This past weekend at a lunch with friends, someone asked if my family has any Christmas food traditions. At the time, I didn’t really have a great answer—I mean, my family loves to experiment and make all kinds of fun…
Single-Layer Chocolate Raspberry Cake
I’ve been eating cake all week. I mean that seems like the only way to pregame your birthday, right?! Eat cake for the week before and the week after? Birthdays during a pandemic don’t bring a lot of hype. So…
Melty Hot Chocolate Cookies
More like my stressed-out-beyond-belief-from-the-election cookies. Tuesday night I had a specific craving for hot chocolate and cookies, so I kind of figured combining the two in one big ol’ mashup would be the perfect challenge for my stress baking episode…
Mom’s Zucchini Brownies
Can I be honest with you? I never knew the real size of zucchini until I left for college. I didn’t realize they are so small. Because the zucchinis my parents grew in their garden were titans compared to the…
Strawberry Sourdough Shortcake
I was in need of using up my sourdough discard this weekend. But I wasn’t about to have my oven on at 500 degrees for over an hour to bake sourdough bread. So I decided on something simpler, something that…
Salted Caramel Chocolate Blondies
Today is my last day in Connecticut—for now, at least. We’ve been here for about a month and it’s been nice to be able to sit on the back porch without a mask and just enjoy the fresh, salty sea…
How to Make Rice Krispies Treats
You know you love to sneak a little dessert before dinner at a cookout. Don’t even try to deny it! Cause I’m right there with you. I can’t help sneaking a sweet treat after glomming a salty snack, as you…
The Yummiest Apple-Pear Crisp Recipe
When I have a few apple and pear stragglers in the fridge, the solution is clear: apple-pear crisp. You can’t go wrong with warm crisp and creamy ice cream for dessert. In my opinion, it really works for every season….
Lemon Sponge Cake with Vanilla Frosting
I know this looks like blog post where I share a delicious lemon sponge cake recipe (which I still do, just scroll down). But it’s really an excuse for me to just rant about frosting. Are you ready?
My Secret for Perfectly Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies
Even though chocolate chip cookies seem like they would be easy to make, to me, they’ve always had this mystical unicorn-like quality to them. Because no matter how hard you try, you really can never perfect it in the same…
Devil’s Food Cake with Mocha Frosting
Let me start this by saying that I really am not a baker. Baking is not my expertise, but it is something I continually try to practice. Devil’s food cake, in particular, is one that I’ve been wanting to master….