Chocolate Espresso Dacquoise
For this week’s technical challenge (a little GBBO reference for all you fans out there), I decided to commit to trying something I’ve never made before. A dacquoise. Not unlike many of the technical challenges I’ve seen, I’ve had experience with particular elements of the dacquoise, but I’ve never put them all together. To […]
Read moreChocolate Olive Oil Cake
For an Easter dessert, I wanted to create a yummy, sweet treat to serve after supper. I have made olive oil cakes before, but never a chocolate version. I’ve had a subscription to Bake From Scratch magazine for awhile now and I had come across a chocolate olive oil recipe that I had set aside […]
Read moreNew York Style Bagels
Grocery store bagels are sad, I’m sorry. I said it. They lack that crispy outer layer, that beautiful glossy top that cracks and gives way to the pillowy center. It’s just sad. And since I can’t get a real bagel fix in my neighborhood, I just had to figure out how to make them on […]
Read moreBest Banana Bread
I had heard tell of Chrissy Teigen’s Banana Bread recipe thanks to her antics on Twitter a couple years back (I wish I lived in the LA area so that I could be trading ripe bananas for John Legend’s underwear, LOL). Then, more recently, I had seen her trade some of her famous banana bread […]
Read moreCookies Make Everything Better
Wow, guys. I can’t say I ever expected to be in a situation or circumstance like this in my lifetime. It feels like the plot line of a summer blockbuster disaster film…but this is real life. And it’s scary! When I’m scared, or anxious, or feeling overwhelmed, I often turn to baking. Baking is methodical, […]
Read moreBraided Lemon Cream Cheese Bread
Of course, as any good baker does, I follow King Arthur on all my social media platforms. And, much like one of my favorite Food Network hosts, Valerie Bertinelli, I love all things lemon. When I saw a recipe for braided lemon bread on the King Arthur Instagram page, you best believe I was going […]
Read moreMalted Berry Swirl Gelato Pie
Boston’s recent heat wave made me crave something refreshing to cool off with and I found a recipe I wanted to attempt to recreate in Southern Living Magazine. Credit goes to Marian Cooper Cairns for her submission of the Berry Swirl Gelato Cake and the recipe below is what I followed (though I decided to […]
Read moreOmbre Rosette Cake
I’m so late to the posting party on this one – as I made it over a year ago for one of my best friend’s baby shower! Ok, so this friend…she’s one of a kind and she’s been a rock for me over the last couple of years. I’ve been through a lot and she […]
Read moreGerman Chocolate Bombs
I had wanted to try my hand at a recipe I had seen floating around the ‘net and with all these baking shows I so voraciously watch (Best Baker in America, Great British Baking Show, Cupcake Wars, Zumbo’s Desserts, etc.) – it was about time I tried baking in molds because it seems like something […]
Read moreDeep Dish Apple Pie
Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving, ya’ll! I went pie crazy this year as my Mom took care of the bulk of our Thanksgiving feast and I, unsurprisingly, was tasked with desserts. I wanted to try a new recipe for apple pie that I had seen in Bon Appétit. My Dad always leaves very strict instructions for apple pies: […]
Read moreBanana Split Cake
I love throwback recipes and anything nostalgic and when Better Homes & Gardens magazine took old recipes and re-tried them in their kitchens to see if they stood the test of time…I knew I had to give it a go as well. The flavors of a banana split are simple, but there is a depth […]
Read moreTake-Home Chocolate Cake
I was in Barnes & Noble the other day (I know, how quaint, right? I actually like to buy books IN the bookstore…RIP bookstores) and I saw this beautiful cookbook called Sweet. I knew I had to have it based on the cover alone (yep, I judged it by its cover…and I’m glad I did). […]
Read moreChocolate Swirl Babka
Babka is a slightly dry yeast bread (some would argue that it’s cake…I say bread) swirled with chocolate or cinnamon (but I agree with Elaine from Seinfeld…cinnamon is a “lesser babka”). Straight from the oven with a schmear of butter, babka is one of my favorite treats to enjoy alongside a cup of tea. You […]
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