My husband usually wants an angel food cake for his birthday. This year he began hinting about...
Cakes and frostings for special occasions.
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White Cupcakes with Blackberry Buttercream
Ever since tasting my first Miette cupcake at the San Francisco Ferry Plaza, I’ve experimented...
Chocolate Bundt Cake w/Pourable Chocolate Glaze
A deep, dark, delicious chocolate cake. Adapted from Amanda Hesser's Dump-It Cake from Cooking for...
Madeleine Cake
We call this madeleine cake at my house because it is reminiscent of the little French...
Crème Anglaise and Coconut Crème Anglaise
What to do with lonely egg yolks leftover from angel food cake making? They're practically begging...
High-Altitude Angel Food Cake
One kitchen tool Williams-Sonoma has yet to color-coordinate and over-market: angel food cake...
Chocolate Birthday Cake (or Cupcakes), High-Altitude
In the late 1990's after I had assisted one of her baking classes at Draeger's in Menlo Park, Flo...
French Chocolate Buttercream
When I want chocolate cake, nothing else will do. I'll wait for it, in fact, I've been waiting for...
Blackberry Italian Meringue Buttercream
Ever since tasting my first Miette cupcake at the San Francisco Ferry Plaza, I've experimented...
High Altitude White Cupcakes with Blackberry Italian Meringue Buttercream
My daughter loves to bake almost as much as I do, and cupcakes are her favorite. I've got several...
High-Altitude Double Chocolate Cake with Italian Meringue
Moist, chocolatey, and fantastic on its own, even without frosting, Miette's double chocolate cake...
Magnolia Chocolate Cupcakes, High-Altitude
I’ve made Magnolia’s chocolate cupcakes for second birthdays, third birthdays, fourth birthdays,...
Meringue Buttercream and Happy Easter!
Usually I'm not so "Martha", but I have an enthusiastic 8 year old who's got me digging around in...
Chocolate Sour Cream Cupcakes
I finally got serious about home baked chocolate cupcakes and tried the recipe from Meg Ray that...
