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Basque Cake-lets with Pumpkin Pastry Cream Filling
This cake has such a huge place in my heart. I first learned about it and how to make it at the bakery I worked at a couple years ago, called the Sweet Life (no longer with us sadly). That was...
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Red Wine Poached Pear Brioche Tart #breadbakers
Ohh gosh. I will be honest. When I found out this month’s ingredient for the #BreadBakers event was grapes, I was a little bit thrown off. I’ll be the first to say, I really dislike raisins. Like, I...
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Coffee Cake Muffins
Can you guys believe it’s February?! I can’t. I know. I’m always talking about how much time flies on this blog. I guess it’s because I don’t really sit down that often to think about what time of year...
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Makowiec- Polish Poppy Seed Bread
Hey y’all! The theme this month for the Bread Bakers group is SEEDS! I looove seedy breads. My initial thought when I saw this theme was to do some more experimenting with sourdoughs. I’ve been having...
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Carrot Cupcake Ghosts & Friends
Hey y’all! It’s that time of year again! The time to revel in all things spiced and cozy! Also, the time to make delicious Fall things topped with adorable Halloween-y decorations. These little ghost...
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Triple Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf
Watch out! Triple lemon threat comin’ atcha. I hope you like lemon! This cake has so much going on. A nice light and fluffy crumb dotted with nutty poppy seeds, and the zingy lemon syrup you imbibe...
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Cookies ‘n Cream Birthday Cake
Here’s a first for this little blog! A full on birthday cake! I’m embarrassed to admit that I made this cake for a VERY belated birthday for one of my best friends, Phoebe. Her birthday was back in...
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Apple Cinnamon Bread
Send haaalp. I am currently drowning in apples! This past week I had my friend Phoebe visiting from California, and we went apple picking at an orchard just outside of the city. We may have gone a...
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Brown Butter Madeleines
Look at these little cuties. Who knew something so small and unassuming could pack so much flavor? Madeleines are a lovely cookie with a fluffy cake like texture (perfect for dunking in tea or coffee)....
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Chocolate Babka
Happy Hanukkah!! All the best bakes are always around the holidays. Babka wasn’t really something I grew up eating. We made challah all the time. But babkas notso much. I think I was scarred from too...
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Winter Citrus Olive Oil Teacake
Raise your hand if you need cake in your life?! I am having a major moment with blood oranges right now. They have such a lovely flavor, and the color that they lend to any dish is just so gorgeous....
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Almond Coffee Cake
Attention almond lovers: this coffee cake is for you! This little cake has almonds in all the forms. Almond flour, extract, toasted sliced almonds, AND a layer of almond paste in the middle. Like I...
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Strawberry “Shortcakes”
It’s Friday! Wahoo! It’s also finally strawberry season. And I am already going HARD on the strawbs this year. It must be from moving somewhere that actually has a real winter. It has been so dreary...
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Coconut & Lime Teacake
I put the lime in the coconut… and came up with an absolutely to die for teacake! One bite of this little snack cake and you’ll feel like you’re on a tropical island. It’s a super tender cake. Like so...
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Angel Food Cake with Honey Grilled Peaches
You guys! It’s almost July! Can you even beliiieve it? I can’t. We have been in Pittsburgh for almost a whole year. That’s just totally nuts. I still say to people who ask: “oh yeah, we just moved...
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Blood Orange Poppy Seed Teacake
We are officially in the winter gloom here in Pittsburgh. Since we got back from visiting California for the holidays it has been consistently grey and often raining or snowing. We’ve been pretty much...
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Blood Orange Upside Down Cake
Hi friendos. Today I bring you another blood orange cake. I know I literally just posted one, but this is SO different. It really is. I swear. I feel justified posting both of these this week because...
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Sourdough Coffee Cake
Hello! Today I bring you another sourdough discard recipe. I have always loved coffee cake (like these muffins & this almond version), or any crumb cake really, especially if it has an equal...
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Sourdough Discard Chocolate Orange Cake
Happy National Chocolate Cake Day. It just so happens that I had this recipe in mind for posting today, so what a serendipitous occasion! It’s blood orange season, and if you’ve been around these...
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Sourdough Olive Oil Carrot Cake
Hello friends! It’s finally Spring, and I am so ready for it. Coming from California, each year the winters in Pittsburgh have gotten longer and longer. I’ve noticed this year in particular how my...
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