Baked Sunday Mornings: Lemon Drop Cake
The top of my cake hierarchy reads something like this: chocolate, vanilla (with or without rainbow sprinkles), red velvet, pistachio, coconut– with minor changes in the order depending on mood. Nowhere in this group of cakes is lemon. I’m generally fairly indifferent to lemon desserts; it’s rare that I would choose one over, say, a […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Strawberry Supreme Cake
It’s summer berry season, friends, and I could not be more excited about that! You know how sometimes it doesn’t feel like Fall until you taste that first bite of pumpkin, or gingerbread and peppermint in December? Spring and summer in California sort of blend into each other, with magnificent berries and cherries and tomatoes bursting into the farmers’ markets in […]
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: Cherry Almond (Vanilla) Crisp
Fact: Winter cherries are sad, sad little creatures. This week’s Baked Occasions recipe for Baked Sunday Mornings is Cherry-Almond Crisp for President’s Day, because you know, George Washington and cherry trees and all. Unfortunately, cherry season is a few months out, and the quality of cherries makes all the difference here. I made this a few weeks ago when […]
