Torta Caprese is a delicious, flourless, chocolate-almond cake from Capri! If you love fudgy brownies, you’ll love this gluten-free chocolate cake, with its crackly top and moist center. It’s made with ground almonds (almond flour) and flavored with amaretto. If you love chocolate, brownies or amaretto, I’ve got the best gift for you. And it…
Cakes
Amazing Oreo Ice Cream Cake Recipe with Caramel
This Oreo ice cream cake has been a family favorite for decades! I use homemade whipped cream and caramel sauce in my recipe, but you can cheat if you want! I’m breaking the rules here. I try not to use packaged cookies for anything, but always make an exception for my hubby’s favorite birthday cake…
Chocolate Cheesecake (Gluten Free)
This Chocolate Cheesecake is fabulous and happens to be gluten free! It’s fluffy, creamy and based on the best crustless cheesecake recipe! This chocolate cheesecake knows how to make an entrance. In fact, it’s time to pause and take a good look. I hope you like chocolate! There’s a pound of it in this showstopping…
Top 10 Recipes and Highlights of 2017
A look at Cooking with Mamma C’s Top 10 Recipes and Highlights of 2017! Hi Gang! I’m back from a trip to Connecticut to visit my in-laws. We had a great time and ate way too much. If you celebrate the holidays, I hope you had a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah or joyous Kwanzaa….
Panettone Recipe (Italian Christmas Bread)
I’m excited to share this overnight panettone recipe with you! Panettone is a lightly sweetened, Italian Christmas bread with dried fruit. My version has rum-soaked raisins, vanilla sugar and citrus zest. I’ve had panettone (pahn-ay-toh-nay) on my baking bucket list since I started this blog. Every year of my life, we’ve had store-bought panettone during…
Mom’s Cheesecake with Sour Cream Topping
You have to try Mom’s Cheesecake with Sour Cream Topping! It’s baked in a 9×13, has a super creamy texture, a refreshing tang and the best, buttery graham cracker crust! I never thought Mom would share her cheesecake recipe with me, let alone allow me to publish it on my blog. This is big, folks….
Raspberry-Almond Angel Food Cake
Raspberry-Almond Angel Food Cake is a hit in my family! Featuring fresh, almond angel food filled and topped with raspberry-almond whipped cream and fresh raspberries! Plus, store-bought vs. fresh. Can we talk about angel food cake? I feel the need to impart some important information. Forget the ready-made angel food you buy at the grocery…
10 Homemade Goodies for College Care Packages
Need care package ideas? Check out these recipes for 10 Homemade Goodies for College Care Packages! I’ve rounded up recipes from other bloggers and included a couple of mine. Plus, I’m sharing my tips for sending a care package to your college student! I’m becoming an expert on college care packages, whether I like it…
Carrot Cake with Blissful Cream Cheese Frosting
This Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is the best! It has the perfect amount of sweetness. People will ask for the recipe every time you serve it! I always think of carrot cake as a Fall dessert, with its warm spices and hues that match the leaves starting to turn colors. But I know…
Orange Torte with Whipped Cream
I have a confession to make. I adore European cakes. I love their spongy texture, I love that they’re usually soaked with some delicious syrup or filling, and most of all, I love that they’re just sweet enough without going over the top. This Swedish recipe for orange torte with whipped cream has been in…
Fluffy Crustless Cheesecake
This Fluffy Crustless Cheesecake is simply the best, and it happens to be gluten free! One of the most popular recipes on Cooking with Mamma C. Don’t miss the video! So, I casually mentioned in my last post that homemade chocolate liqueur is perfect to pour over cheesecake. In my head, I was thinking of…
The Best Apple Cake
This really is The Best Apple Cake! It’s the most beloved dessert to ever come out of my kitchen. I’m calling this “The Best Apple Cake,” but I could just as easily refer to it as “the most beloved dessert to ever come out of my kitchen.” This is no run-of-the-mill apple cake, people. I’ve…
Amaretto-Glazed Pear Shortcake
I’d like you to meet an old friend of mine with a new facelift. Glazed pear shortcake was the first from-scratch cake to come out of my newlywed kitchen more than 20 years ago. So simple, yet so delicious. So elegant, yet so comforting. I used to make this dessert to serve with coffee, and…
Sour Cream Pound Cake (Low Fat)
This low-fat pound cake is a back-to-school tradition in my house! It’s a light and delicious sour cream pound cake that’s great served plain or with toppings. A yummy dessert or breakfast! I’ve been making this low-fat Back-to-School Pound Cake for 12 years. I originally came across the recipe (for sour cream pound cake) when…
