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The matcha crepe cake is the original crepe cake and it has a reputation for a reason. This cake is incredibly delicious, but seems like a daunting task for most home bakers. I’m here to tell you that scary reputation is unfounded. This cake simply takes some patience to assemble and it’s definitely worth the …
Angel food cake is ALL about the technique! Unlike most cakes, angel cake does not include any leavening agents like baking soda or baking powder. Instead it relies on the whipped eggs to and an ungreased pan to raise the batter. The most difficult part of this cake is getting the eggs whipped into soft …
I decided to take some principles that I learned from Christina Tosi’s Milkbar class and applied it to this delicious Lemon Blueberry Cake. I wanted to make a fruit based cake for my grandmother’s birthday. Growing up she always had raspberries and blueberries in her garden and we would pick them all summer long. Last …
I had some leftover Peaches and Blueberries from this summer and decided to make a summer cake as a pick me up. This Cake is dense almost like a bread which made it perfect for a hardy breakfast snack. But also a nice complimentary dish to have with milk after dinner. For this cake, I …
Part of the Milkbar class I took this past January taught us the principles of combining flavors and choosing ingredients that are complimentary. We were challenged to take what we learned in making the famous birthday cake and make our own creation with the help of the given base recipes. I always liked the show …
Crazy for coconut? I am! This is the ultimate coconut cake, from the coconut cream cheese frosting topped with shredded coconut all the way down to the coconut flour used in the cake. You could serve this cake any season, but it feels especially festive in the winter because it’s reminiscent of a snowball. So …
I’ve never been a big fruitcake person, but I’ve always loved dried fruit and panettone, which is the Italian version of fruitcake. What I love about panettone is that it’s lighter than regular fruitcake, it doesn’t have that heavy dense feeling. My mom was craving fruitcake, and with a plethora of dried fruit in the …
Scouring my mind for a fun halloween recipe I knew I wanted to do something green and spooky. I opened my cupboard and saw a few extra boxes of pistachio pudding mix. Bingo! I love pistachio and of course it’s perfectly green for halloween! This was my inspiration for my monster cupcakes. To make them …
Pound cake is called pound cake because it requires a pound of each ingredient. A pound of flour, a pound of butter, pound of sugar, pound of eggs. Which makes this one of the most literal desserts, and possibly the heaviest dessert. At first I was very intimidated. I wondered if all the ingredients would …
It’s summertime and that means lots of fresh fruit! My mom and I are both big fruit fans, especially berries. When I was visiting recently and she requested I make a special dessert for dinner I knew I could whip something up with the fresh strawberries she had in the fridge. Since I was in …
A few days ago was my grandmothers 95th birthday. I wanted to make her a giant birthday cake which would be a show stopper. She loves raspberries and grows them in her garden at home. So I knew I had to incorporate raspberry filling in the cake. I decided to go with a standard vanilla …
Another recipe inspired by my desire to create something super simple, low-cal and use up extra items in my pantry. I’d been wanting to make a pineapple cake or dessert for months and the can of pineapple and box of pineapple jello in my cupboard kept staring at me begging to be transformed. I couldn’t …
This is going to be your new favorite guilt free chocolate indulgence. Simple, cheap and convenient ingredients all combined to create an extremely flavorful, moist and decadent chocolate dessert that you’d never guess is low-fat, low-calorie and not too sweet. This recipe came about because I had some extra carrots in my fridge (the whole …
Valentine’s Day- Happy couples may call it an occasion to express their love and devotion. While cynical singles may call it an over-hyped “Hallmark holiday” . However I personally think the most overlooked part of this day is the fact that it is socially acceptable to consume an obscene amount of chocolate. Now that’s a …