Please excuse the small hiatus, I was celebrating a special {and eventful!} birthday this past week. Ernesto has enveloped Mexico in gray skies and {mildly} cool winds, seems more like fall than summer, so it’s turned me to comfort-food-mood. Inspired by some wonderfully talented bloggers earlier this year {here & here}, I decided to venture…
Category: Desserts & Baking
Banana Cream Tart
One of my favorite desserts of all time is this wonderful, creamy tart. Whether you enjoy it as a pie or a tart there is no denying this dessert is soft and divine. The marriage of banana and cream is a match made in food heaven! The buttery crust and the layers of the soft…
Lavender Dreams: Vanilla & Chocolate Lavender Macarons
There is something utterly dreamy about macarons… maybe it’s their shape, their texture, their lovely color, or wonderful flavor pairings. To me macarons scream spring, possibly for their lovely shades of pastel or their delicate and whimsical character. I wanted to feature this special recipe to celebrate the birthdays of my fellow Aries :) Especially…
Sachertorte: Classic Chocolate Sponge Cake
Since birthday season in my family is starting, I thought a cake recipe would be fitting. Although I am far away from them (most of them are in Mexico), we still remember and rejoice each others birthdays. So this cake is dedicated to my cousin (even though he doesn’t really love chocolate) for his birthday…
Devil’s Food Cake & Italian Meringue Icing
Follow my blog with Bloglovin A couple of weeks ago we were celebrating some very special birthdays so I decided to bake a cake for this festive occasion. I was inspired by an article I read in a magazine a couple of months ago. My mouth was watering as I read through the article, so…
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