LENA'S LUNCHBOX

Tag: frosting

  • lucky charms cake

    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…

  • blackberry jam-packed dark chocolate cupcakes with whipped white and milk chocolate ganache frosting

    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…

  • a week of citrus

    a week of citrus

    Have you ever had a chocolate covered orange? Back when my family hung up stockings (thank you so much to my parents for not depriving my brother and me of the joy of waking up to a stocking even though we’re J E W I S H), I’d always find a big, round, shiny foil-wrapped…

  • gingerbread diner

    gingerbread diner

    Tehila and I like diners. Characterized by rows of booths and floor-mounted stools, personable wait staff, and a wide variety of comfort food, just thinking about diners triggers a certain, incomparable sentiment in both Tehila and me. Because of the template we used, the structure does look quite house-like, but the prominent D-I-N-E-R cutouts elucidate…

  • brownies with peanut butter frosting

    brownies with peanut butter frosting

    makes sixteen servings I know, I know. I’m stuck in a rut. Everything I’ve been making recently is the same color. The same flavors, too. Probably the same calorie count. So this is my last post like this for a while! Soon Lena’s Lunchbox will have dark leafy greens and citrus-y pale yellows and intense beetroot reds. These…

  • chocolate chip cookie cake

    chocolate chip cookie cake

    makes eight generous servings I’ve always thought that cookie cakes were one of the few things (in addition to mayonnaise and kimchi) that you’re better off buying than making at home. A cookie that big will surely dry out during the long time that it takes to bake, I thought. It will probably stick to…

  • peanut butter cookie dough brownie cake

    makes twelve servings In my head, I divide food bloggers into three subgroups – the ones who are all about eating good food, it doesn’t necessarily have to incorporate kale or cookie butter or anything, it just has to be satisfying; the ones who would never dream of using butter or gluten or eggs, only coconut…

  • pound cake with hidden pumpkin center

    pound cake with hidden pumpkin center

    makes twelve servings Although this is a time-consuming cake, the final result is delicious and beyond impressive. Okay, so my cake ended up a little under baked. Substantially under baked. Near raw. BUT!! That does not mean that yours cannot be amazinglythoroughlyundoubtably cooked throughout. When the cake had been in the oven for an hour, I…

  • honey cake with brown sugar and cream cheese buttercream

    honey cake with brown sugar and cream cheese buttercream

    makes eight servings Happy New Year! Shanah Tova! The solemn atonement of Yom Kippur has passed and now we can make that cake that we meant to make on Rosh Hashanah! This cake was devoured before I got the opportunity to take a picture of its inside, but believe me when I tell you that it…