Hazelnut Almond Dacquoise #2

Made this incredible hazlenut almond dacqouise with espresso buttercream for the 2nd time, this time for a design summit at Keurig. Recipe from the Flour Bakery cookbook.

Strawberry Parfaits

These beautifully layered desserts were made for Easter, and then adapted for a 2 hour baking workshop that I ran with neighbors. In place of the mousseline cream, we used sweetened whipped cream. It wasn't as decadent, but it worked well in the time we had! Recipe from the Bouchon Bakery cookbook.

Chocolate Mousse

This soft, indulgent chocolate mousse topped with a drizzle of olive oil and fleur de sel was made to follow dinner with friends. Recipe from Barbara Lynch's Stir cookbook.

Mardi Gras King Cake

It's always fun to find the baby in the King Cake at Mardi Gras! I didn't have purple, green, and gold sprinkles this year, so I settled for blue, green and white. Recipe from NY Times Cooking.

Oh-Ohs

For this year's Superbowl, I made Oh Ohs, Thomas Keller's version of Ho Hos.

Ricotta Cookies

For a baking workshop with neighbors, I chose ricotta for the theme and made ricotta gnocchi and these fluffy ricotta cookies. Recipe from cookiesandcups.

Dinner rolls

Baking bread is so rewarding when it behaves! This easy recipe is from Cook’s Illustrated: “Fluffy Dinner Rolls.”

Neighborhood Pie Workshop

Here's a mini demo pie for the pumpkin pie workshop I’m running with JP neighbors on Sunday! 

Pumpkin Cheesecake

This was an EXCELLENT cheesecake. So smooth and creamy! I used the Cook's Illustrated Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe, which has you blot the canned pumpkin puree with paper towels to remove the moisture. Worth it! I made this for a belated birthday celebration for our engineering coop, Marina.

Wedding Cupcakes!

Carrot, Gluten Free Carrot, Ginger, and Red Velvet Cupcakes with Flour Bakery Cookbook cream cheese frosting, at my wedding!

Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Cake

An elaborate cake from Rose's Heavenly Cakes for my friends Ed and Sarah's wedding! Under the shiny dark chocolate frosting are 3 layers of fluffy strawberry mousseline buttercream sandwiched between 4 layers of soft white cake.

Banana Bread

Banana bread made from bananas that were super ripe and left behind at the office on a Friday! I snagged them and made this beautiful bread. Score! I believe I used the Cook's Illustrated Best Banana Bread recipe.

Wedding Cupcake Trials!

Carrot, Gluten Free Carrot, Ginger, and Red Velvet Cupcakes with Flour Bakery Cookbook cream cheese frosting, as practice for my wedding!

Gluten Free Pear Almond Cake

I made this for a dinner party with our next door neighbors, as practice for our pre-wedding dinner party! It was delicious. Recipe here: https://simplygluten-free.com/blog/2010/09/pear-almond-cake.html

Tiramisu

New Tiramisu from Joanne Chang's Flour Bakery Cookbook. I made this for Paige, one of our design interns at ELEVEN.

Cured Meat Biscotti

Juniper Berry Salami Biscotti to go along with Todd Maul's craft cocktails at work (unfortunately, he didn't make it in on this day, but we all enjoyed these after lunch!)

Brioche Au Chocolate

Brioche Au Chocolate from Joanne Chang's Flour Bakery Cookbook for our intern Grace's last day at ELEVEN. These were quite an undertaking!

Key Lime Pie

When it come to key lime pies, the Joy of Cooking recipe is still tops. 

This was made for a dinner party where I chose the color green and the dessert course (the others chose red/pink, orange/yellow, or blue/purple, and protein, starch, or vegetable).

Meat Pies

Savory meat pies for my coworker Meg's birthday!

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Glass Shards

Having a client that manufactures glass in the office today inspired these fun red velvet cakes with shards of glass sugar.