I don’t know if I mentioned this, but I was supposed to be off dessert for lent. You ask, but aren’t you Jewish? Yes I am. But I thought that by giving up something in solidarity with my Catholic friends I’d be more likely to exercise self-control. Well, that’s gone out the window. Between cupcakes, tiramisu, milano cookies and bits of chocolate here and there over the last couple of weeks, this test of self-restraint was an epic fail. Giving up foods does not work unless you’re Catholic and then somehow you’re able to for at least 40 days a year. I just don’t have it in me.

This weekend was no exception. I went to my friend’s daughter’s first birthday party (the first of my friends to have a baby, I might add) where, in true mommy fashion, there was enough food for an army. Little Miss Cupcake provided the Baby Einstein themed cupcakes and Pizza Hut provided… well you know. To top off a weekend of gluttony, I wanted to make the recipe for Chocolate Peanut Butter and Banana Tartlets that I saw on Serve it Forth. An easy recipe in theory, but my mishap with the tartlet crust (see below) made it less than aesthetically perfect. Despite their imperfections, these little pieces of heaven made an ordinary Sunday afternoon a notch sweeter.