Pear, Almond & Rosemary Cake
eg: when you want to make a pear frangipane tart, but just cannot muster the goods.
Recipes
Vanilla Bean Creme Fraiche Ice Cream
Vanilla Bean Creme Fraiche Ice Cream – creamy, sweet, sour, rich – perfect pair for your favorite desserts or by the spoon-full.
Black Raspberry-Browned Butter Financiers
So here we are – once again! I am back at it, baking black raspberry-browned butter financiers. If you have followed along my Dirty Sifter adventures, I hope you’re in for another journey. Why the change? I created the Dirty Sifter during a time in my life that felt uncertain. My goal is clear now:… Read More »Black Raspberry-Browned Butter Financiers
Farmhouse Buttermilk Cornmeal Muffins
Flavorful, moist and full of texture, these Farmhouse Buttermilk Cornmeal Muffins come together in a snap. If you need a reliable, properly leavened and not-too sweet stone-ground cornmeal muffin, you’ve arrived. These muffins, which I am coning as Farmhouse Buttermilk Cornmeal Muffins, hail from my aunt. Hands-down, she makes the best muffins. Growing up, I… Read More »Farmhouse Buttermilk Cornmeal Muffins
French Yogurt Loaf Cake – A Perfect Snacking Cake
French yogurt loaf cake is a pantry-friendly, reliable and fast one-bowl snacking cake that never lets you down. French yogurt loaf cake is the cake/treat/nibble I’d make if I had to make an after-school snack. Wait, I am an adult, so I can totally make this cake for myself for an after work snack/3:30pm at… Read More »French Yogurt Loaf Cake – A Perfect Snacking Cake
Reliable Brownies
Brownies – much more fussy, like cookies – than anyone would care to admit. Developing a recipe for reliable brownies has been a years-in-the-making process. Reliable brownies are great, even excellent brownies for my preference of a fudgey, but just slightly cakey edge! Brownies toe the line between baked-good and confection, relying on both sugar… Read More »Reliable Brownies
A Good Vanilla Ice Cream (Custard)
A good vanilla ice cream. A good ice cream. A good custard. All of these are hard to find in a standard grocery store. About 3 years ago, after one-too-many mediocre pints of (over priced) ice cream, I decided it was time to make my own, to my desired specifications. Besides Haagen-Dazs vanilla, I am… Read More »A Good Vanilla Ice Cream (Custard)
Angel Food Cake
A classic spring and summer cake, for snacking or serving with ice cream and macerated strawberries.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate chip cookies – or use chunks – using whatever favorite chocolate you like. This is a classic recipe, and one I turn to many times!
Orange Marmalade
Orange marmalade, the good stuff! Full of orange flavor, slightly bitter from natural pith and some lemon action. Do it!
Banana Muffins with Walnuts & Chocolate
My go-to healthy-ish banana bread with walnuts and chocolate, in muffin form. Perhaps the most comforting quick bread we know of!
Morning Glory Muffins
Carrots, coconut, pineapple, spices, dried fruit and nuts combine forces in morning glory muffins – a truly glorious treat!