With ingredients as beautiful as these, how can this recipe not be delicious? I work with an amazing group of people, and I really enjoy baking things for particular coworkers as a token of my apprec...
I had a craving for a simple but beautiful cookie and scoured my favorites on Pinterest for inspiration. I came across this really straightforward recipe for homemade Milan cookies but didn’t h...
Alright, this is the last recipe I’m going to tease you with from Sweet Lydia’s Marshmallow Guide, the cookbooklet that Lydia and I created together in response to people asking “Wh...
Brownies. Peanut butter. (Or Nutella. Or caramel.) One toasted homemade gooey marshmallow to top it all off. Can life get better? I submit that it cannot! This is another of the amazing recipes from ...
I’m so excited to announce that one of my favorite people ever, Lydia of Sweet Lydia’s, has just created a cookbooklet. And I was lucky enough to do the photography for it! Lydia and I co...
My cupboards became full of pumpkin-y ingredients this fall: pumpkin pie filling, canned pumpkin, pumpkin butter. It was time for a week of pumpkin desserts. This is the first one my made, and also m...
I’ve been itching to make these Mexican chocolate chips ever since my green tea chocolate chip experiment. We’re big fans of anything that combines spicy flavors and chocolate. So I kicke...
Cake stands should provide a pretty background that should draw attention to the food but not distract from it (stands with simplistic edges are perfect). I like unusually-colored plates that complim...
Thank goodness I have a mother-in-law with good taste in birthday cakes. This past week we traveled to my in-laws to celebrate her birthday. Brad gave me some tips on what she might like for her cake...
Inspired by my last roundup of Rustic and Textured Food Photography Props, I created a more tailored one just for cupcakes! Cupcakes are tough to photograph. Some are better to photograph as a group;...
I’ve been having way too much fun rifling through Etsy in search for the perfect food photography props. After ordering a bunch, I realized I should put together my first treasury! Enjoy this t...
What is the best way to reward coworkers who help you finish a project on time? Homemade baked goods. I was charged with creating a “family tree” of employees. Should it be digital? Shoul...
Believe it or not, I’ve been baking away since my last post. They’ve just all failed miserably. Most I haven’t even attempted to photograph, so they won’t see the light of day...
I was with my parents this year for my birthday, and decided to make a joint birthday cake for myself and my father (whose birthday is in September). I asked my dad what his favorite cake flavors wer...
I’m a big advocate of using local ingredients to bake. My #1 favorite local ingredient is Sweet Lydia’s marshmallows. Not only are they made from scratch, but the fruit ones use REAL frui...
I purchased a loaf pan last week knowing I had the perfect recipe to use in it. This lemon pound cake with swirls of berries felt like the perfect summer treat. My swirls didn’t come out as pre...
This week, the enormous project that I’ve been working on for the past few months finally launched. It was an awesome day, and everything went incredibly smoothly. I attribute that to the aweso...
It’s like an enormous Ho-Ho. But it’s gluten free, super chocolatey, and you can totally make it yourself. Honestly, if you didn’t know the ingredients list, you would have no idea ...
Oh my goodness gracious. I have found the best drink I have ever tasted. It combines my favorite tea with my favorite summer drink; if you like Arnold Palmers, you’ll like this lemonade made wi...
Marshmallows. Malt. Heavenly moist chocolate cake. Thus was my Saturday. I knew this was going to be a time investment. Layer cakes aren’t as simple as bake and frost; this cake also had more l...
For the last night of my Wilton decorating class, we had to bring in a cake pre-frosted and ready to decorate. I chose this seemingly-simple layer cake, originally seen in this gorgeous variation. I ...
Me: “Honey, I think I’m going to bake something… what would you like?” Brad: “Um, something with chocolate? Oh wait, I think we’re out of eggs!” Me: “I...
We celebrated the 4th of July over a few days, with all surrounding towns setting of fireworks on various nights. On the night of the 4th, we joined our neighbors out on the front lawn to watch our t...
.These cupcakes are not only my new favorite because they are quick and easy to make. They’re also my favorite because you’ll likely already have all of the ingredients in your house, and...
I had a ton of leftover blueberries from my mini blueberry pies in jars, and I needed something easy and pretty to bring with me to my company’s 4th of July party. Our company has just moved to...
Few things are more beautiful, I think, than these sweet little blueberry pies in mason jars, complete with little stars for the Fourth of July. My husband and I are fortunate enough to have very lov...
I’m lucky to have some fantastic friends who live in my town, and after I baked up this easy little chocolate cake, I brought it over to share with them. The feedback was exactly what I was thi...
In my last tea post for June, I’m falling in love with poaching fruit in nontraditional poaching syrup. Here, we poached six pears (actually, I had an extra two to use up, so I tossed them in a...
Eager to continue to use the same ingredients I purchased for the Chai Snickerdoodle Cookies, I went to town grating fresh ginger and grinding up more cardamom. This recipe calls for some actual chai...
These cookies were a total blast to make. I’d recently invested in some very fresh cardamom, fennel, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger – all in preparation for a few chai recipes I’d bee...
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