Everyone deserves a little (or a lot) of rainbow 🌈 and magic in their life – especially this time of year! 🐣🐰💐Easter is magical – it’s springtime – colors are blossoming – and the sunshine ☀️ is inevitably on the way! Sweets are called for, of course. Vanilla Rainbow Cake – Easter celebration cake! Despite…
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Again, I thought I was being entirely original.I mean, honestly, who adds cheese to cakes? Apparently the English do – Christmas Cakes and apple pies (well, some people do that here too).In any case, in my heart and mind I felt exotically creative and quite accomplished while concocting this moist and delicious cake recipe: Apricot…
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While it may sound a little strange and foreign, cooking with cola is not all that unusual. (An aside, I forgot until today that I baked THIS recipe a few years ago, using Coke). In fact, the syrupy sweetness and the unique aromatics of the Kola nut, cinnamon, clove, and bergamot create an amazing depth…
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I’m not quite sure what inspired this cake to be made on a Monday morning at 11am, other than that the air is crisp and cool, the pears are becoming ripe, chocolate and coffee are always a good thing, and cardamom is an all too forgotten spice. Yum. Together, they all become: Espresso Chocolate Cardamom Pear…
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I’ve been dreaming of ways to use my Tiara Cake Pan again. Lemon Custard and Strawberries fit the bill one time, but this time I wanted chocolate. Deeply, dense, and delicious DARK chocolate ~ and berries. Maybe I wanted a glass of wine… Maybe I just wanted something beautiful. (I actually envisioned this as a…
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Well, there’s really not much else to say here – no story really – other than two princesses in the kitchen creating their own little tiara cakes from fresh strawberries and lemon. Yum! Can you taste it yet? I’m sure you can smell that lemon cake baking… Lemon Custard Strawberry Tiara Cake Cake: 1 cup…
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Momofuku! That’s right, momofuku! (you lucky peach) This cake is a lot of momfuku work! Steps upon steps and layers upon layers. In fact, it is suggested to make the cake over the course of week ~ to spread out the labor and prevent burnout. Seriously. Momofuku! It’s been called one of the most exciting…
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