Key Lime Cookies

I love lime. (Do you really love lime, or are you just saying it because you saw it? (yep, that's an Anchorman spoof, live with it)).

Petit Fours: Round One

My kitchen looks like a tornado ripped through Candyland and I think I just gave myself diabetes. Round one will be chalked up as a "learning experience." Mes petits gâteaux are actually little packages from Satan. Ok, maybe they weren't that much trouble, but I just spent an entire hour mixing icing. The icing was really the only terrible part. Icing *shudder*...

Let them eat Petit Four

I've taken it upon myself, with some gentle urging from an expecting friend, to learn how to make petit fours. Don't know what petit fours are? Don't worry, only the Cox twins would have that knowledge and craving. Petit fours are cakes or other pastries small enough to eat in one bite. Usually they are sponge cakes with a cream or jam filling and iced to look like a tiny present or with a tiny flower. So, Stephanie and Katherine, I'm making petit fours for the next couple of weeks, I hope you're hungry. I'll be going through several genoise and Bicuit De Savoie recipes from The Cake Bible and playing around with soaking syrups and creams until I've satisfied myself with the results. Good thing the ingredients are cheap. Any suggestions on flavors? I'm trying out a classic almond and maybe a lavender cream to begin with. Chocolate might make an appearance. I'm open to ideas.

Chocolate Bourbon Bundt Cake

I'm back! I know, it's been a while since I baked something. While my body is probably thanking me for a respite from sugar deluge, I've gotten back to it. I started a new (hopefully temporary) job, and I haven't had the motivation to jump into a hot kitchen, but I had today off, so here we are...

Almond Tart

Not may pictures for this because both of my hands were usually busy and I couldn't leave the eggs alone for very long when making the custard. This turned out a lot better than I predicted though. This tart was my first attempt at a custard, as well as my first attempt at the pastry dough, so I figured failure was eminent...

Zucchini Bread

Sorry, I've been lazy about posting this week. Here's one from a few days ago. This is a recipe courtesy of mom. I had some leftover zucchini after making some zucchini-ricotta fritters, and bread is always a good way to use it up...