Most people who love cooking have their “signature recipes” that they get asked to make all the time. At the holidays my mom always makes a savory cream cheese ball with onion, green pepper, pineapple and walnuts. As good as that is, if you follow this blog you’ll know I’m much more into sweet than…
Tag Archive: Frosting
Pumpkin Spice Buttercream
Last weekend I tried to make gluten-free pumpkin cupcakes; the result was a little disappointing and I’ll have to try again to come up with a recipe that isn’t. But what can never disappoint is frosting. Although there texture was a little rough, the cupcakes still tasted fine so I went ahead and frosted and…
Gluten-Free Chocolate Flag Cake
Happy (almost) 4th of July! I know I’m five days early, but consider this my obligatory patriotic post. A few weeks ago I went to an American citizenship party for some friends who recently passed the citizenship test. There was grilling and beans and red, white, and blue napkins so of course there had to…
Gluten-Free Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
I saw a lot of carrot cake recipes last week leading up to Easter while I was planning to make one for yesterday, too. I’d forgotten it’s sort of an Eastery dessert. Easter is also the time I celebrate my birthday with my extended family and carrot cake has always been one of my favorite…
Buttercream Shots In Chocolate Cups
This I know to be true: There are cake people and there are frosting people. And I most definitely am a frosting person. I’m guilty of taking a slice of cake and just eating the frosting. I’m also guilty of running my finger along the edge of the cake before it’s been cut into just…
Gluten-Free Lemon Cupcakes
I really love lemon desserts. Unfortunately they tend to disappear in the winter. Why is that? We still have lemons. I guess their flavor is too bright when it’s cold and you want something warm and comforting. But now it’s Spring and we can eat all the lemons we want. To make these cupcakes, I…
Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies
What better way to finish off a week than with chocolate? After I made chocolate hazelnut butter, my first thought was to make chocolate hazelnut brownies. For some reason, that sounded familiar; sure enough I looked back through the recipe pages to see that I made those last Winter. I made a few changes to…
Sweet Freedom, Round 2
While I was in Philadelphia, I couldn’t help but take a trip to Sweet Freedom Bakery. I came here the last time I was in Philly and fell in love. It’s the only bakery I’ve ever been to where I could order absolutely everything there and not have to ask about the ingredients(which they proudly…
Dark Chocolate Almond Meal Cake w/ Peanut Butter Glaze
Sunday we went to Maine to celebrate Father’s Day with relatives. I didn’t need any more of an excuse to start baking. I’d already had this cake recipe in my head and couldn’t wait to try it out. The body of the cake is made with just almond flour, making it gluten and grain-free and…
Semi-Homemade Coconut Cupcakes With Lemon Buttercream
Lord help me. I’m posting a Sandra Lee-esque recipe. It’s not that I don’t love baking from scratch; I do. But there are only so many hours in a weekend, especially Easter weekend. Somewhere between spending Saturday at the mall and egg-painting and Sunday at home with family sifting together flour, sugar, and baking soda…
