I like molasses, pound cake and polka dots. I like Pioneer Sugar because it’s made in Michigan and I like brown eggs because they’re pretty. I like this Grandma Molasses because it smells good and that chicken bowl because it was my mom’s. I like my slippers, piping dots and parchment paper. I like the sun, windows, and this pound cake’s pretty complexion. And I really like how my house smelled like warm spices while…
I resolve to make a lot of ice cream this year. And I resolve to make swiss meringue buttercream again because it’s fluffy like a cloud. I also resolve to wear an apron so that I don’t get flour and chocolate all over my jeggings. But in non-baking life, I want to try to stop thinking about “what if” situations. It makes things harder. Like “what if I would’ve paid more attention and not put…
Jake won’t let me bake my own birthday cake. He thinks that’d be ridiculous. So for my birthday (last week) he took it into his own hands. When he asked what kind of cake I wanted, it turned out tiramisu was the sweet treat I was dreaming of. Jake set to work finding just the right recipe. Dorie Greenspan hooked him up with a dreamy cake that tastes just like the layered dessert! It’s a birthday…
These champagne cupcakes make me feel fancy. I feel fancy despite the fact that I only spent $5 on the champagne I put in these guys. And I feel fancy despite the fact that I might have cereal for every meal today. The sprinkles make my floor feel fancy too. I bet that I dropped as many sprinkles on the floor as landed on the frosting. So, cheers to the new year with cupcakes! Champagne…
I doubted chocolate sorbet before I ever met it. I’m a total fool. I was afraid that since it has skim milk instead of cream it’d be icy and ridiculous. It turns out that it’s creamy and ridiculously good. It’s for the serious chocolate lover. It’s for me. I couldn’t wait to use my ice cream maker, so on Christmas, I put the bowl in the freezer and immediately looked through my cookbooks for a…
I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas! We kept it real with the following traditions. We wore festive outfits and drank mimosas. We had a big tasty breakfast. This year we had chocolate chip pancakes topped with fresh whipped cream. (That’s my new big whisk down there!) I took a picture of Elliot through my chocolate-covered gingerbread men spatula. He thought that was pretty fun. We sipped mimosas all day while sitting on the…
I mailed these to my dad for Christmas. He loves chocolate malts and well, it’d be really hard to mail that tasty, frosty drink. I was nervous these would get weird in the mail. That they’d somehow form one huge monster marshmallow. My dad said they froze a bit. So they were cool dudes and not wiggly weirdos. Whew! Dads like this kind of thing. Especially when you draw a malt on the box and…
Jake loves penguins. I love Jake. These cookies were a no-brainer, really. This dough is delicious. I had to try it, right? I had to test to make sure I didn’t forget a key ingredient like molasses, Christmas cheer, or love. These gain the freshman 15 in the oven. It’s adorable, really. Mostly, I love how these are chewy. They aren’t a crunchy boring cookie. They have personality. They are penguin gentlemen of the tasty…
I had a dream about these lollipops on Friday night. So, of course, I made them Saturday night. I made these the easy way. There are only two ingredients. White chocolate and peppermint crunch candies. Cake and candy supply stores are the place to get the ingredients AND the lollipop molds and such. I’ve had these lollipop molds since July and I’ve been trying to think of fun things to make in them. I guess…
These are the ones. These are what to make when you feel like a disaster. Make them when you have really chippy nail polish left only on your right hand’s nails… from a month ago. These are what you make when you get peanut butter on your jeans that just came out of the wash. The truth is you can’t spot clean peanut butter off of jeans. It’s a fact. These are what you make…