If you’ve done some clicking around on my recipe pages, you’ve probably noticed that this isn’t your typical food blog. While I am a recipe developer, a lot of the recipes I develop use components that I’ve adapted from other bakers and pastry chefs! In …
Hello friends! I’m so excited to tell you about jam curd and it’s delicious, beautiful versatility. However, before we talk about jam curd we need to talk about normal curd – one of my very favorite pastry components! It’s sweet, tart, and buttery, and thick …
Want to know a secret? Despite my career in pastry, I’m more of a savory person than a sweet person! Where some people crave chocolate chip cookies or slices of cake, I gravitate towards wedges of cheese, salty pretzels, or nachos. To honor my affection for …
Do you know about the magic of spumoni? One of the most underrated ice cream flavors, it’s a triple threat of chocolate, pistachio, and cherry ice creams. I love spumoni for the rich bitterness of chocolate, the slight salt of pistachio, and the floral sweetness …
This light, summery sweet corn and berry dacquoise has all the flavors of the season! Sweet corn pastry cream and berry compote get layered with toasted almond meringue in this gorgeous dacquoise. Corn in Dessert? Absolutely! I’m far from the first person to use corn …
Spring is finally here, and there are no better flavors to celebrate the season than strawberry and matcha! When Raaka Chocolate asked me to create a dessert for spring, I knew right away that this matcha strawberry swirl cake was the way to go. Strawberry …
Are you familiar with gateau basque? The technical explanation of a gateau basque is that it’s a dessert from the Northern Basque region of France, made up of a short pastry crust and filled with pastry cream and/or cherry jam. The more accurate/fun explanation of …
Is there anything that screams breakfast more than a stack of pancakes dripping with syrup? To me, pancakes are a special treat reserved only for the most leisurely of weekend breakfasts. I wanted to make a cake reminiscent of an easy, slow weekend morning, complete …
It’s almost Easter, so carrot cakes abound. I’m joining in the fray with this easy carrot cake with halvah ganache! While the halvah ganache sets this carrot cake apart from the typically cream-cheese-frosted variety, there’s another difference in the cake itself. That difference? This carrot …
Hi friends! I’m back with another recipe where I’m going to ask you to trust me (remember when you trusted me and made Salt & Pepper Brownies?). We’re going to put cheese in cookies to make these caramel cheese popcorn cookies! It’s going to be …
It’s London fog time, friends! Are you familiar with a London fog? If not, I’m thrilled to introduce you to it via this London fog layer cake. London fog is the loveliest tea latte around. I’m not a coffee drinker – I tried to become …