vanilla pound cake

Two years ago I bought 2 dozen vanilla beans for a great price. They were my precious babies so I used them oh so sparingly. The vanilla bea...

Read more »

0 komentar

Carrot Cake with Pineapple and Coconut and Brown Butter Rum Cream Cheese Frosting

I had some flopppy carrots and a half bar of cream cheese that needed to be used up so the obvious choice was a carrot cake. My original ide...

Read more »

0 komentar

Banoffee Bread

Last time I tried to be clever, I attempted to make banana bread, real bread —brioche to be exact. Unfortunately, my dreams of making banana...

Read more »

0 komentar

Raspberry Lemon Cream Tart

Whoops! Only had 2 minutes to take pics and forgot to take the tart out of the pan. Short and sweet recipe post today! I still had some cr...

Read more »

0 komentar

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies with Dried Cranberries and Pecans

I have a bad habit not being able to follow a recipe word for word, not even my own! I always have to adjust, substitute, omit, or change s...

Read more »

0 komentar

A Healthy Muffin: Whole Grain Almond Poppyseed Muffin

I felt like baking something healthy for a change, or at least try to. I usually sub a little whole wheat flour for all purpose flour when...

Read more »

0 komentar

Did you Know? The Difference Between Croissant Shapes

Some plain croissants are straight, and some are joined together at the ends in a sort of crescent moon shape. I never knew that this actua...

Read more »

0 komentar

Guinness Chocolate Cupcake with Bailey's Cream Cheese Frosting

Baking has become an important part of the post-exam de-stressing ritual. I’m so mentally exhausted after an exam that it's pretty much...

Read more »

0 komentar

A Great Cookie To Make With Kids: Russian Teacakes aka Snowballs

I've been making this recipe with my mom since I can remember; it's kind of our Christmas tradition. I have many fond memories of m...

Read more »

0 komentar

A Few Photos From Le Cordon Bleu London Pastry Class

If anyone is curious about what I've been doing at school, I'm including a few photos in this post. I don't have any cuisine ph...

Read more »

0 komentar

Oatmeal Power Bars

The snow is all fun and games until you realize there's 8 inches of it to shovel out of the driveway. While Steven painstakingly cleared...

Read more »

0 komentar

Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti

When it snowed last Thursday, Steven thought it was a better idea to stay home instead of going to work. We debated whether to use the trash...

Read more »

0 komentar

Brown Butter Gingersnaps

This cookie is a cross between last year's brown sugar cookie and gingerbread . The brown butter gives what would be a traditional gin...

Read more »

0 komentar

Almond Biscotti

Toooo many cookiesss ... I'm forced to eat cookies for breakfast. It's a tough situation to be in. I kid, I kid! Cookies (current...

Read more »

0 komentar