Tag: coco lopez

• International Peace Day and National Pecan Cookie Day

  

  Being that today is both International Peace Day and National Pecan Cookie Day, this was pretty much an inevitability that I repost, even though I made these back in July! Actually, peace was the farthest thing from my mind yesterday, what with all the ongoing news of horrible events and injustices in our country and […]

  Dave G

  September 21, 2016

  baked goods, baking, bars, christmas, christmas cookies, cookies, dessert, food blogging, snack

  coco lopez, coconut, coconut cream, coconut extract, coconut oil, cream of coconut, international peace day, macadamia nuts, national pecan cookie day, pecan cookies, pecans, rum, white chocolate chips

• coconut white chocolate mud cake

  

  Have you heard of white chocolate mud cake?!! Not sure why it’s called that, but I heard it’s very popular as the base recipe for wedding cakes, and for other cakes that require tiers, and making it ahead of time. It’s nice and dense, and very sturdy. This is not a cake that crumbles easily. Gotta say, […]

  Dave G

  September 5, 2016

  baked goods, baking, cakes, coffee cake, food blogging, snack cakes, wedding cake

  celebration cake, coco lopez, coconut cake, coconut extract, coconut flakes, coconut oil, coconut white chocolate cake, cream of coconut, wedding cakes, white chocolate, white chocolate mud cake

• peace cookies

  

  Sorry for being withdrawn and uninspired, visitors and fellow food bloggers. Life felt overwhelming these last few weeks. Not all of it bad. The world and US national news definitely felt overwhelming, and still feels overwhelming, but my personal life has been relatively good. Ben and I have been adjusting to the new permanent resident […]

  Dave G

  July 9, 2016

  baked goods, baking, bars, christmas, christmas cookies, cookies, dessert, food blogging, snack

  coco lopez, coconut, coconut cream, coconut extract, coconut oil, cream of coconut, macadamia nuts, pecans, rum, white chocolate chips

• coconut panna cotta with macadamia caramel sauce

  

  I so wanted to “put the lime in the coconut” for this recipe, and I actually did put some lime earlier in the caramel sauce on a recipe test run, but it turned out to overpower the subtle delicate flavor of the coconut. I still may tinker with this recipe, maybe even remake it into […]

  Dave G

  May 29, 2014

  baked goods, baking, dessert, filipino food, Guam, Hawaiian, island food, panna cotta

  caramel sauce, coco lopez, coconut cream, coconut milk, coconut panna cotta, dariole, gelatin, macadamia nuts, panna cotta, toasted flaked coconut