Our Share of the Harvest

Truth be told, I made this loaf cake for the first time in June solely as a way to showcase some fabulous fresh raspberries I had just picked.  I didn’t care much about the cake itself, I just wanted a partner for the raspberries that would help them shine just as ripe, raw berries without [...]

Hmm, so, the What’s Baking theme for this month was “Summer Fruits” and I think you know the problem for me wasn’t coming up with something to make, it was narrowing down all the choices I had! Well, the fact that we had two gallons of blackberries at our disposal made the choosing a little [...]

My next big use for blueberries had some unintended consequences.  I wanted to make a blueberry compote to serve over plain ol’ cheesecake for a Father’s Day dessert.  Something simple and summery but bursting with fresh, tart berry flavor. The unintended consequence?  A picked a recipe for New York-style cheesecake from Cook’s Illustrated that completely [...]

This May 30th marked Greg and my 3rd wedding anniversary and, like last year, I baked us a special cake to celebrate.  Last year I decided to commemorate each year by baking my version of one of our six wedding cake flavors.  We toasted to 2 years together over Chocolate Cake with Bavarian Cream Filling [...]

My group of friends is experiencing a bit of a baby boom (maybe because this is the year we all turn 30?).  Including our little one, 6 babies will be born within our close circles of high school and college friends in 2012 and that means our social calendar is quickly filling up with baby [...]