Baking

Zucchini bread is one of those lovely versatile foods that you can eat with breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and still have it be the perfect thing to eat. You can eat it with soup, salad, butter, you name it, it’s …

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So for work I made these homemade oreos. Cookie sandwiches. Whatever. This was the recipe (from Smitten Kitchen): For the chocolate wafers: 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch process cocoa 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon baking …

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No quiche here…this is a tart! Plain and simple in all it’s glory. This is serious onion-y goodness…topped off with a little bacon.  Who can complain?  NO ONE…that is the answer.  If you say you don’t like onions, and I …

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A  few weeks ago, I got these two pictures in my email from my Mom (Hi Mom!) I was so impressed with her ingenious use of toppings for her cake balls (she used chopped pistachio, chopped chocolate covered pretzels, coconut, …

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July’s challenges included one of us in school full time and the other with a broken finger, so we only managed to get around to one of our three proposed recipes. For Paul’s birthday, I figured we could do cupcakes, …

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Hello again, Sorella Tortina here. In addition to vegetarian cooking, I’m also quite fond of baking. Today I want to share with you how to make cake balls! I first saw cake balls at a bakery in the valley owned …

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Mary’s take on the day…thank you Mary!!

I know you have been waiting with bated breath for the final product of the rose cake. Well, I aim to please, so here we go. These are the cakes. As I mentioned before, because the strawberry cake didn’t make …

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I know that you’ve seen us make a variety of delicious items on our blog. Some of them have even been brownies. We love brownies. They’re delightful and delicious and make us smiley because we don’t have to pull ’em …

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So last night was the second night of the three-day cake that is for Ms. Ellen’s birthday. And no, she’s not a demanding friend. I just was like, “Hey can I make this vertical layer cake with roses for your …

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