Dessert Recipes

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Wednesday in October, and I had an aggressive craving for something warm, spiced, and dunkable. Not a cookie—too … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just roll the cake while it was still warm. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—then stopped. Honestly, … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at Target last Tuesday when I caught it—that unmistakable scent of chocolate and peanut butter wafting from someone’s … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery on the corner of Elm and 3rd in my old neighborhood that made the most incredible Neapolitan layer … Read more

I wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by my neighbor Jen’s house to borrow a whisk—mine had mysteriously vanished into the abyss of my … Read more

My sister-in-law, Claire, had sworn off pumpkin desserts for over a decade. A bad pumpkin pie incident at a Thanksgiving potluck in 2012—something about undercooked … Read more

Last Sunday afternoon, I was waiting in line at the local farmers market when the sudden scent of cinnamon and nutmeg from a nearby vendor’s … Read more

The lady at the craft store counter watched me loading up on black gel food coloring and royal icing mix, and didn’t say anything at … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a drizzly Wednesday in mid-October, and I had a bag of candy corn staring at me from the counter with … Read more

My neighbor Marianne saw me wrestling with a sticky sourdough starter on my front porch last October. I was trying to feed it before a … Read more