I'm It! Here's My Six-Word Memoir.

Grace of Grace Today tagged me so I'm it and I'm running after you!This is the very first tag on Joy Of Desserts. Thank you so much Grace! Thank you for also adding me to your blogroll. :-) I so appreciate being on blogrolls and being tagged.Grace invites you to her blog, saying, “My eyes view the world just a little bit differently. Let's see what we can smile about or ponder while we enjoy

Thirteen Favorite Ingredients For Desserts

In France, thirteen is a very lucky number. People will buy lottery tickets, especially on a Friday the thirteenth!! So, I have no fear or phobia about the carnival. If you don't either, go visit Thursday 13 and their participants.

Vanilla; especially the beans. They come from beautiful orchids too. When using extract, these days we need to be careful that there isn't any corn syrup added

The Fruit Of Happiness

This is a fruit seller in India. I found the picture in Flickr's public files.For more participants in Word-Filled Wednesday,visit Amy at The 160 Acre Woods.God Bless.

Over Ripe Bananas Make Wonderful Jams

Here's the SeCond banana recipe as a gift to those who are honoring this blog with awards. Today, it's an authentic French recipe for Banana Jam. It's for Kathryn at 4urpets and every one else who already loves this new blog after just two short weeks. Just scroll down or click on the link if you missed yesterday's super moist Banana Yogurt Cake with cream cheese icing. It was a yummy recipe

Banana Yogurt Cake To Celebrate The Royal Banana Blog Yumminess Award

Woo Hoo! I'm going bananas over my first blog award! Mercedes has honored Joy of Desserts with The Royal Banana Blog Yumminess Award and I'm celebrating with a Banana Yogurt Cake and participating in her cake edition of Scrumptious Sunday. I'm so excited to get an award and to get it so quickly. This blog is only a couple of weeks old. Thank you, Mercedes!!And to pass along the blog love, I

Happy Easter To All!!

Wishing you and yours a Happy and Blessed Easter!!France is a Catholic country, so the Bells From Rome scatter the Easter chocolate for the children to go egg hunting. The children wait for the television to broadcast the Bells' arrival and as soon as they hear them ring, they rush out to their Paris balconies or their suburban or country backyards to see what the Bells have brought them. The

Simple Sugar Syrup Replaces Corn Syrup

Stop using corn syrup! Your health and weight gain depend on it. I like to use the best, all-natural ingredients which are the least processed as possible. Corn syrup may be made from corn, but it is processed by man so much that it becomes bad for our health.Research even shows connections to infertility, abnormally high weight gain, anger and even death. It's very difficult to escape corn

Irish Coffee On St. Patrick's Day!

IRISH COFFEEFreshly brewed coffeeIrish WhiskySugarWhipped CreamThe exact recipe depends on your taste. Who is anyone to dictate whether it should use one lump of sugar, two or even three? Some people claim true Irish coffee can only be made with Demarara sugar, so if you can get your hands on some, go ahead and give it a try. If not, raw sugar -- which is the unrefined residue from cane sugar

Sweet Honey Tastes Oh So Good

The Bible does not steer us wrong and tells us honey is sweet and good for us too. Take a look below at the amazing benefits of honey and I've also included a recipe for a High Energy Kiwi Honey Breakfast Smoothie.Be sure to visit Amy Deanne at Word-Filled Wednesday ,Shannon at Rocks in My Dryer and Thursday Thirteen for more participants.Look at all the benefits and the yummy goodness and

Do You Know How To Flambe? It's Easy!

One of the best restaurant dinners I can recall was when my in-laws took my then-boyfriend and me to La Foret, a top-notch restaurant tucked away amid the trees of New Almaden, California. Many of their dishes were flamed. We had flambed crepes and all eyes were on us. The entire restaurant was looking and while we were the first to order this fire spectacular, we were soon copied all

Did You Spring Forward?

Lookie what I found on Flickr! It's a cake clock!Did you remember to spring forward?Don't be late for work tomorrow!

Which Ice Cream Sundae Are You?

Yesterday, while I was doing that little cookie quiz and found out I was an Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, our son was looking over my shoulder and he saw this other fun quiz to find out what kind of Ice Cream Sunday we were.And you know what I thought?Wouldn't it be appropriate for my first SUNDAY of blogging desserts?? No corny syrup about it, our son thought it was hilarious! So, it turns out he's a

A Centered, Peaceful, Sweet, But Not Fake, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Recipe

I took this fun little quiz to see what they thought my personality is and to share with you. I think it's pretty accurate too, and it is one of my favorite cookies. So, I'm also sharing my own recipe with you. ;-) What's YOUR favorite kind of cookie? I know, I know, it's hard to pick just one, so you can tell me several of your favorites.Oatmeal Raisin Cookie1/2 Cup brown sugar1/2 Cup

It's Party Time! Let's Have Dessert!

Welcome to my blog party!Look I have a new blog all about desserts and it's already party time!I love to have fun and I love desserts, so please join me at Joy of Desserts. I am French and have lots of great recipes, so Just add me to your feed reader and you won't miss a single delicious dessert recipe.I've already shared Sprinkles Bakery's Strawberry Cupcakes that everyone is lining up all the

Sprinkles Strawberry Cupcakes Recipe Make A Scruptious Dessert

Sprinkles is a fancy Beverly Hills bakery specializing in cupcakes and nothing but cupcakes. Owner Candace Nelson gave Martha Stewart the recipe for the Strawberry Cupcakes recently and Martha even gave her blessing to spread the news via the Internet. Just click here to be taken to the scrumptious recipe. It’s their only cupcake recipe ever published. If you haven’t heard, everyone is raving

Welcome To My New Blog!

Welcome everyone.I love desserts. I admit it, I have a sweet tooth and ever since I was a child, desserts (and appetizers) have been my favorite part of every meal. I've collected so many recipes from friends and family, and created so many of my own, that I've decided to share with all of you. And I hope you'll share with me as well.If you're like me, you also enjoy just reading the recipes,