I’ve been working on homework all day, but I’m taking a break to stretch my brain and eat some cake. I had big plans of making a heart-shaped red velvet cake with cream cheese icing (from scratch!) last night as part of Kyle’s Valentine’s Day gift. When I got home from work yesterday, [...]
Archives for sweet treats
Meyer Lemon Pound Cake Recipe
I’ve been struggling to figure out what to do with those beautiful Meyer lemons I picked up at Johnny Becnel’s while in New Orleans last weekend. I wanted to make something that didn’t require too much work (we made Chickpea Cutlets from Veganomicon for dinner last night, which are fairly time-consuming by themselves) that [...]
Homemade Holidays: Cookie Mix in a Jar
When I first heard of cookie mix in a jar, I thought it was the most brilliant idea ever. Admittedly, I am pretty idealistic when it comes to things like this, and I didn’t take into consideration a lot of things. First and foremost, I didn’t think about whether the recipes offered up in these [...]
Pumpkin Bread
I decided to use my pumpkin puree to make pumpkin bread! I’ve been working all day every day this week, and while I’d much rather be at home watching movies in my pajamas, my consolation prize has been pumpkin bread and hot coffee in the mornings. This recipe is very simple and almost [...]
The Best Banana Bread Recipe of All Time
I feel very confident that this is the only banana bread recipe I will ever use or need to use. I’ve had it so long I don’t remember where I got it (my grandmother? my neighbor? my aunt?), and it really is a breeze to make. Maybe it’s not the best thing in [...]
Berry Zucchini Bread
I had a few zucchinis hanging out in the fridge just begging to be turned into something delicious before they became mush. Zucchini is my favorite summer squash because it can be used in so many ways. I love it in savory dishes, but I tend to use it more in sweet breads [...]
A Little Splurge
Well, when I say splurged, what I really mean is that I had two gift cards (one that had been hanging around since last Christmas and another that I won recently as part of an essay competition at my school) just begging to be spent. I have a moderately sized collection of craft [...]
Sweet and Savory Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
My favorite thing about carving pumpkins is the leftover seeds, which I think taste a heck of a lot like fried eggs when toasted. A week ago we went to the pumpkin patch and loaded up on spaghetti squash, which we ate, and pumpkins, which were carved on my front porch. I didn’t [...]
Birthday Bread
Kyle is 23 today. Aside from the usual musing about our mortality and, to borrow from Sylvia Plath, the awful rowing toward God that we all have in common, I would like to focus on something a little lighter and sweeter–something more along the lines of chocolate zucchini bread. Kyle hates for anyone [...]
