Deserts Archives - Aperitif

Brazilian Style Carrot Muffins

June 30, 2016

My mama would be sooooo proud of me right now. I've found a way to ingest carrots...and I like it. I grew up hating carrots. Raw, cooked, juiced...you name it, I hated it. If I saw them on my plate mixed with other foods, I would pick them out. When my mom cooked a dish with carrots, she would make a non-carrot…read more

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Lemon Mousse Shortcake in a Jar

June 29, 2016

If I was to describe a perfect marriage, it would be between the mousse and the cake. What could possible bring such an amazing combination to a divorce? Maybe that dude ice cream, but we'll get to his story later. I love mousse and I love cake so I decided to make a few in a jar because it is…read more

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GF One Leche Apple Cake

June 21, 2016

A friend once asked me: "what makes you happy?" I replied with a huge grim: cake, cake, cake! (In my Rihanna's voice) And if you make it wet and sticky, I will worship it! Well, not to that extreme, but that is how much I truly love cakes. I recently began experimenting with a few cake flavors, which you will see…read more