Dessert-o-licious

If these don’t get you ready for summer, I don’t know what will! These gorgeous cupcakes were originally posted by theworkingdapur on Flickr. Check out their blog here.

A fellow dessert lover, Josephine, gave me some of her green tea marshmallows to taste. Don’t they look pretty? They were incredibly moist and actually had quite a strong green tea flavor that surprised me a bit. Too often people make green tea desserts that have such a subtle flavor you can barely tell they’re [...]

Happy Mothers Day everyone! Today I made a sour cherry pie and since I’ve never made a 2-crust pie before, this was quite an undertaking. Last year, I took a pastry class at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in NYC and this was the first time I was able to put what I learned [...]

Boy I wish I could be in there now! Posted by candyaddict.com on Flickr.

Tonight I went to a cupcake class at the Brooklyn Kitchen with my friend Cherryspoon. It was tons of fun and I got to play around with lots of different fillings. The instructor had pre-made some chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, but she also made some extras in the beginning of the class. She had also [...]

I’ve had the recipe book “Baked: New Frontiers in Baking” by Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito for quite a while and have never gotten around to making anything from it, but tonight I finally made Peanut Butter Crispy Bars. Although this recipe seemed really simple, it actually had a couple of things that tripped me [...]

It seems like there is a large trend these days to create individually sized desserts rather than larger ones that get cut up. Every other wedding I hear about has cupcakes as opposed to a larger wedding cake. So, I was thinking, wouldn’t it be a great idea in the summer time to create individually sized ice [...]

Awesome cake that combines 2 of my loves — cake and sushi!! Posted by Whipped Bakeshop on Flickr.