To Try Tuesday

So as some of you may remember, I discovered carmelitas this year. And completely and totally fell in love with them. I have not made them since--despite actually dreaming about them I am mortified to say--because holy cow they were so very, well, bad for you. Like many great desserts. So when I saw that DanaTreat had a carmelita recipe up I thought "Well, I'll take a peak, but I won't make it unless it is different enough to warrant investigation." Well dang if it does not have a honey cream sauce poured over it, making it in my opinion really different and therefore really high on my To Try list.

I've been spending time slowly--very slowly--catching up on all of the great posts I missed over the holidays on my favorite blogs. Which is where I found this "biscotti." The Chocolate Filled Biscotti at The Days Are Just Packed look absolutely divine and I am going to make them as soon as I have time. Biscotti shaped--but perhaps not sharing much else in common with biscotti--this sliced cookie is made with a cream cheese dough that is filled with nuts and chocolate.

I know many of you read Smitten Kitchen, but truly I need to make a note of her Poppy Seed Lemon Cake for fear I will forget it. When it popped up on my sidebar I figured it was, well, like any other lemon poppy seed cake--and tasty of course since it was Smitten Kitchen. But no, it is a poppy seed lemon cake, and not a pound cake base, but rather something light and eggy. I am intrigued! I must make this soon!