There are all sorts of apple desserts I’ve baked over the years: apple pie, tart, cake, challah, crisp, crumble, galette, kuchen, tarte tatin, you name it. This is my…
dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ my favorites/ Nut
Plain & Simple Almond Cake – Gluten-Free (Tuesdays with Dorie)
Making a cake usually involves four ingredients. This recipe needs only three. Nothing more than its magic trinity of ingredients–eggs, sugar and almond flour, according to Dorie Greenspan, to…
This post is about gratitude. Instead of writing a thank you note. I do what I do best—bake a cake. A gift-worthy cake is the delivery vehicle. This coconut,…
We made these blueberry, almond and lemon cakes when Yotam Ottolenghi wrote about his relationship with berries in his column “Head Over Heels for Berries” published in the New…
Let’s fika and eat Swedish almond cake while sipping coffee as the Swedes do. Make it a workday routine as remote work is becoming the new norm these days.…
cheese/ Cream/ dessert/ Fruit/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Apricot and Amaretto Cheesecake | Ottolenghi’s Sweet
The apricot and amaretto cheesecake is not something you can easily find in a bakery. I’d pay for an apricot cheesecake like this one made with fresh apricots and…
Berry/ brunch/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ my favorites/ quick cake
Cornmeal-Buttermilk Loaf Cake with Berries | Everyday Dorie
The cornmeal-buttermilk loaf cake with berries and the cornmeal skillet cake share the same recipe, except they are baked in different pans. I first baked the cornmeal skillet cake…
Bake/ Dairy free/ foundation recipe/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Nut/ Other Sweets/ vegetarian
Double-Corn Gluten-Free Vegan Tea Cake
There are so much going on in the double-corn gluten-free vegan tea cake, let’s start with the most confounding aspect of it. We have posted double-corn gluten-free tea cake…
This Yotam Ottolenghi’s flourless chocolate teacakes from his new book Sweet call for dark chocolate with 70% cocoa solids. What is it? In general, the higher the cocoa percentage,…
Berry/ Cream/ Dorie Greenspan/ Nut/ Pantry essentials/ year round
Pistachio and Berry Gratins — The Inside-out Tarts with Almond Cream
If you like the idea of an inside-out fruit tart, in the long tradition of tart shells filled with fruits and almond cream, you’d appreciate this berry gratin.…
I have made these almonds many times but have not posted the recipe. ‘Tis the season to be sharing some of these wonderful gift ideas, besides the holiday cookies…
This recipe is adapted from Dorie Greenspan’s Odile’s fresh orange cake in Baking with Chez Moi. Like all things in life, there are so many ways to get to…
Any cakes that are made with buttery almond and chocolate get my attention. To make something resembling the natural stripes of a tiger is surely an adventure to the…
Wheat and almond flour version When it comes to the choice between coffee and tea, my preference is not always clear. I like a strong cup of café latte…
Gluten free/ Healthful Eats/ King Arthur Flour/ my favorites/ Nut/ Sweet
Almond Tart with Seasonal Fruits and Gluten-Free Crust
The Almond Tart I have baked the almond tart several times this year using the King Arthur Flour’s (KAF) recipe. It has proven to be a crowd-pleasing dessert that…
Szalotka is Polish dessert that I’ve never heard of. Dorie Greenspan, in her cookbook Baking with Dorie, speaks fondly about the Polish szarlotka which reminds her of a beloved…
The Bakewell tart is a British classic. It combines a buttery shortcrust pastry, a filling of raspberry jam, almond sponge cake (or frangipane in some versions), and toasted almond…
There are so many amazing cakes and cookies to bake for the holidays. The parsnip cranberry cake and, of course, the yule log or Bûche de Noël (who can…
What does a bread baker do with all the time on her hands amid the lockdown? Well, my focus has been to bake breads that require more time than…
I have these silicon rectangular financier molds, each shaped like a gold ingot, for baking my favorite cakes. Last I baked were these pretty matcha financiers. So I decided…
autumn/ Fruit/ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall/ Nut/ summer
Peach Apple Crumble for Summer/Autumn Crossover
Now in early September, we’re in the midst of a seasonal crossfire – the waning of summer and the stirring of autumn. This is a delicious time to play…
Heidi Swanson/ Pantry essentials/ Savory/ Vegetable
Vibrant Broccoli Buddha Bowl with Curry Pesto – IHCC Bon Voyage Heidi
A few drops of sriracha chili sauce adorn the buddha bowl This is the last week of the six months cooking along with Heidi Swanson at IHCC. The buddha…
Matcha financier baked in muffin tin I like matcha. I like financier. And I like white chocolate (the bonne idée). They go so well together with a cup of…
Sometimes the best recipes are the simplest. This hazelnut baby cake is a good example of that. At first glance, it is a basic quick bread or muffin recipe…