Category Archives: Dessert
Fresh Peach Buckle
The season creeps in slowly. In early summer, I find an abundance of different melons, strawberries, plums, apricots, grapes, citrus fruits in our food co-op. Then all of a sudden it seems peaches are in full-blown abundance. I wait all … Continue reading
Baked Cherry Doughnuts with a Cherry Glaze and Toasted Almonds
There’s this thing about baked doughnuts… Somehow they are a cross between both doughnuts and muffins. Obviously that means they’re totally acceptable as breakfast, snacks, a mid-morning (or afternoon, or evening) party-in-your-mouth. These baked cherry doughnuts waiver in that doughnut-muffin … Continue reading
Chocolate Cupcakes with Almond Butter Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Can I tell you something? I have enjoyed cooking and baking since I was a little kid. Most often for other folks, as in that was the sole purpose I baked things or spent my allowance on extra candy I’d … Continue reading
Strawberry Brown Sugar Vanilla Bean Shortcake
Nothing screams late spring and early summer like fresh strawberries around here. They’re everywhere. In gardens, in the grocery stores, at the farmer’s markets… And I love their relatively inexpensive abundance! Growing up, my mom occasionally made strawberry shortcake for … Continue reading
Blueberry Lavender Ice Cream
When I first got our KitchenAid ice cream attachment back in December, it seemed like I was making ice cream left and right. Despite the middle of winter cold, it was such a fun treat to experiment with. And then … Continue reading
Salted Caramel Macaroons
There are some things about where I grew up that I miss incredibly much, often. The ocean, for one… the way I could wander in and around it barefoot, in a swimsuit, sandy salt water hair strewn all over the … Continue reading