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10/13/2017

Carrot Cake with Lemon Ginger Mascarpone Icing

This cake. It pains me a little to look at the photos of this cake. At the same time it makes me a little glad that I took photos of this...

10/12/2017

Pan de Mu**to

The rich "bread of the dead," pan de mu**to, is part of the rich Mexican Day of the Dead tradition.

10/11/2017

cherry poppy seed bundt cakes with yellow pea flour

cherry poppy seed bundt cakes with yellow pea flour Monday, August 29, 2016 | 7 Comments Somehow summer is sneaking out the back door. Once again, I’m not ready for the seasons to change, and I’m hanging on to every last berry and stone fruit, every ray of warm sunlight with all my might. I’m just n...

10/10/2017

chocolate cake with basil buttercream

10/09/2017

gorgonzola apple quiche

gorgonzola apple quiche Monday, October 17, 2011 | 4 Comments Soon after making the sausage and peach pizza, I couldn’t stop adding fruit to savory dishes. It adds such a wonderful dimension and surprise to something that is supposed to be so straight forward. So when I stumbled across a recipe for…

10/08/2017

candy cane cake

candy cane cake Tuesday, December 13, 2011 | 11 Comments This past week we celebrated my daughter’s birthday. The last two years I’ve let her ‘design’ her own cake, meaning she gets to pick colors and flavors and a basic theme, and I try to make something not quite as elaborate. Last year was a purp...

10/07/2017

GINGERBREAD MIFFY COOKIES + “DONUT” COOKIES WITH LEMON ICING

Miffy cookies! So cute, so freaking SIMPLE. Instead of gingerbread men and candy cane shapes, go Miffy! I got these Miffy cutters from Etsy last year and finally used them. I...

10/06/2017

Apple almond cake layers with white chocolate frosting

I love finding inspiration for new cake flavors from other types of desserts. In the past, I've been inspired by ice cream, sweet bread, cookie, brownie, pie an

10/05/2017

blood orange pie

blood orange pie Monday, February 4, 2013 | 23 Comments [Note: this is a re-post, again. I know, tacky. But! I love this pie, and the original post contained photos that made me cringe. So, when I had a chance to remake this pie, I decided to take some new photos, too.] So, I’m on this blood orange…

10/04/2017

Sweet Potato & Brown Butter Scones

Scones and I, we go way back. They hold a special place in my heart. Everytime I bake them it brings back memories of lazy Sunday afternoo...

10/03/2017

Ginger Beer Pulled Pork on Brioche Buns tml

Are you ready for this? I've been slaving away in the kitchen all the weekend so I could bring you this amazing meal. Hah! I lie. I've ac...

10/03/2017

Andes Mint Cookies

Get Andes Mint Cookies Recipe from Food Network