This, my friends, is what you would call a frosting fail. This edition of Baked Sunday Morning was officially Devil’s Food Cake with Angel Frosting. Except the angel was being a real demon to me. Composed of whipped egg whites and boiled sugar syrup, all whipped together for a magical seven minutes, it just didn’t come together for me. This
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In my day job, one of my coworkers introduced me to the phrase “knocking up.” No, not that kind of knocked up. Most of us understand the concept of knock-offs, but she’s taking a lower cost garment and being ‘inspired’ by it but making a more complex, expensive version. Knock-ups are a budget-conscious way to find inspiration in garments that
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My love of the Baked cookbook keeps me going on the Baked Sunday Morning challenge. A few days late, a week late, I still enjoy baking and writing about the recipes chosen. The Red Velvet Whoopie Pies from last week’s challenge is no different. They’re the perfect love child of desserts from the South and New England: cakey whoopie pies
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A friend bringing you leftover cookies after a stressful day at work. Not just any cookies, but ones from the last day of Dorie Greenspan’s pop-up shop CookieBar. A heart-shaped scallion pancake that was one of many bites at a glorious Chinese New Year potluck hosted by and full of food bloggers. Toasting to new beginnings with champagne and delivery sushi
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Well hello again, Baked fiends. Maybe I should have titled this “Baked Tuesday Mornings”, but late is better than never, right? I haven’t exactly been loafing around since my last Baked creation, but between the Cookie Takedown, holidays and family visiting, my time for baking and writing about it has been greatly reduced. Back again, with another rich, chocolate creation
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