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 ReadingSpringtime sips mighttt just be my all time favorite, especially ones like the Empress Gin Rubarb & Rose! Made with homemade rhubarb and rose syrup, muddled strawberries, and featuring Empress 1908’s Elderflower Rose Gin, this cocktail is full of delicate floral notes, and classic spring flavors. All about Empress Elderflower Rose Gin Empress Gin is known…
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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 ReadingI love citrus season. Every winter and spring, the markets are brimming with all different types of gorgeous citrus, and I’m always making tons of citrus desserts. This Cara Cara Orange Cake with Kumquat Thyme Marmalade uses several different types of citrus to create a gorgeous cake that’s full of seasonal flavor. The kumquat marmalade isn’t…
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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…