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Almond Cake with Macerated Strawberries

April 19, 2018 By Cindy 1 Comment

I woke up this morning to a dusting of snow on the ground (April in Northern Nevada, y'all...) and the realization that I'll be birthing my second real human baby in 7 weeks. YIKES. I have a ton to do the next month or so around the house and in prep for taking some time off to soak in that new baby girl goodness and also adjust to parenting TWO children. Ever since Casper was born (nearly 4 years ago now! HOW?!) my cooking and baking style has simplified. I mean, I still take on more ...

Chocolate Malt Peanut Butter Cake

March 29, 2018 By Cindy 8 Comments

A week or so ago I did an Instagram poll asking what everyone would like to see for Easter--cake or pavlova--and cake won by a decent margin, so here we are! I modeled this cake after my favorite Easter candy, Reese's eggs, and topped it with my second favorite Easter candy, Cadbury mini eggs. The cake is made of three moist layers of chocolate malt cake sandwiched with a fluffy + rich peanut butter filling and frosted in a crazy-pastel watercolored vanilla malt swiss meringue buttercream. ...

Rhubarb Crumble

March 22, 2018 By Cindy

Rhubarb, love it or hate it? I LOVE rhubarb. My first taste of rhubarb was from my great grandma, she had a patch in the tiny garden behind her amazingly preserved house full of 70's decor--I'm talking green shag carpeting, wood paneling, rainbow granny-square afghans, and plastic tortoise-shell beaded curtains. I love the tart, almost berry-like, flavor and the hot pink hue. It's the perfect plant for pies and crumbles (which is probably why it gained the nickname "pie plant") and I look ...

Pretzel Lime Pie

March 14, 2018 By Cindy

It's PI DAY! Where we celebrate the mathematical constant of Pi (3.14...) with PIE, in recent years at least. And since Pi is the "ratio of a circles circumference to its diameter" for any circle, any round pie the perfect tribute to Pi. I'm an admittedly not the best mathematician but my husband Sean LOVES math (he's an engineer) and I feel like celebrating Pi day is only fitting and also, I mean, we get PIE. I did a few polls on Instagram stories to gauge what kind of pie I should make and ...

Classic Fudge Brownies

March 9, 2018 By Cindy

You guys! I think I've cracked it! A shiny, glossy, crackly topped brownie that is. I've made many a brownie sans the shiny, crisp top and they've ALL been delicious but when I realized the old blog was missing a classic (dare I say basic) brownie recipe, I knew I wanted it to be a deeply fudgy version with a perfectly crinkled glossy top. I tested this recipe several times with the same ratios and the common thread for the top was beating the eggs well into the butter/sugar/chocolate ...

Carrot Cupcakes with Cardamom and Crème Fraîche Frosting

March 2, 2018 By Cindy

I'm ready for spring, are you? I live in the high desert right on the eastern side of the Sierras which means unpredictable weather, sometimes in the form of snow throughout springtime. Great for skiing but terrible for those of us that just want winter to be over already. We woke up this morning to bright sunshine on a blanket of snow (with more of the cold stuff to come in the forecast later today), so I'm just willing it to be spring in my heart with these springy carrot cupcakes. I ...