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 […]
Torching a pie
I made a key lime pie with a toasted marshmallow topping tonight—and I had a great time torching my homemade whipped frosting. Quarantine meals are starting to get creative as […]
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 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. […]
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 […]
