Baked Sunday Mornings: Vanilla Bean Angel Food Cake with Milk Chocolate Glaze
Ah, February. Hearts, chocolates, long-stem red roses, and yes– it is the time when Cupid roams the land in search of would-be lovers to stick with his aphrodisiac arrow. I admit that I celebrate Valentine’s Day with a hearty eyeroll, but I do love all manner of heart-shaped baked treats and anything slathered in chocolate. […]
#WhyIMarch: Resistance Vanilla Cake Truffles
I believe in women. I believe in equality. I believe in progress. I try not to get too political on here, because after all, the focus of this blog is to foist gluttonous amounts of butter and sugar on you, but the recent events in this country are freaking me out. To tell you the truth, […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Baked Ultimate Birthday Cake
Happy New Year! You guys, 2016 was rough. I’m hoping that 2017 will be a better year, but given the impending doom that will befall our nation on January 20, I’m bracing myself for more rough times ahead. But hey, *today* is New Year’s Day, so let’s start things off with CAKE. Because what better […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Brown Sugar Shortcakes with Mixed Berries & Whipped Cream
I love when I’m wrong about dessert– sometimes I need to be put in my place. I wasn’t particularly stoked for this recipe, especially since we just made another berry recipe for Baked Sunday Mornings two weeks ago, but I was very, very wrong in my ambivalence. This is the time of the season that […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Derby Cookies
Walnuts used to be an occasional baking ingredient for me; maybe I had some in the pantry, maybe I didn’t. BUT! all of a sudden my kitchen is bursting with delicious walnut-laced delights, such as Mae’s Crescent Cookies a few weeks ago. The rippled nuts were not particularly a favorite of mine, but that has […]
Gettin My Jam On: Strawberry-Rhubarb Rugelach with Oatmeal Streusel
I only discovered rhubarb a couple of years ago and didn’t get a chance to work with it last spring, so I wanted to make something special with it this year. I tried my hand at this Rhubarb Mousse Cake, which came out okay, but I wasn’t blown away by it, mostly because I’m a […]
The Stuff of Valentine’s Dreams: Vanilla Bean Cake with Pomegranate Buttercream
Some days I’m wrapped up in daydreams of fluffy, buttery, happy, vanilla-scented cake. On some of those days, I’m also enthralled with thoughts of creamy swirls of tart, fruity, billowy pinkness. Today is one of those lucky days. A good vanilla cake is remarkably challenging to get right, though it sounds like such a simple thing. However, I’ve […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Vanilla Bean Malt Cake
Sometimes you just can’t get enough of a good thing. Right now, *I* can’t seem to get enough MALT. I’m thinking about it, dreaming about it, fiending for it; I might go to extreme measures if someone tried to take it away from me. That nutty, warm je ne sais quoi that malt lends to baked […]
Love & Chocolate Always Win: Boston(Strong) Cream Cupcakes
BostonStrong: the mantra adopted immediately by the city after the horrific bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing 4 people and injuring 264. I had no words… I spent 3 semesters in college at Boston University and fell madly in love with this spirited, proud, quirky, historic, beautiful, and downright charming city. (The use of ‘wicked’ […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Classic Crème Brûlée with Caramelized Brown Sugar
It has been quite a while since I’ve been able to participate in my bi-weekly Baked Sunday Mornings blogs due to my recent move and wedding planning, and it feels so goooood to be back! Truth: I was not that excited about this recipe. When I look at a dessert menu and see crème brûlée listed, […]
