The brown sugar-spice cake with warm spices and fruits marks the fall — despite the fact that the outside temperature has been unseasonably warm. I baked…
Berry/ cheese/ Chocolate/ Cream/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan
Very Cherry Cheesecake-Chocolate No-Bake Bars | Baking with Dorie
There are layers upon layers of intrigue and flavors. I change things around using cherries instead of strawberries. The results have been mixed, but mostly positive,…
I’ve made berry and/or fruit desserts in all shapes and forms—galette, cobbler, tart, cake. But for mixed berry pies, they do not get a whole lot…
July 21st is Australia’s National Lamington Day which celebrates the creation of a square piece of cake that’s covered in chocolate and coated in shredded coconut.…
Claudia Roden/ Cream/ dessert/ Mediterranean/ summer
Parfait Mocha Praline | Claudia Roden’s Mediterranean
With just five ingredients and a little time, you can make a company worthy dessert. The parfait mocha praline is so easy to do that any…
This week’s bake along with our friends at Tuesday with Dorie features the cottage berry cobbler. Berry cobbler has been one of my favorite desserts to…
Berry/ Cream/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ summer
No-Bake Mixed-Berry Coupes | July 4 Celebration
We celebrate the Fourth of July of American independence with a no-bake mixed berry coupes. That’s the easy part: to prepare a single serve dessert with…
Berry/ Cream/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ summer
Rhubarb-Bottom, Strawberry-Top Tart | Baking with Dorie
Strawberry and rhubarb are bountiful and good-looking in the farmers market. I bake Dorie’s rhubarb-bottom, strawberry-top tart from her new book, Baking with Dorie. Can’t help…
Let’s make cakes to celebrate commencement and anniversaries 2023. We just got back from Boston, the city we’ve gone for more graduations than any other US…
Bake/ Chocolate/ dessert/ genius recipes/ Nigel Slater
Nigel Slater’s Extremely Moist Chocolate-Beet Cake
I set out to make a birthday cake for my daughter, with whom we have hardly spent any birthday celebrations together since she left home for…
Chocolate/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ French/ Gluten free/ Italian/ Nut/ quick cake
Mocha-Walnut Torte | Baking with Dorie
Want to make and taste a “good” mocha-walnut torte, look no further! In this case, good also means gluten-free, no fuss, no leavening (perfect for Passover).…
Chocolate/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday
Lick-the-Pot Chocolate Pudding Pie | Baking with Dorie
Imagine putting an instant chocolate pudding and pie filling on top of a store-bought pie crust. Follow the instructions on the box, voila, you get the…
These are the buns everyone in my family, who is not particularly fond of cinnamon, can wrap our arms around. We enjoy the cardamom buns. How…
Dorie’s recipe for carrot muffins makes a dozen. I wanted everyone in the family to have a taste and didn’t anticipate the need to ration them.…
I’m surprised I can still find fresh cranberries at this time of the year. Other than around Thanksgiving, when cranberries are on the shelves in every…
This is the last post of the 12 days of holiday baking series, ending what seems like a long marathon race. Some of the recipes are…
dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ enriched dough/ King Arthur Flour/ Yeast bread
Chocolate Babka | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
My family loves a good babka, especially the one from Liv Bread nearby, where there is always a line. The price has increased markedly, now costing…
breakfast/ dessert/ featured/ holidays/ Italian/ Yeast bread
Panettone Muffins | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
Panettone is an Italian Christmas classic bread which has gained a global profile. Do you notice that panettone, extravagantly wrapped and ribboned, is on the shelves…
dessert/ Gluten free/ holidays/ vegetarian
Peppermint Meringue Kisses Two Ways | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
The leftover liquid of a can of chickpeas, aka aquafaba, is the core element for some spectacular vegan peppermint meringue kisses. Yes, it’s quite extraordinary. By…
dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ holidays/ my favorites/ scalable/ whole wheat
Coffee Anise Stars | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
It’s exciting to be making holiday cookies and decorate them to radiate the seasonal glow. That means making the coffee-anise stars from Baking with Dorie. The…
If you want to make good-tasting cookies, there are plenty of recipes able to deliver that. If you are attracted to the beauty of the spiced…
dessert/ foundation recipe/ holidays/ Other Sweets/ scalable/ two ways
Sparkling Shortbread Cookies | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
How would you like to have a master shortbread dough which can morph into a variety of cookies? It’s like a gift that keeps on giving.…
Chocolate/ dessert/ holidays/ Nut/ scalable/ Sugar free
Chocolate Bark with Pecans & Seeds | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
It feels right to make dark chocolate bark with pecans and seeds — without adding any sugar. It’s a change from the indulgence of sugary and…
The second day of holiday baking presents the red velvet crinkle cookies. These cookies are visually stunning with powered sugar, like fresh snow, covering the red…
There are so many interesting cookies to get excited about baking for the holidays. Can’t quite decide what to bake, so the scheme I devise is…