Baked Sunday Mornings: Everyone’s Favorite Birthday Cake
I don’t make the classic-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting combination very often; in fact, almost never. I couldn’t really say why, because I certainly love to eat it. I guess after baking for so many years now, I look to more complicated/unusual recipes?? But sometimes you need to just take it back to the simple pleasures of life, and […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Purple Velvet Cake (aka Gonzo Cake)
Although I’ve always loved to write, I have to admit that I am embarrassingly lacking in the literature department. My familiarity with Hunter S. Thompson goes as far as watching Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas on a date in 1998 and falling asleep… Not sure what that says about my intellectual depth, the guy I was […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Orange Buttermilk Picnic Cake with Chocolate Chips
Happy 4th of July weekend! I wish I could say I was out having a holiday picnic, but I am actually in the midst of moving, so I’m up to my ears in boxes, packing paper, and takeout food! (I’m praying that my ridiculous amount of baking crap fits into my new kitchen…) Fortunately I […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Black Cocoa Bundt Cake with Butter Whiskey Glaze
While I don’t have a lot of warm, fuzzy Dad memories, I need absolutely zero excuses to make an ultra-chocolaty cake, particularly one with black cocoa in it. It’s a day that ends in “-day”? Sounds like a GREAT reason to make cake! I got out of bed today? Let me just grab the flour. This week for Baked […]
Gettin My Jam On: Strawberry-Rhubarb Rugelach with Oatmeal Streusel
I only discovered rhubarb a couple of years ago and didn’t get a chance to work with it last spring, so I wanted to make something special with it this year. I tried my hand at this Rhubarb Mousse Cake, which came out okay, but I wasn’t blown away by it, mostly because I’m a […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Rainbow Icebox Cake with Homemade Chocolate Cookies
If you stop to think about it, rainbows are pretty damn amazing. A majestic spectrum of color emerges from a just-right mix of rain and sunlight to brighten the sky– and probably your day. And yet, this splendid arc cannot be captured, tamed, or touched– its ephemeral nature makes it all the more magical. The […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Red Wine Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Glaze
Friends, it’s Memorial Day weekend, and in addition to honoring our fallen servicemen and -women, it means one other, very important thing: the school year is nearly over. If you work in a school setting, you know that students and staff alike can begin to taste the glorious summer days that are nearly within our […]
My (Bitter)Sweet & Salty Muse: Walnut Shortbread Sandwich Cookies with Caramel Cream
Apparently I’ve been living under a large rock for quite some time, because even throughout my many pastry “research” excursions in San Francisco, I had only recently become familiar with Yigit Pura and his magnificent pastry shop, Tout Sweet. I first sampled his fabulous French macarons and other creations at the SF Ferry Building Farmers’ Market, […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Ultra-Lemony Lemon Bundt Cake with Almond Glaze
So. Many. Lemons. Calling all citrus lovers: this is the Bundt for you if you can’t get enough lemon in your desserts. Baked Occasions’ Ultra-Lemony Lemon Bundt Cake with Almond Glaze is our Baked Sunday Mornings recipe in celebration of Mother’s Day, and as you can see, the title does not mince words about the […]
Coconut Remix: Salted Sesame Caramel Macaroons
As I said last week, I wasn’t planning to bake for Passover this year because I wasn’t going to or hosting a Seder. But then Robicelli’s Tiramatzu came into my life, so I had to try a homemade version. So that was it, right? Well… There I was, minding my own business, when the new issue of […]
