I love a cake filled with tart, fruity flavors, and this lemon passionfruit cake with raspberry mascarpone buttercream is truly sunshine in cake form. It’s perfect for celebrating late winter and spring flavors, and the natural color from freeze dried raspberries in the buttercream makes this cake extra visually striking. This cake has a lemon sponge,…
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Continue ReadingI love a slow cooked meal. There’s nothing I find more comforting than something that has been lovingly simmered for hours, like this Slow Cooked Chuck Ragù. It takes relatively minimal effort to get going, with most of the cook time being hands off. The result is a melt in your mouth meat sauce that’s hearty…
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Continue ReadingWhen I think of the winter holidays, I automatically think of a bread wreath. This saffron and pistachio babka wreath is festive and flavorful, making it the perfect centerpiece for your holiday table. It’s sweet, but not too sweet, and filled with nutty and earthy flavors from pistachio and saffron. The gorgeous yellow hue that the…
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Continue ReadingBread is one of my absolute favorite things to bake, and I love playing with the flavor profiles of my tried-and-true recipes. These Black Pepper and Parmesan Dinner Rolls are made with the tangzhong method, which gives the rolls the fluffiest, softest texture. I originally adapted these rolls from Claire Saffitz’ recipe, and over the years…
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Continue ReadingThis chocolate cake with raspberry mousse and white chocolate buttercream is the perfect mixture of the richness of chocolate, with the brightness of raspberry, and smooth sweetness of white chocolate. It’s the perfect celebration cake for birthdays or special occasions, and you can use frozen raspberries for the mousse, making it friendly for year-round baking. I’m…