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a birthday black(berry) forest cake for molly yeh!
molly’s love for wine is among the things i learned after meeting her at the cold mountain retreat in asheville. i contemplated attempting an immaculately frosted cake – adorned with marzipan, in molly’s signature style – to celebrate her twenty-sixth birthday. instead, i decided to make a cake that i can picture the two of…
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poblano black bean quesadillas with pico de gallo
how do you feel about spicy food? that’s a pretty broad term. we’re talking food that gives your mouth a red-hot blast of flavor. do you the fierce complexity of a spicy curry? the kick of a jalapeño? the deep intensity of a homemade chili? personally, i tend to opt away from super hot, mouth-on-fire,…
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chocolate glazed and raspberry jelly doughnuts
i don’t understand the whole baked doughnut craze. they’re healthier, i guess. they take forty-five minutes to make as opposed to three hours. but to me, the word “doughnut” connotes something golden and fluffy and fried. something that feels weighty and substantial when you pick it up, and delightfully indulgent when you take a…
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big mac(aron)
these would be good for a weirdly themed party. maybe some ironic hipster kickback where all the grub is fast food from scratch? or an american girl doll mcdonald’s tea party? makes two dozen big macs i used a basic macaron recipe tinted with cocoa powder for the bun, topped it with a slice of fondant…
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breakfast pita pizza with bacon, eggs, and a trio of cheeses
makes two servings i woke up wanting something with eggs and heat. i briefly considered (boring) scrambled eggs or a (boring) omelette, but i always end up 1) forgetting the cheese until the last second, which leads to a mad scramble (pun intended) for the first cheese i see in the fridge – usually something moldy…
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lucky charms cake
makes six servings this cake is a crowd-pleaser, and i’d recommend making it if you have a lot of time on your hands. the process of picking all the marshmallows out of the kibble-like cereal requires punctilious patience, as does sticking them onto the cake in a way that no two of the same are…
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cookie dough stuffed brownies
makes nine (huge) brownies i surprised myself by making these. i usually shy away from the ‘edible cookie dough’/’funfetti cake batter’ shit that’s plastered all over Pinterest (you know what i’m talking about), looking down on them haughtily while perched atop my cardamom-scented-gold-luster-dusted mille feuille. nothing against mille feuille, but these cookie dough stuffed brownies are…
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blackberry jam-packed dark chocolate cupcakes with whipped white and milk chocolate ganache frosting
makes nine cupcakes i rarely make cupcakes. they’re easy to overbake, underfill, overfrost, you get the idea. i also try to avoid the title of ‘cupcake girl.’ all of that being said, you should DEFINITELY make these. the rich darkness of the cake finds a divine pair in the tangy blackberry preserves. the white…
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superhero cake pops
themed b’nei mitzvot are making a comeback! themed bar and bat mitzvahs, though frowned upon by many a rabbi, used to be pretty common. mine was slightly music-centered, with sheet music centerpieces and eighth note table confetti. i hadn’t heard about anything like that for a while, however, until i was commissioned to make 80 superhero cake…
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happy friday!
this week was long and cold and stressful! but it’s over! yay!! last saturday was my birthday, and I celebrated by FINALLY trying out willow bird baking’s coconut cake. i decorated it with teeny tiny gold stars and a marzipan moon (shoutout to sara for the moon cookie cutter, she pretty much bought me every…
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