red wine chocolate and raspberry tart - ganache - slice

Red Wine Chocolate and Raspberry Tart

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Looking for an impressive but simple dessert to make for a loved one? Or just something delicious to hit all of your sweet cravings? This Red Wine Chocolate and Raspberry Tart is the perfect slice to treat yourself or anyone else. A buttery, crisp chocolate shortbread crust is layered with a red wine and raspberry …

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Black Bottom Cookie Butter Mousse Pie

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A Biscoff cookie crust + a layer of lightly salted, bittersweet chocolate ganache + a silky and smooth cookie butter mousse combine to create this extra dreamy Black Bottom Cookie Butter Mousse Pie. Rich and delicious, this is the kind of pie you savor in small bites while letting the flavor completely coat your tongue. …

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Mini Sticky Toffee Gingerbread Cakes

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Spicy, soft, and smothered in either a sticky toffee sauce or with sticky toffee buttercream, these Mini Sticky Toffee Gingerbread Cakes are a Christmas dream come true. Actually, they’re just a fall and winter dream come true because, if I’m being honest, you won’t want to limit yourself to making these just during the holidays. …

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Italian Chocolate Spice Ball Cookies

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With all the goodness of chocolate and the warmth of classic winter spices, these Italian Chocolate Spice Ball Cookies are sure to be a new holiday favorite! Another recipe rooted in family tradition, these are another one of my ultimate favorite recipes. The cookie is soft, with a crunch of walnut, and not overly sweet; …

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Grandma’s Italian Lemon Knots

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December means that, along with the holidays, citrus season is upon us. Grandma’s Italian Lemon Knots celebrates the brightness of citrus all shaped into a soft, cake-like cookie. Get the right bake, and these cookies are moist and covered in a sweet and tangy lemon icing. The ingredient list is short, and these cookies are …

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Chocolate & Orange Mini Loaf Cakes

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Rich, moist, and bursting with bright citrus flavor, these Chocolate & Orange Mini Loaf Cakes have just about everything you could ask for in a chocolate cake: soft, light crumb, plenty of chocolate flavor, and a little something extra to amp up the chocolate while also balancing its bittersweet notes. It’s no secret that I …

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Brown Sugar Maple Cake with Salted Whiskey Buttercream

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If you want a super easy, perfectly textured no-fuss cake that’s ready in under an hour, this Brown Sugar Maple Cake with Salted Whiskey Buttercream may just be what you’re looking for. A soft, sweet cake that stays fluffy and moist for days, this cake is so easy to throw together that even though I …

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Caramel Apple Crumb Bars

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With a lightly spiced apple filling, these Caramel Apple Crumb Bars are the perfect dessert to celebrate the cooling weather, changing leaves, and the season of sweaters, apples, and corn mazes. Moist and tender with just the right hint of sweetness, these bars are both comforting and addictive. Despite the fact that it is still …

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Amaretto Olive Oil Cake

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If you love almond, then this Amaretto Olive Oil Cake is for you! Super quick and easy to throw together, this cake features amaretto, almond milk, almond flour, and toasted chopped almonds to really bring forward that nutty almond flavor. It’s essentially an almond lover’s dream. The thing that I love most about this cake, …

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Piña Colada Cupcakes

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Sweet and refreshing just like the blended island cocktail, these Piña Colada Cupcakes are incredibly moist and balanced that you’ll almost forget that you’re eating a cupcake and not sipping on a drink. Every once in a while, I make something that actually surprises me. As someone who isn’t a big fan of hot weather …

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