Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread! With so many zucchini bread recipes out there I debated if I needed to send yet another out into the world. I have already posted a Chocolate Orange Zucchini Bread recipe, Lemon Zucchini Bread and a Zucchini Yeast Bread recipe, not to mention recipes for Zucchini Biscuits, Zucchini Muffins and Zucchini Pie. But, …
Dark Chocolate Ganache has all the pure chocolate flavor of a really great square of bittersweet chocolate but it has a soft and creamy texture. It’s like eating chocolate silk. Use this recipe to make great chocolate truffles. As a staple in the pastry kitchen, ganache is used for glazing and filling cakes and cookies, …
Italian Meringue Buttercream (IMBC) is my favorite cake frosting. This is the exact recipe I used for 10 years in my wedding cake business. Meringue buttercream has the perfect balance of rich flavor from the butter, and lightness from the meringue. It’s not overly sweet and it can be flavored with an endless variety of …
Hot Cross Buns are traditionally served on Good Friday. I love the warm and fragrant combination of spices and dried fruit in this recipe. Finish the pretty buns with the cross cut into the top. I worked in a British Tea Shop for about 7 years. Of course I made dozens of scones and all …
Fill your Easter basket with these Coconut Macaroon Easter Eggs. The surprise passion fruit “yolk” makes these coconut Easter eggs are unlike any other macaroon cookie. After 10 years of talking to people every day about their favorite cake flavors, I can tell you that no one seems to be neutral about coconut, they either …
I can’t tell you how often I have people say to me, “Oh, I don’t like to bake. It’s too precise and you have to follow a recipe to the T.” Well, that’s kind of true and kind of not true. If you understand the terminology & techniques used in baking recipes, and the reason …
A number of years ago I was interviewing for a job at a critically acclaimed restaurant. The restaurant didn’t have a pastry chef (as many don’t, I’m sorry to say). They were making some desserts in-house and buying the rest. Recent reviews had noted that dessert was a weak spot in the menu. I thought …