A food blog balancing sweet treats & healthy eats.
We celebrated my sister’s birthday a week early, when my family was all in town. And then, of course, for the actual day… we had to do a mini celebration again! Which meant: two cakes! She requested a chocolate-forward cake the first week, and then this strawberry birthday one the second week. Two very different…
This Mohnkuchen is no joke, when it comes to the poppyseeds. It will re-define what a poppyseed cake means. As I think it should! Poppyseeds are the main event. Mohnkuchen is the German name for it, and as with many German desserts, it’s loaded with almond flavor, and it’s not too sweet. I remember learning…
These cookies were a bit of an impulse bake. I had some leftover chocolate crumb from this birthday cake, and I wasn’t about to let it go to waste! I was cooking up all sorts of ideas in my head but eventually just landed on putting them in some cookies instead of chocolate chips. Easy…
We celebrated my sister’s birthday a week early this past weekend. Which, naturally, means that she’ll be getting two birthday cakes. When I asked her what she wanted, she easily came up with two requests. This one was a brainstorm of “something very chocolate,” that eventually led to a craic pie frosting. I was only…
These cookies were a true trial-and-error process. A proper research-and-development project. Three iterations, and I finally got them to a place that I think will be good for the State Fair. I first made these with olive oil, and they turned out… fine. I used a vanilla butter extract that I don’t think meshed well…
My State Fair strategy has led to some delightful discoveries! First, I found that potato bread is both delicious and super easy to make at home. Now, I’ve found that yeasted coffee cakes are also delicious! This coffee cake has a very light texture – still cake-like, but with a little boost from the yeast…
This potato bread is part of my State Fair Gamble this year. I’m entering the categories with the least number of entries, to see if I have a better shot at placing. Maybe that’s a bit silly. A bit greedy. But I want to see how it goes, and at least get guaranteed feedback on…
Walk with me here. These are a divisive cookie. Some people hear the concept and they think, “yes of course, why didn’t I think of that sooner.” Other people hear it and say, “No, I don’t want Cheez-Its in a cookie.” I do think there is a correct response, of course, but I can respect…