{fancy shmancy} Kayak Wedding Cake
My friends got married on a mountaintop in Israel, and had a little local shindig to celebrate the nuptials stateside. I offered to make a wedding cake for the party, and they gave me...
Category: Dessert + Sweet Recipes
{recipe} Orange-Cinnamon Bread Pudding with Chocolate Chunks
When I was but a youthful lass of 22, I worked at the fabulous Extraordinary Desserts in San Diego for about a year. If you’re ever in San Diego, I highly recommend stopping there...
{recipe} Lemon Raspberry White Chocolate Cake Balls
This morning, I received the following email in my inbox from reader Chris: Dear Karen, I put your foodgawker entry for lemon raspberry white chocolate cake balls on my “favorites” list. That is such an...
{recipe} Apple Upside Down Cake
My mom calls this an apple cake-pie, but I don’t know why. She has been making it since I was a kid. It’s delicious! The hardest part is peeling and cutting the apples, which...
{make this} Beautiful Stripey Jello!
These cubes of finger jello from I’ve Gotta Little Space To Fill are so beautiful and mesmerizing! Like food + art + the 50s all rolled (squared?) into one discrete item. My thoughts: 1)...
{recipe} Peach Glaze Pie
My mom has been making a version of this pie since I was a kid. If you’ve got really great peaches, this is a terrific way to highlight them without cooking them all to...
{sweet frozen treat} How To: Make “Ice Cream” Dates
I’m not talking about dates like going out to the movies here, I’m talking about DATES! Like, the fruit. This is a really simple way to make a tasty treat. It’s not really ice...
{from the mags} Toffee, Pecan, and Peach Crisps
I was hanging out with my aunt and cousin the other day, and I asked them for an easy and tasty dessert recipe. They both immediately recommended this Bon Appetit recipe on Epicurious for...
{idea} Easy Fancy Cupcake Decoration
I had about 3 minutes to try to pretty up these birthday cupcakes (for a Heather) before running out the door to the party… and found that uppercase and lowercase H’s in a variety...
{technique} Ice Cream Sandwiches
Every summer I want to make ice cream sandwiches, and since that time is just about here… here they are! These are a great thing to make for a group. They are not that...
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