Building Blocks

In this category you can find recipes for… well… building blocks: elementary recipes you can mix and match to create you’re own culinary marvels!

Cakes

Basic Chocolate Cupcakes – Aka: The Best Chocolate Cupcakes
Basic Vanilla Cupcakes – Aka: Perfect Vanilla Cupcakes
Hot Milk Cake
My Favorite Chocolate Cake
Sour Cream Chocolate Cupcakes

Fillings, Frostings and Mousses

Caramel Apple Sauce
Caramel Buttercream – German Style
Cassis Buttercream – Swiss Style 
Crème Suisse
Crème Suisse with Gelatin
Chocolate Mousse
Coffee Buttercream – French Style
Dark Chocolate American Buttercream
Dulce de Leche, 10-Minute Cheat Sauce
Dulce de Leche, Cooked in the Can
Dulce de Leche, Made in a Double Boiler
Dulce de Leche, Made in a Pressure Cooker
Dulce de Leche, Made in an Open Can
Dulce de Leche, Made in the Oven
Easy (Swiss!) French Buttercream with Coffee Flavor
Flour Buttercream (updated version here!)
French Buttercream (updated version here!)
German Buttercream (updated version here!)
Italian Buttercream (updated version here!)
Italian Meringue
Orange Curd
Orange Italian Buttercream
Peanut Butter ‘n Cookie Buttercream – American Style
Plain Pastry Cream
Spicy Pumpkin Buttercream – Italian Style
Swiss Buttercream (updated version here!)
Swiss Meringue
Vanilla American Buttercream
Vanilla Flour Buttercream (or Ermine Buttercream)
Vanilla French Buttercream
Vanilla German Buttercream
Vanilla Italian Buttercream
Vanilla Swiss Buttercream
Vanilla Pastry Cream

Ingredients

Caramelized White Chocolate
Homemade Baking Powder
Homemade Self-Raising Flour

Pastry

All-Butter Pie Crust
All-Lard Pie Crust
All-Shortening Pie Crust
Toasted Almond Paté Sucré Biscuits

Sauces

Hot Fudge Sauce
Salted Caramel Sauce

Syrups

Elderflower Syrup
Grape Syrup
Orange Simple Syrup
Raspberry Simple Syrup

Toppings

Caramelized Oats
Homemade Raspberry Sugar