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…
Pumpkin loaf cake with browned butter frosting
Pumpkin loaf cake with browned butter frosting Somehow pumpkin spice has gone from the quintessential flavor of fall to the quintessential flavor of the twenty-something girl wearing a scarf and leggings. And while I think the addition of the sixth…
Chocolate avocado cake {gluten and dairy free}
I’m one of those people who skims the dessert menu for chocolate. I will add chocolate chips to anything and everything, and I will have no shame about it. I may or may not have drizzled melted chocolate over banana…
Tagalong Cake
My parents have a second freezer in the basement, between the washing machine and the wrapping paper. It’s for the essentials: summer berries from the garden, toaster waffles, and a seemingly endless supply of Girl Scout cookies. Sounds like a…
Lemon Battery Cake
Phrosting and Physics When the last day of my super awesome coworker Ana was approaching (in early December), someone commented, “We should get her a cake.” I perked up. Did someone just say cake? I like cake. I like making…
Brown Butter Hazelnut Cake
How to skin hazelnuts without pulling out all of your hair It was my birthday recently (okay, if we’re being honest it was almost more than a month ago because I’m slow at this whole blogging thing), and I think…
Chocolate layer cake with raspberry filling and chocolate ganache
Ganache-ing their terrible teeth I love birthdays. They are an excellent excuse to make extravagant cakes, which I love to do and would probably do more often if people didn’t seem to find it extremely strange when the occasion for…
