This is my second recipe using cooked flour frosting. It’s my favorite frosting right now. It’s so good; I had to make a separate blog post about it. This spiced brown butter cooked flour frosting is light, creamy and not too sweet. It has a depth of flavor lacking in most frosting that contains just Read More
This chocolate espresso cake with cooked flour buttercream was inspired by some coffee research my husband and I were doing for another project. We aren’t coffee drinkers, we are tea drinkers, but I had a craving for a delicious espresso buttercream frosting, and this is it. This is the first time in my life I Read More
These little candied orange slices were conceived to top a challenging chocolate cake with orange buttercream and ganache. Only one made it on the cake. The rest of them sat on the kitchen counter looking pretty, until one by one, they disappeared. My favorite part about these is how beautiful they are. Hold them up Read More
For a few months now, I’ve been on a chocolate cake mission. I’ve made it my quest to bake the perfect chocolate cake, challenging myself on the way with new techniques. My first two cakes didn’t make it to the blog. They tasted good, but looked like a third grader slapped them together. The third Read More
Panna cotta looks hard to make, but it’s really just a gelatin. Unlike traditional custards and puddings, there’s no need to work with egg yolks because most panna cotta recipes do not contain eggs. Another beautiful thing about panna cotta is you can flavor it any way you like. This recipe for lavender, brown sugar Read More
I have a fond memory of a Middle Eastern restaurant in South Miami we visited when I was a kid. It had gauzy curtains secluding each table and exotic belly dancers performing while you ate. It was such a treat for me. While I don’t remember the food or the name of the restaurant, there Read More
