If you’re used to crumble that is on the hook, get excited, because this one is totally off it. It’s a typically buttery crunchy crumble topping, studded generously with hazelnuts, plenty of whole rolled oats, and scented not with…
I’m on a brown butter bender. I can’t stahp with the brown butter blondies and the brown butter buns, and now these Brown Butter Chocolate Malted Cookies. It would be a problem if it weren’t so awesome. The…
This is my recipe for the BEST hot fudge. Now, that’s my opinion, and I have very specific hot fudge requirements. Firstly, no ganache. There is a time and a place for that thick, rich, unguent, but on my…
Cake and flowers. Flowers and cake…it’s a match made in heaven. And it’s made even more fun when you get to work not only with one of your coolest friends, but when they happen to be talented, creative AND…
I have had a crazy week you guys. I do a lot of recipe development and freelance work outside this super fun space, and I had A LOT of deadlines crashing into each other this week…seriously there were deadlines…
‘Friends, Waffles, Work …or Waffles, Friends, Work, but either way, work comes last.’ – Leslie Knope If there’s one topic on which Leslie Knope is my guru, it’s Waffles. From what I’ve observed, she appears to like them…
First thang’s first – this pie is amazing. The crust is so far beyond delicious that a word hasn’t even been invented yet to describe how good it tastes. UH-MAZING. And the filling has three ingredients, stirs together in…
Good afternoon! Did you have a bang up weekend? I hope you did. You only get a certain number of those in this life, you know, so do try and get the most out of them! That was…
First thing’s first – the Valentine’s Day giveaway is over! Winners have each been contacted individually and thank you to everyone who entered. And now, onto this sticky, chewy, chocolate-y mud pie of a cake. Because even…
Guess what day tomorrow is, homies? FAT TUESDAY! AKA Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday, Fasnacht, Mardi Gras and about a billion other names. Today, Fat Tuesday is celebrated in the Christian tradition as the last day before Lent, and therefore…
Swedish Midsommar! Blue skies, flower crowns, white dresses, smorgasboards and strawberries! Doesn’t that sound gorgeous? Especially when those strawberries are part of this light, luscious cake! It’s simple, and utterly perfect. Two light layers of a simple sponge…
WELL HELLO THERE easy, impressive weekend dessert! This is my summer fruit jam-a-lam. There may be nothing better than a heat-kissed peach, and a big scoop of milky vanilla ice cream. But if there’s one thing that can…
Is it a weird reaction to want to laugh hysterically when I spy something as delicious as this cake? Because that’s my instinct. It makes me so damn happy to see a cake this gorgeous. I get the giggles…
Here we are! Another Monday has rolled around, and it’s time for the first installment of International Eats! Street Food Monday was so much fun, butI kind of wanted to expand on the theme to include all kinds of…
Have you ever wondered what a pancake, crossed with a cloud, crossed with a doughnut, crossed with a dream, would taste like? My very specific friend, this is your lucky day. Because that is EXACTLY what an aebleskiver…
Do you want to come and visit my cabin on Gingerbread mountain? Psych you guys, it’s not really a mountain it’s a cake! A bundt cake. The most casual kind of cake. There’s something about the hole in the…
Let me roll you a chewy, chunky, chocolatey scoop of Christmas. It’s a rum ball, baby, which in my opinion is just about the most seasonal treat there is. Sugar cookies, gingerbread, even fruitcake can find homes at other…
Excuse me, while I shrink myself down to Honey I Shrunk The Kids-size and then make myself a bed out of this pudding. There is something about the smell of this thing, with it’s subtle spices, buttery base and…
I promised myself I would try and get through this whole post without mention ‘chestnuts roasting on an open fire’, but here we are in the first paragraph and I’ve already done it. Well, now that’s out of the…
Hey, what’s up? OH NOTHING, JUST PIE. Said no-one ever. Because pie is a big deal. There is no such thing as ‘just’ pie. Pie is major-league. And coming just behind apple pie in the lexicon of great pies,…
First thing’s first (I’m the realest), I know you were probably expecting a Street Food Monday post! Fear not, my friend, for they will be back. But just until the end of the year, I’ve decided to go bonkers…