Dancing Hares Cake

Dancing Hares Cake

It usually starts with a plate; I can’t count the number of times a pattern has inspired a coordinating baked good, often a cake, but sometimes cupcakes or cookies. Swiss Meringue Buttercream is a most forgiving “paint”. All it takes is a box of gel...
Ginger Rhubarb Coffee Cake

Ginger Rhubarb Coffee Cake

It’s late spring, and with spring comes rhubarb. Alleluia! The trick with rhubarb is to cook it with sufficient sugar for a short enough time to take the edge off the tartness without making the fruit mushy. In this recipe, the rhubarb is macerated (making it...
Vanilla Cupcakes

Vanilla Cupcakes

As a child, when offered the choice between a chocolate and a vanilla cupcake, I’d always go for chocolate. I thought this was pretty much universal among children, but much to my surprise, several of my granddaughters prefer vanilla. In fact, they’re...
Classic Carrot Cake

Classic Carrot Cake

This version of Classic Carrot Cake is moist and perfectly spiced. Its light texture and fine crumb come from preparing the carrots in a food processor rather than grating them, as recommended by (sadly no more…) Fine Cooking magazine. Here, it’s all...