Baked Sunday Mornings: Conversation Heart Cakes (aka Black Velvet Cakes)
There is something about heart-shaped things. Whether they are edible or decorative, I appreciate the warm fuzzies that they bring to the day. Truth be told… I am not a huge fan of Valentine’s Day. While the sentiment is endearing, I think it’s overdone and too commercialized, and most of the romantic places to go with your sweetheart […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Chinese 5-Spice Sesame Scones
I’ve had sesame seeds on the brain. I suppose that might be an odd thing to think about as a baker; I mean, fixating on chocolate or Irish butter is a fairly regular occurrence in my sugar-glazed brain, but sesame seeds? And yet, I’ve thought about the importance of sesame since I attended a talk […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Dolly’s Doughnut
Hellloooo, coconut– I missed you. You know how sometimes there’s an ingredient that you love, but don’t use all that much, and then when you do use it, your love for said ingredient smacks you in the face? That’s me and coconut. It’s not something I grew up eating, and in fact, I was possessed of the […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Brutti Ma Buoni (Italian Pistachio-Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies)
I think I’ve always felt that meringues are sort of a black-and-white thing: either you love them, or you don’t– there’s not much gray area in the middle. (Disclaimer: It’s perfectly likely that I’m completely, entirely wrong about this.) When I saw this recipe for Brutti Ma Buoni (‘Ugly But Good’ in Italian) from Baked Occasions on the Baked […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Brown Sugar Oatmeal Whoopie Pies with Maple Marshmallow Filling
Truth be told, National Maple Syrup Day was not really on my radar as part of the Fall/Winter holiday season. But alas, it is apparently a thing, celebrated on December 17th in honor of that sweet, magical serum derived from maple trees. I don’t remember eating it much growing up (and if I did, I’m […]
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 some pretty f*cked up stuff going on in the world right now, and it distresses me to no end when I think about where we are heading… […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Brown Butter Apple Cranberry Galette
Oh my, this is one pretty pie. I mean, galette— we’re getting a little fancy for Thanksgiving at Baked Sunday Mornings this week. Though actually, I guess it just *feels* fancy because galettes are of French pastry origin. Really, a galette is quite rustic with its wild and crazy free-form shaping. I love baking lots of different things, […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Individual Baked Alaskas with Vanilla & Coffee Ice Cream
I’ve made a lot of desserts in my life. I mean, A LOT. There have been countless batches of cupcakes, cookies, brownies, layer cakes, and all manner of other treats in and out of the oven– some great, some mediocre, and yes, some were disastrous! At this point, it’s not that often that I’m tasked […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Peanut Butter & Jelly Crumb Morning Muffins
Friends, as I look around and take stock of my life, I am happy to report that there is presently… a hell of a lot of peanut butter and jelly happening! There was a dark time when I could not say this. In fact, for most of my life I did not know the joy of PB&J; […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Chocolate Rice Crispy “Cake” with Homemade Marshmallow “Icing”
I’ve talked before on this blog about my comical gaps in 80’s American snacking and cuisine, due to my parents moving our family from Israel to California when I was 4 years old. Things like PB&J, Twinkies, and Cheez-Wiz (*shudder*) were not part of my lunchbox experience growing up. One thing, however, that quickly made its way […]
