These cupcakes are delicious. They straddle the spectrum between cupcake and muffin because of the addition of the ricotta, but the not-too-sweet cake that’s perfumed with Meyer lemon works really well with the white chocolate buttercream. I think the cupcakes would be great just plain, too. And the lemon aroma and flavor gets a little [...]
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Meyer Lemon and Ricotta Cupcakes with White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Posted by Sheri on Thursday, February 16th, 2012 · Comments (0)Chocolate Whoopie Pies
Posted by Sheri on Sunday, February 12th, 2012 · Comments (9)I’ve been dying to make these chocolate whoopie pies, because the red velvet whoopies we made a year ago for Baked Sunday Mornings were really fabulous. Would the chocolate version be just as good? My batter was odd – a little runny, and I had problems with lumps of flour. It did thicken up as [...]
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Apple Cake
Posted by Sheri on Friday, February 10th, 2012 · Comments (0)I consider this style of cake a snack cake, and it’s one of my favorite things to bake. It’s a very simple batter, not too thick, topped with apples arranged in a pretty pattern. It’s not too sweet and makes a tasty afternoon snack with coffee or tea. Find the recipe on the Canal House [...]
Root Beer Float Cupcakes
Posted by Sheri on Thursday, February 9th, 2012 · Comments (1)This is another recipe from The Butch Bakery cupcakes, which I reviewed recently on Cooks&Books&Recipes. I thought these would be really interesting, but can I be honest? I made a couple of unfortunate choices here. First – I used Zatarian’s Root Beer extract for the frosting. It’s one of the two recommended brands, and is [...]
Meyer Lemon Cheesecake with Speculaas Crust
Posted by Sheri on Saturday, February 4th, 2012 · Comments (6)This month’s Bake Together is cheesecake, and it wasn’t difficult at all to figure out what I was going to make. I love cheesecake – creamy and mildly cheesy with a crunchy crust. It’s also one of the first desserts I ever learned how to make. My “problem” right now is a glut of Meyer [...]
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The Oatiest Oatmeal Cookies Ever
Posted by Sheri on Friday, February 3rd, 2012 · Comments (0)Larry requested oatmeal cookies for a staff meeting. He loves oatmeal cookies – especially with dried blueberries instead of raisins. I had high hopes for these (it’s Alton Brown, after all), but they were just okay. I overcooked just about every batch (maybe something to do with the oat flour?). And they weren’t as chewy [...]
Speculaas have a reputation of being extremely addictive. In my book, they’re most addictive in the form of a spread – kind of like peanut butter, but infinitely more delicious. The cookies are kind of similar to a cutout gingerbread cookie – with a generous amount of cinnamon and other warm spices. These are easy [...]
Shaker Lemon Pie
Posted by Sheri on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 · Comments (0)I’m not sure if this recipe was doomed from the start – it’s a pie that’s got whole, thinly sliced Meyer lemons in the filling. That filling is given a boost from eggs and sugar, but no one who tried this pie liked it. It could have been my decision to use rapadura sugar instead [...]
With my obsession with all things honey, you’d think I’d have made honeycomb candy by now – but this was my first time. I love honeycomb, especially when it’s chocolate coated. This is essentially just cooked sugar (mine is dark – just this side of being burnt) that gets fizzy and bubbly from the addition [...]
Nut-Crusted Chocolate-Banana Swirl Cake
Posted by Sheri on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 · Comments (0)I made this cake to use up extra-ripe bananas (always a good excuse to make cake), but also because it was on the schedule for yet another virtual baking group, Avid Baker’s Challenge. The group has been around for the past couple of years, baking monthly from Flo Braker’s Baking for All Occasions. This year, [...]
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