connoisseur of fine cake
Biscotti are a favorite to have in my cookie tin. A recipe makes lots, but they keep forever and are perfect with the last few sips of morning coffee. If I didn t know about the cornmeal in these Cocoa-Cornmeal Biscotti, I probably would never have guessed it s in the mix. They taste chocolatey, not corny. [ ]
The final tart from BWD!! Sometimes the last one to be picked turns out to be a surprise superstar, like me on the elementary school kickball team, or like this Candied Almond Tart. This was pretty easy to make a sweet, cinnamon-scented crust with a simple filling of sliced almonds coated in a quick caramel [ ]
I assume that Corn Toasties are a riff on Thomas Corn Toast-R-Cakes, which I admit I ve never had, but have always appealed to me all the same. Just tall enough to split in half and slather with butter, these cute little golden cornbreads are baked in a jumbo muffin tin. They re a little sweet, not [ ]
Mary Dodd, Dorie s recipe tester and right-hand lady, has brilliantly taken a plate of chocolate chip pancakes with a side of bacon and a river of maple syrup and turned it into a cookie. Her Maple-Bacon Chocolate Chip cookies remind me of being in high school and grabbing a booth at IHOP with my friends. [ ]
When we made our Meringue Snackers a couple of months ago, I piped some of the meringue into disks so I could assemble a couple of Little Marvels, a recipe I d skipped when it came around last June. Little Marvels, aka Merveilleux, are light and delicate meringue and whipped cream sandwich cakes. There s a famous [ ]
These Chocolate-Tipped Cream-Puff Pocky Sticks are a fun homemade take on the favorite Japanese sweet snack. Thin lengths of piped choux pastry make the sticks, which are baked and then coated in chocolate glaze. While I did actually measure my piping tip, I clearly piped my Pocky a bit on the thick side. In fact, [ ]
A yogurt cake is a classic French home dessert, so it s no wonder that, as a part-time Parisian, Dorie has made it a classic dessert of hers as well. Mixed by hand and infinitely adaptable in terms of flavor, it s a true anytime cake. I think we ve made at least a few versions by this [ ]
Dorie has lots of good ideas up her sleeves for madeleines, and these Tea and Honey Madeleines are another creative twist on the classic shell-shaped cookie-cakes. Of course we think of dipping our madeleines into tea, but these have the tea built right in. The melted butter in the batter is both browned and infused [ ]
If Dorie Greenspan is your grandma, then it s a just given that you re going to get good birthday cakes. I mean, it s basically your birthright. Thankfully Dorie keeps no secrets (at least not in the food world anyway), so the rest of us, too, can have Gemma Cakes at our next birthday party, even if [ ]
Doesn t matter how many batches of brownies we ve made before, they are always a fun bake. It helps that there seems to be an infinite number of twists on the classic. These Olive-Oil Brownies (what s with that hyphen?) swap out the melted butter for EVOO and add in black pepper and some dried fruit. You [ ]