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Pumpkin cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese icing

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Remember how I went through that totally weird stage where I was shoveling everything made with brown butter into my face (and yours) like my life was dependent on it? I hope you look back on that time as fondly as I do, because it's happening again.

However instead of being addicted to golden flecked butter, I am now diving face first into anything Cake Batter flavored. Sure my skinny jeans don't zip anymore, but I swear I can't stop smiling. It's like anything that has the cake batter flavor has a direct line to my happy hormones...or maybe the smile is from all the liquor in the Cake Batter Martini. 😉

With the summer heat beating down on us here in Florida, I have been looking for more and more desserts that don't require baking. I just can't handle cranking up my oven when it's over 90 degrees outside. Last week I made those Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites that require only a microwave...and now we have Cake Batter Truffles that are just as easy!

By using a glorious KitchenAid Food Processor (Giveaway Below!!) to mix together the dough, you don't even have to break a sweat mixing the dough together. Then you dunk them in some creamy melted white almond bark and decorate them with some bright sprinkles and call it a day. Seriously, they are just that easy.

These Cake Batter Truffles are no joke. Jorge ate one and said it was so rich he needed a gallon of milk per truffle. I had one and instantly had 563498 more and would never think to interrupt the cake batter flavor with milk. 😉

All I know for sure, you must make these immediately. They are perfect for parties (don't need to be refrigerated) and are the answer to any whiny kid at your backyard Father's Day BBQ. Seriously, just make them. You can thank me later!

{No Bake} Cake Batter Truffles

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This Easy Tiramisu Mousse contains my favorite part of the Tiramisu: the mousse! Just a few accessible ingredients mix up to make the most delicious and creamy tiramisu mousse. I'm all about the mousse (no cake).
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Watching a group of food/dessert bloggers eat dessert at a restaurant is like watching vultures attack. It's hysterical. But I digress.

If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen that I was in Santa Barbara this past weekend for the #SBFoodieEscape. I apologize for my overgramming, I just wanted to share allthethings. In fact, I have so much to share about the weekend that I'll have a whole post soon, but for now I just wanted to talk about Tiramisu.

Because we were a group of food bloggers, eating was a central theme to our weekend. Each meal and restaurant was planned with a group of food and dessert bloggers in mind. Our last dinner was eaten at the Santa Ynez Kitchen in Santa Ynez, CA.

OMG. You guys. That food. If you're ever in the Santa Barbara/Solvang area go here to eat. Some of the best Italian food ever. Also? I tried octopus, beets, and artichokes. It was a red letter weekend for this picky girl!

{BTW, beets will forever and always taste like dirt to me. How do people eat them and like them???}

The highlight of the dinner was dessert. #obviously

The highlight of dessert, for me? The layered Tiramisu.

When the waiter placed the selection of 4 desserts on the table, the 8 of us attacked them so fast with our spoons that literally the plates were licked clean in less than 5 minutes.

At one point Julianne was laughing so hard because there were 6 spoons at once in the teeny tiny jar of pana cotta and she decided to just let it go rather than fight it.

That's how food bloggers do. Making copycats of my favorite things is how I do. Hence this Tiramisu Mousse copycat.

It was the best thing I ate all night. (Except for the mushroom pasta that was life changing.)

I absolutely love Tiramisu. I would order it at every single restaurant I go to except for one thing: I'm not much a fan of the cake or ladyfingers in the center. What I really love about Tiramisu is the cream. The marscarpone, espresso, whipped cream, and chocolate are what I dream about when I think about tiramisu.

Lady fingers dipped in espresso? Meh.

Piles of tiramisu mousse in a glass? YES!

That's what I loved about the dessert at the restaurant last weekend: there was no cake. It was a jar full of my favorite stuff in the world, which is kind of genius.

Also? Do you know how hard it is to find mainstream lady fingers? When I was writing my book I wanted to find some to go with the Tiramisu Dip. I went to 4 grocery stores - NADA.

Which is why just making a bowl of all the other good stuff is perfect. No ladyfinger hunting is needed.

Learn to Make Easy Tiramisu Mousse

This Tiramisu Mousse recipe is super easy, fast, and delicious. Just a few components go into making the best Tiramisu Mousse you'll ever eat, I promise.

1. Marscarpone. Tiramisu is traditionally made with marscarpone, which is an Italian cheese. It's very similar to cream cheese, but smoother. You can use marscarpone in this recipe or you can use cream cheese. I used cream cheese because I didn't want to go to the store and I wanted tiramisu NOW. Use what you have or what you can find.

2. Coffee. Tiramisu has a varying espresso flavor depending on where you get it. I like a strong tiramisu, so I add more coffee than some. You make the coffee flavor by brewing instant coffee in a small amount of water. I always have little instant Starbucks Via coffee packets on hand (what? doesn't everyone travel with them?) One of those packets plus 1/4 cup of hot water will make your espresso flavoring. You can add from 1 tablespoon of this espresso up to the full amount in your tiramisu. Add to your flavor palate.

3. Whipped Cream. I used fresh whipped cream, but you can substitute whipped topping if you want, which can also make this lower in fat and calories or sugar, depending on your preference. See the notes in the recipe.

4. Chocolate. Instead of layering the tiramisu with cake or ladyfingers, I layered it sand-art style with unsweetened cocoa powder. The top gets a dusting of grated semi-sweet baking chocolate. I don't recommend using the unsweetened cocoa on top because it's bitter. The first bite that hits your tongue shouldn't be bitter.

Mix, chill, pipe, repeat. That's it. 20 minutes to an addicting dessert.

For me, this Tiramisu Mousse dessert just reminds me of a very fun weekend. Hopefully it'll make memories for you too!

Easy Tiramisu Mousse

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I piped this Tiramisu Mousse recipe using a ziploc bag instead of a pastry bag. See how I did it here:
S'mores Pudding Chocolate Malted Pudding Tiramisu Cups to go
Sweets from friends:
Classic Tiramisu by Life, Love, and Sugar
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Tiramisu by Grandbaby Cakes
Tiramisu Pana Cotta by Heather's French Press

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Wow! I just realized it's been a month since I've posted. With the end of the school year, preparing for our trip to Asia, traveling for 2-1/2 weeks, and jet-lag getting the best of me for the past week, I guess I took a little unintentional break from the blog. I had planned to have all these recipes ready to post before, during and after our trip, but it just didn't happen and that's okay. Life happens sometimes and priorities take precedence. It's felt great to have a little break, but now I'm ready to get back in the swing of things and share all these yummy recipes I have up my sleeve.

Like these monster cookie balls! They're one of our favorite treats right now. The boys love helping me make them and of course, we all love eating them!

SEE HOW THEY'RE MADE:

Just six simple ingredients is all it takes to get these balls rolling...

No eggs, flour or white sugar yet they still have all the flavor of everyone's favorite monster cookie. If you're like me, you might even sneak a few bites from the spoon before rolling them into bite-sized balls that are easy to store and easy to eat...

We keep a container of these yummy little balls in the refrigerator for a quick treat any time of the day. We love eating them cold, especially in the heat of the summer, but you could certainly let them come to room temp and they'll still hold their form just fine.

They've got it all going on. Chewy, crunchy, sweet, a little salty and lots of little bits chocolate. So much yum!

Enjoy!

xoxo,

No-Bake Monster Cookie Balls

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Wow! I just realized it's been a month since I've posted. With the end of the school year, preparing for our trip to Asia, traveling for 2-1/2 weeks, and jet-lag getting the best of me for the past week, I guess I took a little unintentional break from the blog.