summer desserts – Stellina Sweets

Baked Sunday Mornings: Almond Granita

Please pardon this interruption of my regularly scheduled hamantashen posting. I’m pausing to bring you… a little sliver of Italian summer. Among our very last recipes for Baked Sunday Mornings is […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars

Let me introduce you to PB&J living its best life. […]

Cakes

Amalfi Coast & Positano: Wild Strawberry Ricotta Cheesecakes

Everyone has their own idea of paradise, whether it’s a […]

Creamy Desserts

Fit for a Ballerina: Rhubarb-Vanilla Pavlova

I’m nothing, if not determined. I’ve been working on a number of more complicated recipes recently to stretch my skills, and at some point pavlovas caught my attention. I’ve never […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Frozen Swiss Chocolate Pie

Summer weekends are for eating frozen things, preferably involving chocolate. And if those frozen chocolate things happen to be slathered in fudge and whipped cream, ALL THE BETTER. Our last […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Brown Sugar Shortcakes with Mixed Berries & Whipped Cream

I love when I’m wrong about dessert– sometimes I need […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Chai Spice Trifle with Mixed Berries

God save the Queen!… is what I was thinking while […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

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 […]

Essentials

Slice of Summer: Peach-Vanilla Bean Lattice Pie

I wish I had a charming, nostalgic story to tell you about pie; something like, ‘I used to watch hungrily over the edge of the countertop when I was a […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Whiskey Peach Upside-Down Cake

There are lots of peach-tastic things happening in my kitchen […]

Fruit Desserts

Sweet & Sour Serendipity: Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

I was afraid of this thing called “rhubarb” for so […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Sunrise Key Lime Tarts

This has been a very busy week of pastry research for me– simultaneously glorious and oh-so-gluttonous… As I was on Spring Break from work, I had the opportunity to play […]

Cookies & Small Treats

Sunshine in Your Mouth: Meyer Lemon-Brown Butter Bars

A week ago, I had a different world view: our […]

Creamy Desserts

Pucker Up, Buttercup: Super Lemon Curd

Last week, I was gifted with some gorgeous Meyer lemons, which inspired me to make lemon bars for the first time. I was also interested in experimenting with lemon curd, […]