Notice the better pictures! I finally got my new camera to show better yumminess!
I wanted chocolate cupcakes again but the hot weather told me not to do ganache. So I decided to try something more tawny like making caramel.
Caramel on the brain
Sugar Hedonist
My first cheescake
…….needed a ton of cream cheese apparently.
Inspired by a book about booze cakes and having Oreos and berries still at home, I decided to make a cheesecake.
Spicy salted cookies
I’ve been chillin’ with my friends a lot lately so that means I went to Salem again.
One of my friends cooked dinner, which was gourmet broccoli salad, pulled pork with brioche buns and sweet bbq sauce.
Burfi Part 2: With Saffron
Using Yamuna Devi’s pistachio milk fudge recipe noted in my previous entry, I was ready to put my own spin on the classic Indian dessert.
Saffron is something already made in India but I decided to incorporate it into this recipe, while also reserving the pistachios for a decoration. Continue Reading
Dirt cup upgrade
I’m back to childhood American classic desserts (or late night college snacks for finals week, at least that’s what my college did).
I’ve also kind of fallen off the healthy food wagon a bit which I think is mostly due to my bachelorette status. Continue Reading
The irony of pie
I still have bags of berries in my freezer. And the only occasion to make a pie this week was to bring it to a showing of Keanu Reeves’ “47 Ronin,” with my other two friends.
Nudie cake (no sugar added)
A friend of mine from Salem texted me one weekend:
“Dude, when are you coming over next? Salem is boring so you should come over and we’ll make a cake.”
A sweet addendum to girl scout cookies
My friend let me keep a portion of the leftover cookies from from our movie night, because eating six boxes in one sitting would have been obscene.
Girl scout cookies and beer, yeah they are a great combo
After a bizarre week, I needed a movie night with beer. My friend was more than happy to provide, along with girl scout cookies.
I made some popcorn, and we watched a bit of Tenali, a virtuous Indian cartoon for children with creepily animated characters.
Best cinnamon coffee cake
In want of cinnamon rolls for my brunch, I toyed with the idea of making a cinnamon cake that required a special cinnamon bundt pan.
But I decided to crack into more of Saveur’s New Classics Cookbook collection to see what they suggested.