After several pleasant weeks of cooler-than-usual temperatures, it’s getting warm again in Los Angeles. The rising temperatures haven’t caused me to forsake my oven, but they have made me crave bright, summery flavors. My recent experiments making macarons, nougat, and marshmallow have left me with a lot of lonely egg yolks. I could turn these…
Macaron Magic
Have you ever had a macaron? Macarons–not to be confused with macaroons, the soft coconut cookies that are delicious in their own right–are petite French sandwich cookies featuring crisp and chewy meringue shells and a soft inner filling that is usually chocolate ganache or buttercream. A number of my favorite food blogs have been featuring…
Homemade Girl Scout Cookies
About a month ago, I found a great recipe for homemade Samoas (aka Caramel De-Lites, the best Girl Scout cookie ever) on Baking Bites. I filed it away as one to make eventually, then promptly forgot about it and went up to the Bay Area to visit my family. On that visit, my mom presented…
Pudding with your cake?
I was creating a tutorial on using chocolate transfer sheets for the website yesterday, so I made a little cake to demonstrate on. Since it was only for show I didn’t want to spend much time making it, so I used a cake mix and a new easy frosting recipe. (Side note: not to be…
Hazelnut Gelato: The Cure for A Hot Day
Chewy chocolate cookies sandwich homemade hazelnut gelato, topped with chocolate-hazelnut sauce (like homemade Nutella). We had the Nutella left over from our annual Valentine’s Day crepefest; it had been languishing in the refrigerator ever since. I used my own chocolate cookie recipe and this gelato recipe. The whole package tasted great, but I wasn’t too…
Happy Love Day!
“Love Stinks” and “I Love Me” were the first to sell, going within 10 minutes of putting them in the display case. Feel free to postulate upon the character of our patrons and Angelenos in general. Faux Hostess cupcakes, filled with vanilla buttercream: Chocolate-Peppermint cupcakes:
Spring Came Sooner
It’s been warm and springish in LA recently (but really, when is it not?) so I thought we should celebrate with some festive floral cupcakes.
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