Last week I used a few new ingredients in a recipe from the PW. I couldn’t believe I had never used evaporated milk before (unless I had during the PW Challenge of 2010 and blocked it from my memory) and …
How do you tackle baking for the blogger on her birthday? It’s not an easy task, but it sure was fun! Step One: Send her a really weird email like the following: “In a hypothetical situation where you were to …
For Ms Mary’s birthday, Becca and I asked what she might want. She replied, Funfetti, or if you’re up for a challenge, ombré cake, but REALLY whatever is easier! Challenge, accepted. This is the recipe I used, which was quite …
The same night I made those choco-coco cookies, I also made a batch of GF cookies. Baking for people with gluten intolerance and baking for someone with Celiac are slightly different, but I always say better safe than sorry. Here …
Because coffee was our April ingredient, I thought it important to tackle a dessert that brought out the wonderful taste of coffee (coffee flavored cake whilst drinking coffee? Yes, please!) I found this recipe from PW, and decided that it …
You may or may not know that I usually don’t do banana. Not because I don’t like them – I do like a banana now and then! I just subscribe to the idea that one should eat locally sourced produce, …
Around Easter, a co-workers birthday prompted me to make some strawberry cupcakes with buttercream frosting. But I also wanted them to be somewhat special – so I topped them with dark chocolate eggs. OK, so really I just wanted dark …
Sunday mornings are my favorite for a breakfast that’s out of this world. Saturday mornings are owned by soccer, but on Sundays the pace is slower, and time seems to stretch further. Usually, I end up with an egg sandwich …
One of my east coast reasonable ladies sent me some GF King Arthur Cookie Mix to celebrate my one year anniversary of moving to LA and I’m sure glad that she did. The cookies were so simple to make (a …
Update: We have a new and improved version of this tutorial! Go here. Happy Valentine’s Day! One year ago, Jessica sent Mary and I this blog post by I Am Baker for a photo shoot about hearts in weird places. This totally qualifies. …
