holiday baking – Stellina Sweets

Baked Sunday Mornings: Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie

You win some, you lose some. Pie has never been my baking strength, nor is it my favorite genre in the realm of baked goods, but I will begrudgingly make […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Autumn in the Middle East is… different. This is the first Fall season of my life (okay, since I was a toddler) not spent somewhere that gets the familiar pre-holiday […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Whiteout Cake

Winter White. There’s something so lovely and elegant about a white-on-white cake– simple, yet sophisticated. What a splendid way to close out 2017 for Baked Sunday Mornings. We haven’t made a […]

Creamy Desserts

Cranberry-Lime Pie

Last year, basically all of Instagram was mesmerized by Bon Appétit’s captivating Cranberry-Lime Pie, and for good reason. Edible things of this technicolor hue usually have food coloring in them, […]

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 […]

Cakes

Pumpkin & Cookie Butter Sheet Cake with Toasted Meringue

You’re already preparing for Thanksgiving dinner, aren’t you. On the […]

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: Classic Apple Pie

In the Great Life Debate of cake vs. pie, cake pretty much always wins in my book. (Unless there is chocolate and/or caramel in the pie. Then we might have […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Peppermint Chocolate Chip Meringues

Guys, I did it. Baked Sunday Mornings is making our very […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Exceedingly Chocolaty Crinkles

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

Cakes

Positano Dreamin’: Amalfi Pear & Ricotta Cake

Imagine, if you will, an Italian beach town paradise with […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Traditional Linzer Cookies

Christmas cookies in July? This girl ain’t gonna say ‘no’. (Let’s be honest, I’m not going to say ‘no’ to any cookies any time of the year.) Our Baked Sunday Mornings […]

Confections

The Sweetest Form of Flattery: Faux Cranberry Bliss Bars

If I had to make a choice between dark chocolate […]

Chocolate

Have Yourself a Boozy Little Xmas: Whiskey & Rye Chocolate Chip Cookies

I cannot remember the last time I made chocolate chip […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Whipped Shortbread

Butter. Oh, butter… How I love you so. I mean, I know this goes without saying, but I can’t imagine life without the rich, magical deliciousness of butter. There is […]

Cakes

Pumpkin Spice Problem Solved: Pumpkin Chocolate Espresso Bundt Cake

I have a confession: I hate Pumpkin Spice Lattes. In […]

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