Chocolate

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Swirl Banana Bread

You know those moments when you can’t decide between a cookie and a piece of cake? Brownie or shortbread? Lemon bar or meringue pie? Having both at the same time […]

Chocolate

S’mores Rugelach Smash Cookies

Sometimes it just depends how you look at things. What might seem like a disaster at first is actually a gift of serendipity. I was trying to make s’mores rugelach […]

Breads & Doughs

Chocolate-Halva Babka

As much as I love contemporary baking like layer cakes, cupcakes, and pastries, there are few baked goods that conjure childhood nostalgia like babka. Aside from my mom’s birthday cakes shaped in […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Heartland Turtle Bars

I joined Baked Sunday Mornings in Fall 2012, when the group had already baked through about ⅔ of BAKED’s second book, Baked Explorations. Although I baked most of the remaining recipes, there […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: A Trio of Truffles

I love chocolate. I really do. A LOT. But for some reason, chocolate truffles, at best, illicit a lukewarm reaction for me– they are not my preferred chocolate delivery system. […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Peanut Butter Cookies with Milk Chocolate Chunks

Ah, 2008– a quaint time when I didn’t yet understand […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Loaf

Today is a special baking day. My baking-blogging group, Baked Sunday Mornings, has just wrapped three years of working our way through all 75 recipes in Baked Occasions, the 4th cookbook […]

Chocolate

Rome: Ciambelline al Vino with Dipping Chocolate

There’s a very good reason why Rome is so storied and romanticized and revered. It deserves it. I first visited Rome on an organized bus tour with my mom in […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Lebkuchen

Orange. Lemon. Coriander. Ginger. Cocoa. Rum. Honey. Almonds. Many people would say all yummy things, yes? But have you ever put them all into one recipe? Specifically, a cookie recipe? Germany, […]

Cakes

Lombardia: Torta Sbriciolata with Cocoa, Ricotta & Chocolate Chips

Last year I waxed poetic about a cake from northern […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Chocolate Pop Tarts with Peanut Butter & Jam Filling

Some weeks I feel like I’m really progressing in my […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Peanut Butter Blossoms

I’ll admit it– I am a chocolate snob. And I’m perfectly fine with that. If I’m eating chocolate out of hand, it’s definitely going to be a good quality bar […]

Chocolate

Salted Chocolate Sesame Rice Crispy Treats

Snap-Crackle-Pop will never be the same. I, like so many other dutiful American bakers, made my rice crispy treats using the recipe on the Rice Krispies cereal box, never questioning […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Exceedingly Chocolaty Crinkles

Baked Sunday Mornings is celebrating Christmas in July… and I like […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Hot Chocolate Pudding Cake

What. The. Effff… is what I thought when I was putting together this cake batter. Never before had I stared down so confusedly at a cake pan, wondering how the […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Oreo Chocolate Cupcake Shakes

Oreos. Cupcakes. Chocolate ice cream. Three of my favorite things […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Black Forest Cupcakes

It’s May, which means CHERRIES, and this makes me splendidly happy! All year I dream about cherry season– the day that those sweet, red, stemmed delights appear at the farmer’s […]

Chocolate

Baker-Tested, Seder-Approved: Matzah Tiramisu Cake 2.0

Two years ago I discovered Robicelli’s Tiramatzu, and Passover has never […]

Cakes

Classic Passover Decadence: Flourless Chocolate Cake

Chocolate. Butter. Eggs. Sugar. That is all you need to […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Tricolor Cake

I’ve made no secret of the fact that Italy tugs at my heartstrings on a daily basis. In fact, I hope to live there one day… However, there’s one little […]

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Sweet Morsels from My Kitchen

Chocolate

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Swirl Banana Bread

S’mores Rugelach Smash Cookies

Chocolate-Halva Babka

Baked Sunday Mornings: Heartland Turtle Bars

Baked Sunday Mornings: A Trio of Truffles

Baked Sunday Mornings: Peanut Butter Cookies with Milk Chocolate Chunks

Baked Sunday Mornings: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Loaf

Rome: Ciambelline al Vino with Dipping Chocolate

Baked Sunday Mornings: Lebkuchen

Lombardia: Torta Sbriciolata with Cocoa, Ricotta & Chocolate Chips

Baked Sunday Mornings: Chocolate Pop Tarts with Peanut Butter & Jam Filling

Salted Chocolate Sesame Rice Crispy Treats

Baked Sunday Mornings: Exceedingly Chocolaty Crinkles

Baked Sunday Mornings: Hot Chocolate Pudding Cake

Baked Sunday Mornings: Oreo Chocolate Cupcake Shakes

Baked Sunday Mornings: Black Forest Cupcakes

Baker-Tested, Seder-Approved: Matzah Tiramisu Cake 2.0

Classic Passover Decadence: Flourless Chocolate Cake

Baked Sunday Mornings: Tricolor Cake