RECIPES
Welcome to the Recipes!
I hope you enjoy baking and eating these desserts and I would love to hear about your kitchen adventures. Please bear with me as I work on the website. Some of the recipes were developed for the site, while others were taken from various books I have written over the years or other projects that I have worked on.
Consequently, there is no one consistent format at this time. For instance, some recipes have numbered steps, so I have presented those as is. The recipes from my Baker’s Field Guide series feature Field Notes, Habitat and Lifespan information and I have left those in. Also, I use my stand mixer all the time and many of the recipes are written for that appliance. You can, of course, use a hand-held electric mixer – just know that your mixing times will be longer. The one thing that IS consistent is my desire to bring you delicious, fun recipes that work. Also, slowly but surely, the recipes will be re-formatted with metric equivalents and more images will be added as I go along.
Basic Recipes
- All Butter Pie Crust
- Dark Chocolate Ganache
- Whipped Cream
- Italian Meringue Buttercream
- Pastry Cream
- Lemon Curd
- Lemon Curd Using All Egg Yolks
- Raspberry Sauce
- Sugar Tart Crust
- Chocolate Cupcakes
- Fluffy Meringue Frosting
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- White Cake for Cake Balls
- Super Easy Chocolate Cake
- White Cake
Cakes: Plain & Fancy
- Blackout Cake
- Chocolate Chunk Peanut Butter Banana Crunch Cake
- Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cake
- Cream Cheese Pound Cake
- Plum-Topped Pound Cake
- Lemon Curd Mousse Cake
- Coconut Peach Cake
- Rum and Espresso Chocolate Cheesecake
- Coconut Cake with Pineapple Filling
- Mocha Toffee Crunch Cake
- White Celebration Cake with Raspberries
- Chocolate Caramel Berry Cake
Cake Balls and Cake Ball-esque Treats
Cream Cheese Frosting for Cake Balls
Confectioners’ Sugar Frosting for Cake Balls
Cranberry Toffee Walnut Cake Balls
Peppermint White Chocolate Cake Balls
Milk Chocolate Bacon Bourbon Cake Balls
Chocolate Truffle Cake Balls Using Boxed Cake Mix
Yellow Buttermilk Cake for Cake Balls
Lemon Blueberry White Chocolate Cake Balls
Dark Chocolate Ganache for Cake Balls
Milk Chocolate Ganache for Cake Balls
Milk Chocolate Brownies for Cake Balls
Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Cake Balls
Red Velvet Cake for Cake Balls
Doughnuts
Chocolate Cake-Style Doughnuts
Caramel Bourbon-Pecan Doughnuts
Sour Cream Drop Doughnuts – aka Doughnut Holes
Cookies
- MallowMores
- Ménage à Trois Cookies
- Swedish Ginger Snaps
- Thumbprint Cookies
- Vanilla Crescents
- Peppermint Bark Cookies
- Pistachio Butterballs
- Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
- Classic Rolled Sugar Cookies
- Flourless Fudge Cookies
- Peanut Butter Toffee Cookies
- Alice Medrich’s “My Chocolate Chip Cookies”
- Coconut Snowballs
- 3-Day Chocolate Chip Cookies with Bread Flour and Cake Flour
- Couture Chocolate Cookies with Fleur de Sel
Cupcakes
Brownies & Bars
- Double-Layer Truffle Brownies
- Chocolate Brownies (with a Crackly Crust)
- Toffee Fudgies
- Mocha Chip Cheesecake Brownies
- CocoMac Shortbread with Lime Curd
- Double Chocolate Brownie Pecan Blondie Bars
- Marzipan Apricot Brownies with Tart Cherry Ganache
- Extreme Chocolate Brownies
Pies & Tarts
- Cheesecake Tart with Tropical Fruits
- Rhubarb Lattice Pie with Cardamom and Orange
- Peanut Butter Caramel Honey Nut Tart with Ganache Glaze
- Espresso Black-Bottom Pie in a Chocolate Chip Cookie Crust
Breakfast Treats
Desserts & Pastries
- Banana Walnut Baklava with Honey Cinnamon Syrup
- Buttermilk Panna Cotta with Tropical Fruit
- Bittersweet Molten Chocolate Cakes with Coffee Ice Cream
- White Chocolate Tiramisu Trifle with Spiced Pears
- Two Layer Peanut Butter and Milk Chocolate Pudding
- Roasted Figs with Raspberries
- Sour Cherry Trifle with Candied Almonds and Sherry
- Pumpkin Cobbler
- Tropical Fruit Crisp with Palm Sugar
Breads & Quick Breads
Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts
- Mint-Truffle Ice Cream Terrine with Mint and Chocolate Sauces
- Pumpkin Ice Cream
- S’Mores Ice Cream Pie with Warm Milk Chocolate Sauce
- Browned Butter Oatmeal Cookie Sandwiches with Pan Roasted Blueberry Ice CreamDessert Sauces
Truffles
Candies
Miscellaneous Recipes
