Here is a lovely cake you can make over the weekend, with fresh pineapple. I’ve long been a fan of pineapple upside down cakes, but I find the cake part often ends up being very dense, instead of having a nice light crumb you would expect from a basic vanilla cake. This recipe works – […]
Mocha Espresso Biscotti
Following the success of my Star Anise Biscotti, I was asked to make another batch of these crunchy cookies by one of Meat and Tater Man’s co-workers at the construction site. The request was punctuated with a desire for “something similar with chocolate”, which I thought was a great idea. I came across this recipe […]
Any Day All-Occasion Snack Cake
I’m not going to tap dance around the subject of photography today. Let’s get straight to the issue, shall we? This blog post suffers from lack of good photography. My usual process is to snap pictures while prepping, cooking or baking, and I then snap a few more of the finished dish, after being portioned […]
Classic Peanut Butter Cookies
The week goes by way too quickly for me, so when Sunday rolled around (yet again), I needed a baked good that was really quick to make for Meat and Tater Man to take along with him on assignment out of town for yet another week. In between loads of laundry, I reached for one of Elinor Klivans’ baking books. […]
Banana Bread Brownies from the Fat Witch Bakery
When I saw this little book called Fat Witch Brownies, I just had to pick it up – who can resist a book dedicated solely to the almighty culinary achievement, the brownie? I knew I would enjoy reading it, and baking from it. I love making and eating brownies, and my daughter follows willingly in […]