Do yourself a favor and go snatch up a pound of plums to make Sara Bir’s Italian plum cake before summer ends. Then, see if you can hold off on cutting into it until it’s set, but still warm. If you don’t have a favorite summer dessert yet, you’re about to taste it. Those are… Continue reading Sara Bir’s Italian Plum Cake
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Matcha Dusted Maple Chocolate Cupcakes
First of all, it feels so good to be back blogging again. For the first time in two months, my kitchen has come out of lockdown. I’m back in Oakland and planning some delicious things for coming weeks. Cookbooks make good traveling companions, don’t you think? With a pencil in hand, hours of entertainment are yours… Continue reading Matcha Dusted Maple Chocolate Cupcakes
Chocolate Mint Trifle
If I could wish anything for you, it’s that you might know joy. In early 2014, back when I contemplated if I should make resolutions or whether I should balk at the idea of making the same resolutions for the umpteenth year, I began thinking differently about the promise of what a new year gives… Continue reading Chocolate Mint Trifle
White Cranberry Almond Amaranth Crumb Cake
I know, I know. One more last minute idea to throw a wrench into a Christmas menu. Not exactly. This spruced up crumb cake is a treat to bake up after the weekend’s festivities. The colors point back to a not-so-distant holiday while the ingredients point to the new year and those resolutions that somehow get… Continue reading White Cranberry Almond Amaranth Crumb Cake
Gingered Chocolate Orange Muffcakes
I love a challenge. Well, let me preface that by saying maybe not the kind that makes a mathlete’s head whir and spin or even the kind you might see on Survivor. The other day on Twitter, Linda (aka SaltySeattle) initiated a baking party of Muffcakes, all to be posted on December 27th. While she… Continue reading Gingered Chocolate Orange Muffcakes
Bittersweet Chocolate Cake with Candied Cranberries
May his memory be for blessing. A year ago, I didn’t know that Christmas would be the last time I would see my Dad alive. A year ago, we sat around a humble dinner table decked out with Christmas finest and enjoyed a meal, a conversation, some laughs and some tears. He had come to… Continue reading Bittersweet Chocolate Cake with Candied Cranberries