Scary Spice: Halloween Cupcake Stencils
I normally like to make colorful, silly, whimsical treats for Halloween, such as werewolf, owl, and mummy cupcakes or bloody eyeball cake pops; this year I wasn’t able to do this, but I decided to make some slightly more understated treats instead. I went a little stencil-happy at Williams-Sonoma this season and brought home some […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Toasted Pumpkin Seed Brittle
An ode to that magnificent scoundrel named SUGAR: *clears throat* Oh lovely Sugar, how you captivate and inspire me, with your endless incarnations and magical properties. You can be woven into cakes, stretched into taffy, whipped into frosting, and sprinkled on cookies, just to name a few of your beloved virtues. You are granulated, powdered, […]
Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes… in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
As I mentioned in my last post for Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Scones, I am not the biggest fan of the illustrious chocolate-peanut butter duo. I don’t hate it or anything, but I feel like the peanut butter eclipses my total chocolate immersion experience, and frankly, I find that concept very troubling. However, this […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Scones
My last post featured a scone of the dainty English variety, which I was inspired to make as a contrast to this rustic, chunky, indulgent number! These Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Scones are more suited to a tall glass of chocolate milk than a cup of tea, in my opinion. Alternatively, one might just […]
Perfect with a Spot of Tea: Currant Cream Scones
I’ve got scones on the brain. This weekend’s Baked Sunday Mornings assignment is a “rustic” scone recipe. In preparation for this, I was inspired to conduct a little scone contrast experiment. I’ve mostly baked the traditional, English-style scone, which I find to be utterly delightful and comforting. My early baking was heavily influenced by recipes […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Burnt Sugar Bundt Cake with Caramel Rum Frosting
I cannot remember the last time I made a Bundt cake. I have nothing in particular against them, but I tend to prefer more decadent cakes slathered in creamy frosting, rather than those sporting the meager dusting of confectioners’ sugar typical of Bundt cakes. I guess I would generally place them in the category of […]
Sweet, Salty & a Little Malty: Chocolate Stout Pretzel Cupcakes
One of my favorite things to do in the kitchen is create mash-ups of my best-loved baking recipes. I am immensely enjoying experiments of the “sweet & salty” variety at the moment, with particular affinity for the pairing of chocolate and pretzels. [Note to self: Next time I make Whole-Wheat Cinnamon Sugar Pretzels, drizzle with […]
