My mom made the best cheesecake. EVER. She didn’t make it often, but whenever she did it was my absolutely favorite—a rich, dense, creamy slice with cherry pie filling dripping over its edges. HEAVEN, I tell you, and the dessert highlight of my childhood. When Steve and I got married, the cake HAD to be […]
There’s a hint of fall in the air, with chilly mornings and evenings, leaves just barely beginning to turn, and freshly picked apples popping up everywhere. We LOVE apples, and look forward to apple season every year. Apple pie is probably our most favorite apple thing to bake (this one AND this one), but we […]
Growing up, birthday cakes were always a big deal in our house. Or they were to me. Because baking, heh. Well ok that and eating the baking. In my stubborn world view, a birthday is not a birthday, a birthday is not complete unless there’s cake involved. Cake. Has to be cake. Have to have […]
Squeaking in oooonnnne more blueberry treat before the season is up! Boo, don’t go, summer! Mostly because it’s Michigan blueberry season in these parts and that’s like a national holiday, that’s uh, limited to uh, the Midwest? Ok, so it’s a national holiday season for folks I’m related to. Hey, it’s summer, it’s hot, […]
It’s yet another stupidly hot day in Chicago. There’s an alligator in the lagoon in Humboldt Park, aka our neighborhood park. Taste of Chicago is only a mere four days this year. Crazy times. Crazy times. I could swear I heard it was going to be a cooler than average summer here but man, […]
I interrupt my previously scheduled baked good programming today to bring you this recipe: Toasted Marshmallow Ice Cream. Three ways, too. No, I am not kidding. I curtsey before you. Just like I’m dropping everything in order to share this outrageous deliciousness, you’ll need to drop everything and get this made. Like right […]
Yay! ’Tis the season of summer! Yay finally!! So excited for summer, I can barely stand it. Warm weather and windows open and coat-free and million layer-free and picnics and potlucks and get-togethers and block parties and all sorts of summer fun! Or, just hanging out at home doing nothing summer fun! Either […]
One of my personal goals with this blog (and no doubt Jen will agree) is to share all sorts tasty goodies that are simple and/or quick and/or effortless yet downright fabulous, definite tried-and-true winners that will give you great results, confidence, and encouragement to bake. It’s not a scary thing, baking, I promise. Oh, hey […]
Becky is the frosting guru around these parts, and I LOVE the chocolate frosting she made for Breezy’s Chocolate Chocolate Birthday Cake. It’s light, it’s fluffy, and it’s not overly sweet. It’s really perfection, if you ask me. And the first time I made it—almost exactly a year ago—I decided to get fancy and pipe […]
So here, here’s what I’ve got for you to use up the rest of that buttermilk I suggested you buy last time for those reeeediculously delicious, can’t-stop-eatin’-‘em Vanilla Buttermilk Cookies. Ok, I know, now this one requires an ice cream maker.* Sigh, I know. But really though, ice cream makers are not terribly expensive. If […]
