Archive for the 'baking' Category
Super-decadent No-Bake Fudge Brownies
July 6th, 2011by Caroline I may never bake another brownie again. Oh, I will certainly make brownies, but now I’ve found a recipe that rivals even the one I discovered in Kate Moses’ gorgeous memoir-with-recipes, Cakewalk, the brownie recipe I said — oh, less than two months ago — was the last brownie recipe you would ever [...]
Baking from a Mix
June 24th, 2011by Caroline Some of my best baking experiences have been spontaneous efforts in unfamiliar kitchens. In the Outer Banks with my sister’s family one year, I made never-to-be-repeated cinnamon rolls, based on the white bread recipe on the bag of flour I bought in the market. I improvised a brioche dough by making the dough [...]
First Honey Ice Cream, then Chocolate Cake
June 18th, 2011by Caroline After making the honey ice cream the other day, I had 6 egg whites left over. I could have made an egg white omelette, I suppose, but that’s not really my style. This is more my style: This recipe is similar — in look and execution — to Lisa’s chocolate roulade, though her [...]
Two Cherry Cakes
June 10th, 2011by Caroline It’s been a couple years now since Lisa wrote about fresh cherries, plain and simple, and that’s how I like them best, too. But this year, having signed up for an all-fruit CSA, we’ve been inundated with cherries, more than anybody wants to eat, so I’ve been exploring cake. It’s not, I know, [...]
Chocolate Brownie Frosting
June 1st, 2011by Caroline I don’t do elaborate kid birthday parties. Knowing that most children are happy with a treat and the chance to play with their friends, I don’t see any reason to knock myself out. I am lucky that my sons both have spring birthdays, so we can keep everybody in the backyard, and for [...]
The Only Brownie Recipe You Will Ever Need
May 18th, 2011by Caroline Last summer, to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary, Tony and I arranged back to back sleepovers for our kids with two different families, and thus managed our first two-night getaway together since Ben was born. We’d each been away longer on our own (or with friends and family), both for work and for [...]
Easy as Bread
April 15th, 2011by Caroline So, remember how I told you about my new pet? The sourdough pet that I hoped would be the source of much delicious bread? Well. It was a little finicky. I should have known when I set the cookbook down and waded into the virtual sea of blogs offering advice on how to [...]
Bakesale for Japan
March 21st, 2011by Caroline I was born in Tokyo, as was my mother; a college housemate lives there now, writing for Reuters, as do my cousins, who work (currently non-stop) for the American Embassy. There are writers I care about who live in Japan, like Literary Mama’s co-editor for fiction, Suzanne Kamata, and one of the contributors [...]
Recipes from Breaking Bread: José’s Mother’s Sweet Cake
March 11th, 2011by Caroline The real name of this dish is a Salvadoran quesadilla, but rather than confuse readers looking for a Salvadoran version of the familiar Mexican dish, I’m giving credit to the mother of José Carlos Ramirez, one of the folks Lynne Anderson interviews in Breaking Bread (click here for my review of the book). [...]
The Birthday Menu
March 4th, 2011by Caroline The one day a year I am very happy to take orders from my kids is on their birthdays, when they know they can order up a day of special meals, culminating in whatever birthday cake they like. Ben’s birthday today falls on a school day, so I have no say over his [...]