Donut Bread Pudding with Coffee-Whiskey Glaze

I should maybe change the name of my blog from “The ‘Lush’ious Baker” to “Baking with Leftover Stuff I Find in My Kitchen”.

I’ve done lots of recipes with leftover beer, leftover wine, leftover beer, leftover bananas, leftover beer, leftover pumpkin, leftover beer….what else are you supposed to do with good-quality, yet sadly flat, day-old beer?

This time it’s donuts. Donut Bread Pudding that is. And what goes better with donuts than Coffee? Oh, right, Whiskey spiked coffee.

Black Cherry Whiskey Creme Caramel

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black cherry, caramel, creme, creme caramel, custard, dessert, easy, water bath, whiskey

Do you ever find something new at the grocery store and think “Well that sounds weird but maybe it will be interesting”? You know, like pizza flavored Pringles or red velvet ice cream? Or Black Cherry Flavored Whiskey?

Well, I can’t tell you much about the pizza flavored Pringles, but I can tell you that the black cherry whiskey was definitely…well…interesting. And not in a good way. The damn thing has been sitting in my liquor cabinet for nearly a year.

I am so proud of myself. I finally managed to figure out a way to integrate it in to a dish and make it taste good. Really! My Black Cherry Whiskey Creme Caramel turned out to be not only edible, but pretty tasty, if I do say so myself.

Valentine’s Dinner at The Hobbit in Orange, California

So this week’s post is a bit different. I haven’t been cooking much lately (gasp!). Busy busy busy with teaching and lab work and jiu jitsu and, very occasionally, life.

Not to mention that my Valentine’s dinner at The Hobbit with my man kept me full for nearly two full days after the fact.

And that dinner is what I want to share with you today. Because it was, quite possibly, the most incredible dining experience I have ever had.

Almost No-Knead Dutch Oven Bread

I baked a loaf of real, yeast-leavened bread for the first time! Rustic Rosemary and Garlic Bread!

I have a confession to make.

I am was scared of working with yeast.

Hawai’i Trip and Lots and Lots of Ahi Poke

Hey everyone. I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving! Cook up a storm? What was the best thing you made?

I’ll be honest. I haven’t cooked much this past week. And not just because I’ve been living off of Thanksgiving leftovers.

Why? Because I’ve been in Hawai’i. Oahu specifically.

A decent excuse I think.

In fact, I haven’t been eating much cooked food at all. While staying in the islands, my boyfriend and I all but lived off of Hawaiian poke and pineapple.