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 […]
Tea and pie and British holiday bakers
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was enjoying large mugs of English Breakfast tea, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and the British Baking Show Holidays! Plus, our adorable photobomber Paisley makes everything […]
Birthday surprise for Mama
I surprised Mama today by showing up in the middle of her Senior’s Memoir Writing Class with birthday cupcakes! After dropping her off at class and secretly conspiring with the […]
Cookies for Mama’s memoir class
Mama returned to her Memoir Writing Class this afternoon after a hiatus, and I got to walk her in and meet everyone! I made my special cherry chocolate chip cookies for […]
Key lime impatience
Our lime tree is bearing fruit for the first time ever, and I’ve been eager to bake with these beauties. Though they look more like lemons on the tree, the […]
