MINI ICED TEA CAKES W/ PEACH CURD + FRUIT CONFETTI
Armed with a biscuit cutter and a rimmed baking sheet, the world of miniature layer-cakes is now my oyster. The possibilities are endless and so long as I have butter in my fridge and the gumption to...
View ArticleWINTER CITRUS & HONEY OLIVE OIL CAKE
I’ve always wanted to be that person who brings the baked goods. In grade school, I used cookies and loaf cakes to solidify friendships; in high school, little lemon souffles earned me the position of...
View ArticleBUTTERMILK CARROT CAKE + SPICED YOGURT
There seems to be two-camps in food photography these days: The messy and the clean. I guess I’m not referring to the photography per se, but to the styling. Over the past few years, the once-lauded...
View ArticlePIMM’S CUP CAKE W/ BOOZY BUTTERCREAM
The Olympics are on in the other room and Aves is obsessed with watching the swimmers and gymnasts (here’s hoping she has more grace and agility than either of her sports-challenged parents). There’s...
View ArticleWEEKLY SUNDRIES: CHOCOLATE FUDGE BUNDT CAKE W/ CHILE WHIPPED CREAM + A LIST...
sundries, n. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌndrɪz/ Etymology: plural of sundry adj. used subst.: compare odds n. Definition: Small articles of a miscellaneous kind; esp. small items lumped together in an account...
View ArticleCHAMOMILE, COCONUT, + HONEY CAKE
Here, pollen bursts from the tree tops in big billowy pale yellow clouds, swaying in the wind like a murmuration. It gathers at your feet, in every nook and crevice, on house tops, on plants, between...
View ArticleBEET + COCONUT SNACK CAKE
Back in Texas, I grew up eating this bright pink coconut candy (cocada), purchased from candy vendors on the streets in the border towns of Mexico. You could find it stateside, but it was, in my young...
View ArticleBLUEBERRY + RHUBARB CORNBREAD FLAG CAKE
We just got back from the West Coast (more on that later) and realized we were wholly unprepared for Independence Day. So we watched all the National Treasure movies (containing plot lines in which I...
View ArticlePUMPKIN SNACK CAKE W/ A SCARY AMOUNT OF BUTTERCREAM
Life lesson: Buttercream soothes burnout. Unlike butter, which does not soothe burns (that’s cool water or, in extreme cases, professional medical attention), buttercream has quite an impact on...
View ArticlePERSIMMON + APPLE CORNMEAL SHEET CAKE
I’m going to go ahead and call it: 2018 will be the year of the sheet cake. And not just any sheet cake, but super simple, in a flash, quarter pan so it’s practically personal-sized sheet cake. And...
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