Holidays
Dafna Adler

Cacio e Pepe Knishentashen

I know Purim is technically over. But my friends in Israel said that everyone is still celebrating through Saturday, so I decided that I’m going to keep blogging about hamantashen until it’s no longer socially

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Chocolate
Dafna Adler

Salted Cacao Nib Brownie Hamantashen

It’s hard to believe how quickly this year between Purim holidays came and went. Last spring, I was frantically planning and packing for a huge move halfway across the planet. In the middle of all

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Baked Sunday Mornings
Dafna Adler

Baked Sunday Mornings: Upstate Cheesecake

It all started with cheesecake. Way back circa 2002, a young woman of, let’s say, 24, made a cheesecake that wasn’t half bad. And then another, and another. And then she tried cookies and cupcakes.

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Cakes
Dafna Adler

Red Velvet Cheesecake Swirl Bundt Cake

I have to admit… I am extremely picky when it comes to red velvet. It can be wickedly, amazingly good, or it can be tragically, horridly bad (or something bland in the middle). Am I

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Baked Sunday Mornings
Dafna Adler

Baked Sunday Mornings: Lemon Lemon Loaf

Sometimes recipes that seem so docile and unassuming provide more drama than I’d care to revisit. If you consider, say, the Lemon Lemon Loaf from BAKED: New Frontiers in Baking that we have on the schedule

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