Simple, sweet, and packed with ripe fruit — a cake that tastes like summer. I developed this cake in an effort to make the best of a friend’s blackberry patch and the luscious peaches on my counter. The cake is buttery and tender but just dense enough to support the ripe stone fruit and…
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Coconut Cake with Fluffy White Frosting
I developed this coconut cake in an effort to make a delicious cake in record time. SUPER easy cake, fluffy white frosting, and sweet coconut covering the whole thing make this a winner. Here’s the trick: I use a white cake mix. After tinkering with several scratch recipes, this one was just better. And as…
Rose Petal Barbie Cake
A beautiful, surprisingly simple celebration cake for the Barbie lover! I created this cake several years ago for my daughter’s birthday, per her request. Made from scratch, with simple vanilla frosting, covered in luscious hot pink rose petals and a few pale pink sugar pearls – a tasty, lovely cake. Below is the larger batch…
Buttermilk panna cotta with Strawberries, Port, and Black Pepper
I recently published a panna cotta recipe, but feel the need to share this new edition. The reason? Strawberries. That, and some sort of flavor magic happened in my mouth when I tasted it. I believe that there are some flavor combinations that are greater than the sum of their parts. And this was one…
Panna cotta with saffron & rose
It’s February in the Bay area, but it feels like Spring. The plum trees are covered in fluffy pink and white blossoms. I wanted a dessert to fit the season, and created this delicate version of the classic northern Italian dessert, Panna cotta. Though usually flavored with vanilla, this version is infused with two different…
Sunny Citrus Platter
One of the great gifts of winter at the produce market is citrus. Just when the days are short and the skies are often gray we get a POW of flavor and energy in the citrus aisle. Not only do we get a jolt of flavor and color from our citrus, but we also get…
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