This cake is so much fun to make! I made a few of these in my first year of Pastry School, and a couple of Vanilla ones as well, and they were very well-received. If you still have little time before Christmas to do some baking, then I suggest you give this cake a try….
Christmas Baking: Cranberry Maple Nut Tartlets
When I was learning how to bake professionally at college, I had the opportunity to participate in an auction that was being held by one of the Marketing students. And by “participate”, I mean “donate stuff to the raffle” for no remuneration whatsoever. However, I liked the person who asked me, and since I was…
15 Tips for Better Baking: Measuring, Temperature, and Mixing
In my next installment of “15 Tips for Better Baking”, here are a number of guidelines that can help you be a better baker when you are sifting, measuring, and mixing up your ingredients.
2015 Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap – My Matches!
I happily received all my cookie swap matches last week, and have been in Cookie Heaven! I’ve been nomming away at my stash with friends, family, and coworkers, discussing the different merits of each cookie. My three matches really went above and beyond in quality and awesomeness this year, and I was so very pleased…
2015 Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap: It’s Time! It’s Time!!!
*My apologies to anyone who sees this as a re-post; I didn’t program my scheduler correctly, and this post went live a week early for several hours before I noticed and pulled it back out. Sorry!* Yay! My cookies have been mailed out (and hopefully received by my swap matches), and now I can…
15 Tips for Better Baking: Temperatures, Pan Prep, and Oven Placement
I often Google my way around the interwebs looking for tips and tricks to help improve my baking to be the best it can be. To that end, I’ve collected a number of interesting factoids that I use daily whenever I turn on the oven, and here I am sharing them with you. Buon Appetito!
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