Hi-hat cupcakes
Reason number 73 why my recent “business trip” to Portland won in every way: my sister and I made cupcakes. Giant, ridiculous cupcakes with heaping mounds of meringue and so many forms of chocolate and perfectly sleek shells. We devoured…
Rhubarb swirl coffee cake
Somehow I managed to move to Boston just in time for the worst winter in the history of ever (or at least that’s how it felt). The endless piles of snow along with the general scariness of a new city…
Toasted marshmallow chocolate cream pie
I know that Pi Day was Saturday and I totally missed the boat, but this was moving weekend. There was a large truck and many heavy boxes and so many cows through all of Ohio, and the pictures of this…
Whole wheat banana muffins
My mom sent me Nutella. What was I supposed to do? You can’t have Nutella without bananas. And peanut butter. Preferably all together–so I gave in to the inevitable and made some banana muffins. The resulting trifecta of all that…
Red wine chocolate cupcakes with whipped ricotta
Boston no longer has sidewalks, just tunnels between towering walls of snow. And the walls just keep growing, as another blizzard is making its way toward the city this weekend. So I took off, tagging along with some friends to…
Ultimate chocolate cookies
After the intricate carving and too many piping bags of my 12 days of Christmas series, I needed to reset in the kitchen with something simple. As per usual, cookies were the answer. Chocolate cookies, to be exact, and I…
Homemade ladyfingers and tiramisu
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Nine ladies dancing, eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying Five golden rings Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves, and a partridge in a pear tree Tiramisu,…
Cream puff swans
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying Five golden rings Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves, and a partridge in a pear tree. Happy New Year! Here’s hoping 2015…
Jam-filled baked donuts
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Five golden rings Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves, and a partridge in a pear tree. The neighborhood caroling party anchored my family’s holiday traditions throughout…
Turtledove caramels
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Two turtledoves and a partridge in a pear tree. These are by far the easiest caramels I’ve ever made. Instead of anxiously keeping tabs on every grain of…
