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 layer cake in quite a while, and this Whiteout Cake is the first one we’re tackling from Baked: New Frontiers in Baking. This time of year always […]
Torta Sbriciolata alla Sicilia
What I wouldn’t give to celebrate the holidays in Italy one of these years! Italy celebrates countless festivals all year round (religious, cultural, national, regional, local– you name it), but I think nothing matches the merrymaking around December/January. In addition to various feasts before and during Christmas, Italians celebrate New Year’s in a big way, […]
Blonde Chocolate Coconut Shortbread Bars
If you happened to ask Santa for blonde chocolate, today is your lucky day. The first time I tried Dulcey, the caramelized white chocolate made by Valrhona, I felt what I can only describe as a religious experience, and I can’t be sure, but I think I heard little angels singing somewhere in the distance. […]
Cinnamon Cajeta Rice Crispy Treats
Merry Christmas! Are you procrasti-baking today? If you need a last-minute quick dessert for your holiday gathering later today, you’ve come to the right place. Amidst posts about Italy and smashed rugelach and cookie butter cake, I almost lost sight of the fact that I’m still working on a number of rice crispy treat variations. […]
S’mores Rugelach Smash Cookies
Sometimes it just depends how you look at things. What might seem like a disaster at first is actually a gift of serendipity. I was trying to make s’mores rugelach for Chanukah, and I ended up with a shambles of flattened, messy, busted-up puddles. But… OMG THEY TASTED SO GOOD. I didn’t have the heart […]
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, but THIS jewel-toned beauty attributes its vividness to cranberries and only cranberries! I have finally made the pie, and I appropriately fawned over its gorgeous […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Sour Lemon Scones
Among the chocolate, cinnamon, ginger, maple, peppermint, and other wintery flavors around this time of year, I was surprised that Baked Sunday Mornings was making these Sour Lemon Scones from Baked: New Frontiers in Baking this week. To be honest, I was slightly annoyed at first because I am all up in the holiday flavors and I’m not […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Heartland Turtle Bars
I joined Baked Sunday Mornings in Fall 2012, when the group had already baked through about ⅔ of BAKED’s second book, Baked Explorations. Although I baked most of the remaining recipes, there were quite a lot that I had missed and intended to bake eventually. If you’ve been following, you know that we’ve now baked all the […]
Pumpkin & Cookie Butter Sheet Cake with Toasted Meringue
You’re already preparing for Thanksgiving dinner, aren’t you. On the off chance that you haven’t started on dessert yet, I highly recommend walking over to the pantry and pulling out the jar of speculoos that you’ve been saving for something special. (Or is that just me??) Let’s all stay cool and calm and collected– Pumpkin […]
Apple-Maple Tart
I know. Pumpkin pie is supposed to be, like, the thing this week. I am fully aware of this, and yet, I refuse to conform. I’ve just never been a huge fan of pumpkin pie; it’s okay, but I can take it or leave it. I am much more excited about other Thanksgiving/autumn desserts. Things that […]
