Tuesdays With Dorie: Big Bill’s Carrot Cake

Amanda from Slow Like Honey chose this week’s recipe, which was Big Bill’s Carrot Cake. I was interested to find out what this carrot cake version would be like. Carrot cake is David’s favorite cake and it is a favorite in my family as well. My mom’s carrot cake recipe gets requested [...]

Tuesdays With Dorie: Gooey Chocolate Cakes

Thanks to Leigh of Lemon Tartlet for picking this week’s recipe. Leigh chose Dorie’s Gooey Chocolate Cakes, and I was very pleased with her choice. See, I am a true chocolate lover at heart. I usually eat something chocolate every day, and I think that the best desserts are chocolate. [...]

Daring Bakers March Challenge: Dorie Greenspan’s Perfect Party Cake

This month’s Daring Bakers Challenge was hosted by Morven of Food Art and Random Thoughts. She chose Dorie Greenspan’s Perfect Party Cake from her fabulous book Baking: From My Home to Yours. I was pleased with this challenge because I knew that it would be good since it is a Dorie recipe. As a Tuesdays [...]

Tuesdays With Dorie Rewind: Perfection Pound Cake

My soon-to-be mother-in-law doesn’t bake. In fact, when she has to bake something, she will usually ask me to do it (and I am more than happy to!). But, she does have a really good pound cake recipe that she got from a friend. She almost always makes it when David’s [...]

It’s that time of year again…for strawberry shortcake!

David is not a big dessert eater, (especially not chocolate desserts), but one thing that he looks forward to every year is the first strawberry shortcake. Strawberries have recently hit our grocery stores, and last week David said that he would like for me to make them. I am always happy to bake, [...]

Tuesdays with Dorie Week 8: Almost-Fudge Gateau

This week Nikki of Crazy Delicious chose Dorie’s Almost-Fudge Gateau. Gateau is a French-style cake. I would describe this as a mix between cake and a brownie. It has a very dense texture, and the bittersweet chocolate gives it a very rich flavor. I really liked the way the glaze added [...]

Tuesdays with Dorie Week 6: Black and White Chocolate Cake

I had been following a group of a few ladies who were baking from the wonderful cookbook Baking: From my Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan. Laurie of Quirky Cupcake decided to challenge herself to make one recipe each week from this book. In her first post, she asked if anyone would like [...]

German Chocolate Cake

I actually made this a while ago (in October) and took a picture of it thinking I might use it in some way. Now that I’ve created this blog, I can put it to use! German Chocolate Cake is a favorite in my family. My grandfather on my dad’s side loved this [...]

My Birthday Cupcakes!

When I was in elementary school, my mom would always make cupcakes for me to take to school and share with my class at lunch. This year, my 23rd birthday was on a Wednesday, which is when we have dinner with our church group. I decided to make cupcakes to bring just like [...]

Christmas Dessert: Carrot Cake

Carrot cake is a very popular dessert with my family. My mom got this recipe from a friend many years ago and we’ve been using it ever since. We’ve never had it at Christmas- it’s usually an Easter dessert or made for a birthday or other special event, but my dad requested it [...]