Dessert Recipes

It was a Tuesday in November, the kind where the sky feels like wet concrete and the wind has a personal grudge against your umbrella. … Read more

I used to think cobbler was a lost cause. All that mushy, soggy fruit under a layer of dough that never quite crisped up right. … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring dessert. Everyone else would be showing up with … Read more

There used to be a tiny corner café in my neighborhood called The Gilded Spoon that made the most incredible banana bread with walnuts I … Read more

I was standing in the middle of the hardware store last Saturday, holding a lightbulb I didn’t actually need, when the smell hit me. Not … Read more

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