Valentine's Day Round Up

Whether you love or hate Valentine's Day, it's the perfect excuse to indulge in something sweet.  Here's a round up of tried and true recipes for your sweetie or sweet tooth!

Nutella Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Strawberry Pound Cake

Sweet and Salty Brownies

Chocolate Strawberry Cupcakes

Cocoa Caramel Cake

Sweet and Salty Brownies

We had a potluck at work today and the easiest and quickest thing I could think of putting together was brownies.  So, I threw together my go to brownies.  Because I had left over caramel sauce, I decided to toss that in too.  Turns out, my final result was very similar to Baked Explorations' Sweet and Salty brownies.  Following suit, I sprinkled 1 teaspoon of fleur de sal and  1 teaspoon of coarse sugar on top once it was done baking.  I thought these would bake up very similar to these other caramel filled brownies  I made but the filling mostly soaked into the brownies.  This wasn't too bad as it kept the brownies very moist.

Desserts for Work

Last week was my birthday; so I took the opportunity to share these mini strawberry swirl cheesecakes with everyone at work.  Turns out everyone in the office is a HUGE fan of cheesecake.  So these were an instant hit.  The crust was from Martha Stewart's Cupcakes and the cheesecake were from Junior's Cheesecake Cookbook. 

Then, this week, the company held our belated Memorial Day BBQ and even though everyone loved the cheesecakes I made last week, I wanted to bake something different.  So, I remade the caramel filled brownies I made for the Cake4Kids bake sale two months ago but didn't get to sample.  However, I put a twist on these as I made the salted caramel filling from Martha Stewart's Cupcakes.  The salted caramel filling set up like fudge!  I was expecting something more gooey.  Nonetheless, they were quite the crowd pleaser as well.