Financiers are a French tea cake made with mostly almond flour. This gives them the most deliciously soft texture and nutty flavor. This recipe uses strawberries inside the financiers, and they are topped with a rhubarb and rose Swiss meringue buttercream to really stay with the seasonal flavors. The buttercream gets its seasonal flavor from roasted rhubarb…
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Continue ReadingAs someone who loves baking seasonally, I love incorporating fresh herbs into my bakes. This rosemary hot milk cake is made with, as the name suggests, hot milk. It gives the cake a wonderful texture and flavor: for this recipe, I infused the milk with rosemary and topped it with a lemon icing to give it…
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Continue ReadingAs a self-taught home baker, I love the feeling of accomplishment that comes with successfully baking a complicated recipe. That said, there’s something equally satisfying about making a delicious no-bake dessert. This no-bake white chocolate tart with raspberry and rose looks (and tastes) impressive, but requires ZERO time in the oven. Even better, it can be…
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Continue ReadingAs someone who didn’t grow up eating a lot of sweet potato pie, I’ve always found it to be a bit too sweet. I love sweet potatoes, and I love spices, but I’ve always struggled to find a sweet potato pie that isn’t toothachingly sweet. This miso caramel sweet potato pie is perfectly balanced. It relies…
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Continue ReadingPie season is my favorite season. I just love using fall fruits and produce to make cozy treats. This simple apple pie tart recipe uses apples in two ways: in the traditional apple pie filling, and on top, for a beautiful visual effect and delicious contrast in textures. And the best part? This tart is incredibly simple…