French butter cookies are a personal favorite of mine and this year I made them as Checkerboard and Marble Sablés .  Don't be intimida...

Pumpkin Cupcakes are  perfect for your Halloween or autumn gathering.  For the chocolate cupcake I used Cook's Illustrated 's recip...

    The last time I made Boston Cream Pie was more than a dozen years ago but I had another go recently for my Mom's birthday.  Back t...

    Here's the 2022 Holiday Cookie Box roundup:   Walnut Snowballs Clotted Cream Shortbread Iced Chocolate Jam-Filled Viennois Italian ...

    Peanut butter and chocolate is one of my favorite flavor combinations so making Buckeyes was a no-brainer.   I've never made these c...

  I spent the latter part of July and all of August in Europe for some summer holidays and work.  While I absolutely loved my time abroad an...

  If you're not already following The Folding Lady on Instagram, you need to!  Sophie Liard gained a huge following during the early da...

  Here's a roundup of the holiday cookies I made this year and gifted to friends and family.  Every year I tell myself, " don't...

  I've had this set of Nordic Ware cookie stamps for a while but never really used them.  That is, until I  was inspired by this post o...

  It's rare for me to stray from my go-to chocolate chip cookie ( Jacques Torres's recipe published in the New York Times), but I r...

  The centerpiece for my Easter dessert table this year is a Speckled Egg Cake .   Around spring time you'll see cakes similar to this a...

I never would have thought to bake brownies in the form of a cupcake but I was easily convinced to give it a try when I saw these Salted Car...

     Last month's baking hiatus motivated me to get back into the kitchen even more than before.  Here's another Valentine's Day...

  Did you know November 15th is National Bundt Day?  Any holiday that celebrates bundt cakes is alright in my books.   Serendipitously I rec...

Fall baking is now upon us and I, for one, love it!  I can't seem to get enough of warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and clove this time...

  September is my birthday month (along with seven other friends/family!) so I thought I'd make the quintessential cake to celebrate us ...

  I've never been to Levain Bakery in NYC but you can be sure that the next time I make it to Manhattan (hopefully soon!) it will be on...

Deep fat frying at home is one of those things I've tended to shy away from.  Mainly because I hate the cleanup and then what to d...