One terrific pie and you will have angelic thoughts while eating it. It seems like all I’m doing for this blog is desserts. I do promise to get back to some real food soon. This is another recipe that I was teaching at a technique class recently.  As usual, I’m suppose to be teaching pie [...]

The 2010 March Daring Baker’s challenge was hosted by Jennifer of Chocolate Shavings. She chose Orange Tian as the challenge for this month, a dessert based on a recipe from Alain Ducasse’s Cooking School in Paris. Uh oh, here comes another one of those challenges! and this one I’m definitely doing again. We have a [...]

Time tested recipe from the 50′s! This recipe is all about the frosting and not about the cake. This is best on chocolate or Red Velvet cake and you can make whatever recipe you want for the cake but please try this, it will become a favorite. The dried pineapple flowers add a beautiful touch [...]

I love Martha! and this recipe is from her Cupcake cookbook. I think Martha is one of those names that you just have to say the first name and everyone just knows who you are talking about. I taught a technique class on cakes and cupcakes the other day at Williams Sonoma. It was a [...]

Believe me this is a very scrumptious coffee cake…with lots of memories. In honor of my grandmother who will be 97 years old this May, I want to share with you her recipe for Butter Scrumptious Coffee Cake. A little history on my grandmother. She was born in 1913 in Alabama.  She really had a [...]