Have you heard of Blonde Chocolate? Run, don't walk and buy some! Better yet, make some and use it in this Caramelized White Chocolate Mousse. Caramelized White Chocolate is like butterscotch's chic older sister. If you like toffee, buttery shortbread notes this ones for you. I used this delicious caramelized gold in a decadent mousse for two (two generous portions).

Mocha Swiss Roll - Yule Log

This swiss roll Yule log is both beautiful and delicious. Mocha swiss meringue buttercream is spiraled with espresso sponge cake, all covered in chocolate ganache and adorned with truffles, macarons, and chocolate leaves. ...and of course a little powdered sugar makes everything look like a festive winter wonderland.

Spiced Wine Baklava Pie

Pecans, orange zest, and sugar are layered between crispy phyllo layers all soaked in a spiced wine syrup. What this baklava lacks in traditional flavors it makes up for in presentation and deliciousness.

Dessert First, 12 Days of ChristmasBeth WegnerDecember 13, 2017cinnamon, breakfast, pecan, brunch, spiced wine, orange, baklava, phyllo, syrup, orange zest, pieComment

Chocolate Pecan Cinnamon Rolls

These giant rolls are filled with butter, sugar, cinnamon, semi sweet chocolate, and pecan pieces. Topped with a sugary glaze and because you can never have too much chocolate, they are drizzled with chocolate too.

Meyer Lemon Cranberry Mini Cakes

These little cakelette are bursting with holiday flavor. They are both tart and sweet from the fresh cranberries and the mini size make them perfect for entertaining.

Dessert First, 12 Days of ChristmasBeth WegnerDecember 1, 2017holiday, Cranberry, Meyer Lemon, lemon, fall, autumn, mini cake, ChristmasComment

Ginger Spiced Pumpkin Pie Cake

Piecaken, why not? This cake combines everybody's favorite pumpkin pie with ginger spice cake. Cover it all in vanilla swiss meringue buttercream to form a Thanksgiving miracle. Why not layer a moist spice cake with silky pumpkin pie?

Dessert FirstBeth WegnerNovember 22, 2017ginger, spice, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, layer cake, thanksgiving, fall, autumn, pie, cakeComment

Hazelnut, Pear, and Brown Butter Coffee Cake

This is an autumnal version of the classic coffee crumb cake. The brown butter cake is topped with a crunchy hazelnut, raw sugar, and cinnamon streusel and juicy pear slices.

Dessert FirstBeth WegnerOctober 10, 2017Hazelnut, Pear, coffee cake, crumb, fall, autumn, brown butter, cakeComment

Mini Ricotta Honey Cakes

These mini cakes combine moist mini honey ricotta cupcakes topped with whipped ricotta, blackberries and pistachios. Drizzle the whole thing with more wildflower honey and you have one tasty bite (or two)!

Dessert FirstBeth WegnerSeptember 15, 2017honey, blackberry, Mini cupcakes, pistachio, ricotta, fall Comment

Blueberry Buttermilk Tart

This tart combines a silky blueberry buttermilk filling with a sharp, buttery shortbread crust and is topped with a warm cinnamon almond crumble. The crumble is your favorite part of a blueberry muffin baked off just by itself and sprinkled on top of the creamy tart after baking.

Dessert FirstBeth WegnerAugust 16, 2017lemon crumb, caramel crust, buttermilk, lemon, blueberry Comment

Chocolate Cherry Shortcake

Summer cherries really shine in the adaption of the southern strawberry shortcake. Although the addition of the amaretto is optional to the whipped cream and cherry filling it really brings out the cherry flavor.