Plum Galette

08/31/2022

A galette is essentially an open-faced pie, where fruit is placed in the center and the outer edge is brought up to just partially cover the fruit, allowing its simple beauty to shine through. With no top crust to crimp and seal with the bottom, galettes are much easier than…

Chocolate Cream Pie

08/24/2022

Reminiscing over food often includes the occasion and the special people at the table in addition to the food. Excellent meals while traveling, and holiday dinners are examples, where all elements meld into one strong memory. Such is the case with this Chocolate Cream Pie recipe. We had long time…

Vanilla-Roasted Peaches

08/02/2022

After seeing beautiful peaches in the farmers market last week, I wanted to find a simple recipe for a peach dessert that took little preparation time and didn’t hide these summer jewels under a crust or streusel. A quick search through my old summer dessert files revealed this wonderful 2007…

Flourless Chocolate Cake

07/28/2022

I saw this recipe while looking though a Culinary Institute of America baking textbook and both the ingredients and procedure caught my eye. I noticed, for the first time in my chocolate cake baking experience, whipped heavy cream as an ingredient. The procedure is also quite unique: the eggs are…

A white plate topped with muffins covered in coconut.

Banana Coconut Muffins

07/21/2022

Like last week’s Blueberry Muffins, these are a lovely addition to the summer breakfast table. The combination of yogurt, banana and shredded coconut produces a unique and delicious muffin which goes extremely well with a cup of strong morning coffee.The recipe is from a lovely little book entitled Wild About…

Blueberry Muffins

07/14/2022

Leisurely summer vacation or weekend breakfasts are a perfect time for muffins. There might be yogurt and fresh berries, overnight oats, or a frittata, but a warm, freshly baked muffin fits in so well to a July or August breakfast where nobody is checking the time and the biggest decision…

Celebration Ivoire

07/07/2022

Celebration Ivoire is a wonderful example of taking a recipe and using its components to create a new dessert with a completely different appearance. Starting with the Ivoire et Chocolat recipe from October 22, 2021, I add fresh raspberries to the inside and top of the cake. The chocolate band…

Fresh Berry Shortcakes

06/30/2022

In my mind, a July 4th party dessert must meet a few requirements; easy to serve outdoors, include patriotic colors, and make guests smile. Strawberry shortcakes expanded to include blueberries meets those requirements. Set up with all the components for guests to assemble their own shortcake dessert is definitely smile…