I normally write up a big long description, especially for foraging posts so that folks who are new to foraging will feel confident to give it a try. But when I posted pictures of this tart on a wild edibles Facebook page, I had so many requests for the recipe I decided to just get the recipe part up and circle back to fancy pictures and a detailed explanation later. Hope you give this a try, I’ve gotten rave reviews from my family and neighbors!
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I wasted about a week making a string of disastrous sheet cakes. A vanilla rhubarb cake that was tough and spongey with weeping, semi-curdled frosting. An earl grey-lemon one that was simultaneously bitter and bland. The last bright idea I had was a lemon-thyme cake with a goat cheese frosting. But I just couldn’t face another failure so I skipped it. But I had already bought the goat cheese. So I gave it a hard think and in the spirit of Reckless Experimentation decided to make a Chocolate Brownie with a Chocolate Goat Cheese Frosting and Candied Walnuts. Continue reading “Chocolate Brownie with Chocolate Goat Cheese Frosting and Candied Walnuts”
I love frosting. I love cupcakes with lots of frosting and cakes covered in big frosting rosettes. But sometimes a cake is just so delicious, you want the frosting to simply complement, not dominate. This raspberry almond cake gets that balance just right. The cake is rich and perfectly textured and the raspberry buttercream frosting adds a bright flavor and color. It’s loaded with real raspberries and topped with tender candied blood oranges, giving just a bit of bitterness to balance the sweet. All of the three components are delicious on their own. But together, they’re magic. Continue reading “Raspberry Almond Cake with Candied Blood Oranges”
These chocolate banana cupcakes are insanely delicious. Moist banana cake dipped in dark chocolate then topped with chocolate almond buttercream and a banana chip. After getting rave reviews for these Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes, I put my thinking cap on to see if I could come up with a new take on the chocolate-covered cupcake. This was a no-brainer. My family says that these are the best cupcakes I have ever made. They look so appealing and the two kinds of chocolate take it to the next level. It’s like a decadent version of the classic chocolate chip banana bread. Continue reading “Decadent Chocolate Banana Cupcakes”
This is my basic roll-out sugar cookie recipe. There are a lot of recipes out there for roll-outs. Some can be baked without chilling. Some have the soft texture of grocery store sugar cookies. Some don’t spread even an iota. But none of those recipes hold a candle to these buttery sugar cookies. The reason is two-fold: Flavor and texture.
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I’m a little obsessive about baking. You may have noticed. I’m also a little obsessed with woodgrain. You can’t throw a rock at my Pinterest page without hitting something woodgrain. And I think I finally baked up something deserving of my two loves. Look, I made a diagram:
I am a sucker for mid-century Christmas crap. I love the fake trees, gilded barware, and felty stockings. This year, instead of trying another version of a traditional Christmas tree cookie, I decided to recreate my favorite holiday tree. The big fake white tinsel tree with giant ball ornaments. The lack of fullness and the awkward placement of the ornaments just really makes my socks go up and down.
I am always looking for new ways to use lemon curd. If it were socially acceptable, I would put it on my breakfast cereal. These Lemon-Rosemary Linzer Cookies were a bit of late night inspiration but will now be a standard in my rotation. The rosemary is a just-barely-there flavor note that compliments the lemon and brings out the hint of salt. They’re addictive.
I love homemade peanut butter cookies with the little fork marks on top. And those puffy ones with the hershey kiss plopped in the center. Those are the best honestly. But when I bake I’m always looking for ways to make classic flavors and recipes conform to my rather strict visual standards. I like things to have a consistent, clean shape and tidy edges. I especially like to make things one level fancier than is necessary. These yummy peanut butter sandwich cookies do just that. Continue reading “Peanut Butter and Chocolate Sandwich Cookies”
Over the next month I will be on a mission to post every cookie that’s ever been a standard in my Christmas cookie boxes. I try each year to send a box of cookies to our relatives that we won’t be seeing during the season. It’s a special tradition for me because deep down, way way deep down, I’m sort of a softy. And nothing says Merry Christmas From Your Secretly Sentimental (emphasis on mental) Relative like a box of cookies. Continue reading “Eggnog Snickerdoodles”
