death by desserts - the truly to die for part 5

its been a good few months since i last updated everyone about the happenings in the dessert side of the one six b joint...quite a bit has been happening and auntie ta really has been spoiling us rotten with a repertoire of brand new sweet endings. just looking at the fantastic piccie of the warm chocolate cake would immediately make you realize why part 5 of this series is entitled the 'truly to die for' one....the warm chocolate cake was perfection. made from pure valrhorna chocolate, this was one sinfully rich dessert that no one was willing to share! thank god we all had our own if not i'm sure it would have gotten ugly! served fresh out of the oven, each cake was exquisitely moist with the signature runny chocolate center...served with a spoonful of haagen daz coffee ice cream pretty much sent all of us to chocolate heaven!

auntie ta continued to indulge us further by whipping up her version of the classic tiramisu a week later. having made tiramisus myself, i always thought that the key was in using good quality coffee and a generous splash of baileys....so after trying auntie ta's light yet creamy, robust yet caramelly version....i couldn't quite put my finger as to why her version was so distinctively (and yummily) different. the secret is not just a splash of baileys, but rather the use of 3 different types of alcohol in each layer of the tiramisu! the best part is that the flavors from each is so subtle and complementary that you hardly notice it as you spoon mouthful after mouthful of the yummy dessert trying so hard to decipher the combinations of coffee and cream and alcohol going around. yums!

the last dessert this girl will feature is the french waffle with strawberry compote and vanilla ice cream. again, we were spoilt rotten with this one when auntie ta served it up last week. the waffles were made on the spot so all of us had piping hot fresh waffles with homemade compote. the waffles were crisp yet fluffy with just the right hint of butter in the background, these were so good you could eat them on its own! one would never have thought to have waffles for dessert ya? but with these beauties...i am sure we will be more than happy to have them for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

i am sure this won't be the last of the 'to die for' dessert series...so till next time, remember having dessert is not a sin! 

kudos to auntie ta!