Stellina Sweets

Fit for a Ballerina: Rhubarb-Vanilla Pavlova

I’m nothing, if not determined. I’ve been working on a number of more complicated recipes recently to stretch my skills, and at some point pavlovas caught my attention. I’ve never […]

Essentials

Sticky Sweet Springtime: Rhubarb-Vanilla Sauce

If you could distill the brightness, sweetness, and exuberance of springtime fruit into a gooey, drippy, vanilla-flecked sauce, you would do so, yes? (Hint: There’s only one right answer.) I […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Oreo Chocolate Cupcake Shakes

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

Breakfast Treats

Puff Pastry Pillows: Spicy Shakshuka Tarts

I love shakshuka and I love puff pastry… so I guess this was bound to happen eventually. I don’t usually cook on this blog, but sometimes we have to rethink things […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Old-School Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Educators of America, rejoice! At long last, the end of […]

Fruit Desserts

Open Sesame: Rye Rhubarb Tahini Tart

GAH, I love this season for baking. (Okay, there isn’t really a season that I don’t like, but bear with me.) Finally the rhubarb and cherries are here, and gorgeous berries […]

Cookies & Small Treats

All Buttered Up: Chocolate Chip Toffee Shortbread Bars

For bakers who like to tinker, accidents and failures are […]

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 […]

Breads & Doughs

Twice as Nice: Double Sesame Banana Bread

You’ve seen one banana bread recipe, you’ve seen ’em all, right? Okay, that was a lie– a big, fat, terrible, vicious lie. While a classic banana bread is perfectly scrumptious, I’ve found that […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Caramel Candy Popcorn Balls

Popcorn and caramel and candy in one treat? Check, check, and check. Baked Sunday Mornings made Caramel Candy Popcorn Balls from Baked Occasions this week to celebrate Administrative Professionals’ Day… Man, I reeeeally wanted […]

Creamy Desserts

All it’s Cracked Up to Be: Matzah Buttercrunch Ice Cream

Soooo, anyone else have an extra box or two of […]

Chocolate

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

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

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: S Cookies

I’m slowly building my repertoire of Italian pastries, and I’d like to think that I’m getting fairly familiar with a wide array of regional specialties. (I’m even thisclose to finally posting […]

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 […]

Stellina Sweets

Sweet Morsels from My Kitchen

Baked Sunday Mornings: Peanut Butter Butterscotch Cookies

Fit for a Ballerina: Rhubarb-Vanilla Pavlova

Sticky Sweet Springtime: Rhubarb-Vanilla Sauce

Baked Sunday Mornings: Oreo Chocolate Cupcake Shakes

Puff Pastry Pillows: Spicy Shakshuka Tarts

Baked Sunday Mornings: Old-School Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Open Sesame: Rye Rhubarb Tahini Tart

All Buttered Up: Chocolate Chip Toffee Shortbread Bars

Baked Sunday Mornings: Black Forest Cupcakes

Twice as Nice: Double Sesame Banana Bread

Baked Sunday Mornings: Caramel Candy Popcorn Balls

All it’s Cracked Up to Be: Matzah Buttercrunch Ice Cream

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

Baked Sunday Mornings: S Cookies

Classic Passover Decadence: Flourless Chocolate Cake

Baked Sunday Mornings: Tricolor Cake