MacGregor - Dream Desserts: 60 Over-the-Top Recipes for Truly Fabulous Flavor

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To my partner in crime and the love of my life, Sean: Thank you for being the person who has supported me from the beginning of this journey, and continues to keep me grounded while simultaneously lifting me up. Thank you for helping me through my long and rough days, and, more importantly, thank you for bringing me my daily Diet Coke.

To my mom, who first introduced me to the love of baking: Thank you for taste testing all my terrible Easy-Bake-Oven creations as a child, and thank you for continuing to be my ultimate taste tester, through both the good and the bad. Thank you for giving me the unconditional love and encouragement I have needed, and for always being my number-one cheerleader.

To my dad, who gave me both his creativity gene and his work ethic: You have taught me what excellence is, and what it means to work hard to achieve your dreams and goals.

Thank you to all my amazing family and friends, who have made this process even more special thanks to all of their affirmations and encouragement. Specifically, to Sarah, who happily devours the extreme amounts of food I give her on a weekly basis. And to Courtney, for giving me the encouragement and confidence I needed to begin food blogging in the first place.

I would like to thank Page Street Publishing for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime in creating this book. Specifically, I would like to give a huge thank you to Emily Taylor and Franny Donington. Thank you, Emily, for seeing something special in me and helping me start this book. And thank you to Franny for being the massive support that I needed to finish this book.

Finally, I cant even begin to thank my followers enough. Without you all, I wouldnt be where I am today. You all have given me the opportunity to follow my lifelong dream of making baking my career. The level of support and love I have felt from my followers and fellow food bloggers on the Internet is, simply put, incredible.

Amie MacGregor is a food blogger, recipe developer and food photographer who is the creator of Food Duchess. Originally on track to have a career in business, Amie received her degree in finance, with a focus on personal financial planning, before changing directions and taking a leap of faith into her lifelong passion of baking. Amie has been featured in Sweet Dreams magazine, Modern Texas Living, thefeedfeed.com and The Bake Feeds Instagram. She was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Fudgy. Chewy. Buttery. Ooey-gooey. These are just some of the adjectives that can be used to describe all of the delicious brownies and bars found in this chapter! Each recipe was developed to be sinfully delicious from the get-go. Be it an ) that will have you saying, Pumpkin pie who?, this chapter was made for those who love a truly decadent dessert.

Macarons, cookie sandwiches and stuffed cookies are just some of the recipes youll find on these next pages. These treats are not made for those with just a delicate sweet tooth. No, this chapter is dedicated to those who are categorically and unequivocally cookie-obsessed! From red velvet cookies stuffed with velvety cream cheese frosting () that are sandwiched with toasted marshmallow and dipped in chocolate, these recipes will definitely satisfy your little cookie-loving heart!

If you were to ask any of my family and friends what I am known for, they would unanimously say my cakes and cupcakes! I grew up with a huge affinity for creating different cake and cupcake flavors, so this chapter was definitely a special one for me. In this chapter, you will find cupcakes that are decorated with sky-high helpings of frosting, sheet cakes and loaves that are simplistic in nature but 100 percent guaranteed to delight from the first bite and, of course, layer cakes that can only be described as both beautiful and delicious!

clairs and cream puffs have quickly made their way to the top of my favorite pastries list, and for good reason, too! The versatility of fillings makes these two sister pastries an amazing blank canvas that is ripe for flavor opportunities. In this chapter you will be delighted to find cream puffs and clairs for a huge variety of palates: tiramisu for the coffee connoisseur ()! Who would have thought a simple dough made of flour, butter, milk, sugar and eggs could be the basis for so many wonderful creations!

Dusted with cinnamon sugar, stuffed with coconut pastry cream or covered with a rich chocolate glaze, the donuts in this section can only be described as downright delicious! In this chapter you will find all kinds of variations of donuts, both baked and fried, that are perfect for cheat days. From ), this chapter is sure to satisfy any donut craving.

If there are any desserts that truly seem heaven-sent, it would have to be cheesecakes and pavlovas! They are obviously both delicious in their own rightcheesecake with its luscious, velvety texture and pavlovas with their delectably crisp exteriors and pillowy soft interiors. But what makes them even greater is their adaptability and capacity to take on any flavor profile and topping! Throughout this chapter, youll be introduced to some truly decadent cheesecakes and pavlovas that are not only sensationally delicious, but could be considered showstopping dessert art as well!