Lemon Poppy Seed Drops {ModBak}
This week’s Modern Baker Challenge recipe is a simple, but kind of odd, little cookie. At least I’ve never made or eaten anything quite like it before. The main flavor and texture ingredients are...
View ArticleLemon Loaf Cake {TWD-BWJ}
This is the second April recipe for Tuesdays with Dorie. Unlike the pizza rustica, which involved mixing and rolling crust, making filling, and shaping a lattice topping, the lemon loaf cake was a...
View ArticleBlackberry Jam Sandwiches with Lemon Icing {ModBak}
This week’s Modern Baker Challenge recipe was, indeed, a challenge for me. Although Kayte, the official baker for this recipe in the Cookies, Bars, & Biscotti section, reported great success with...
View ArticleHungarian Shortbread {TWD-BWJ}
This week’s recipe for Tuesdays with Dorie — Baking with Julia was a new twist on an old favorite for me. I’m a big fan of shortbread cookies and love to try different versions of them (Nick...
View ArticleFrench Strawberry Cake {TWD-BWJ}
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If so, here are four thousand words about the disaster that was my Tuesdays with Dorie French Strawberry Cake: My cake went from lopsided… …to flat… …to...
View Article{Bake!} Strawberry Chantilly Cake with {Mod Bak} Yellow Cake Layers
It’s Strawberry Week here at Of Cabbages & King Cakes. Six days of posts featuring this delicious fruit in all of its height-of-the-season goodness. Monday began with an amazing Strawberry...
View ArticleLemon Ginger Pound Cake {ModBak}
It’s day five of Strawberry Week here at Of Cabbages & King Cakes. And today’s theme is a simple one – strawberries make everything better. Case in point: This is Lemon Ginger Pound Cake from the...
View ArticleCitrus Beet Ice Cream {Recipe} {Ice Cream Week}
It’s Ice Cream Week here at Of Cabbages and King Cakes! Five days devoted to everyone’s favorite summer treat. Today’s theme is “Fruits of the Summer”, which I have loosely interpreted to include one...
View ArticleClassic Génoise {ModBak}
The next cake in the line up for the Modern Baker Challenge is one I’ve only made one other time, with disastrous results. Last June I made — or tried to make – a French Strawberry Cake for Tuesdays...
View ArticleBanana Rum Coconut Layer Cake {ModBak}
This week’s Modern Baker Challenge cake features one of my favorite flavors. No, I don’t mean dark rum (although I’m certainly not opposed to rum). I’m talking about bananas. Regular readers of my...
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