, roasted pecans, a bit of cream cheese in the cake batter and the frosting is made with brown butter for extra nuttiness and passionfruit pulp for that final kick that will keep you coming back for more! Despite all that is going on, I promise this cake is so easy to make, I’m sure it will be your new favorite this season.

The other reason I would love for you to make this cake is because I feel I’m sharing a very important piece of my life with you. If you’ve been reading this blog for a long time, you probably know that carrot cakes were Mariana’s favorite. The first time I baked…

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Bourbon Salted Dulce de Leche Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

These cupcakes you guys!!! I know the tittle is long, but it’s precisely because all the things going on in here that make these cupcakes a dream. The cocoa flavor is intense because I used a 100% chocolate bar plus Dutch cocoa powder. The salted dulce de leche brings the perfect salty caramel note that balance the sweetness. And they are crowned with a perfectly smooth and velvety brown butter cream cheese frosting that’s like a dream. You will be so happy bite after bite!

Do you wanna know why I’m so excited about these cupcakes? Well, these are my first cupcakes ever on the blog!! Hooray! Can you believe that?! You know I have never been a big cupcake person. I have made them for family parties but they have never made it…

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Bourbon Orange Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies made with bourbon, brown butter and orange zest. Crispy on the bottom and on the sides, chewy on the top, soft and gooey on the center. What’s not to love about these?! They hit all the good things in a good chocolate chip cookie. And I know you are going to love them!

I’m super excited with these because they are my first recipe of the year. The idea of kicking off the year with something so simple…

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