Triple lemon layer cake
My attempt at lemon curd turned out to be a liquid failure, but I was able to revive it on the stovetop and it came out delightful. The tart curd […]
Cookies for friends
Baking my signature cherry chocolate chip cookies was the final step in preparing care packages with Mama’s knitting to mail to a couple of our friends. Of course, Mama and […]
Stress baking
As we anxiously await the election results, tonight’s coping strategy was baking. I made these peanut butter chocolate kiss cookies and they were delicious! Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was a […]
Italian cake for a gloomy day
The sky has been a bright orangish grey haze all day, tinting the light through our closed blinds. Friends across the Bay Area have been sharing photos of the apocalyptic […]
Another nocturnal bake
In my latest edition of late-night baking, I made a lattice-topped stone fruit pie using fresh plums from our tree. Though I started making this pie at a reasonable hour, […]
Lemon cupcakes from scratch
In another of my late-night baking sessions, I made triple lemon cupcakes from scratch. I based it off of a lemon cake recipe from SmittenKitchen, but I added lemon rind […]
Late-night baking
I often turn to baking as a way to relieve stress. My favorite recipe to repeat during this quarantine has been SmittenKitchen’s Bittersweet Chocolate Pear Cake. We cannot get enough […]
Last of the leftover birthday cake
I baked a two-layer chocolate cake from scratch for my birthday last month. I swapped out the middle layer of frosting for seedless raspberry jam, but otherwise, I followed the […]
Cookies in the dark
The heat wave drags on and knocked out power in most of our neighborhood last night. Hence the late post. I’d spent much of the day making cookie dough in […]
White Nectarine Ginger Pie
I had a dozen white nectarines and two pie crusts so I experimented, adding fresh ginger and ginger chips. The insides don’t look very pretty, but it is extremely tasty. […]
