Tag: dessert

Milk Chocolate Cake with Chocolate-Caramel Frosting

milk chocolate cake caramel

Let us throw back to last weekend, once again, as I was home in Connecticut to celebrate Father’s Day with the world’s most chocolate-loving pa. How could I not make a chocolate cake for my father, a man that I have seen making pudding or brownie at midnight simply to satisfy cravings over the years? …

Schaum Tortes

schaum tortes

Schaum Tortes December 2020 Update During a holiday season that’s going to be just plain…well…WEIRD…I’m finding comfort in creating old holiday recipes. (What are we calling it? #CovidChristmas ? #PandemicHolidays ? Someone tell me the appropriate levity-heavy hashtag here!) I’m pulling this gal out of the archives for public consumption, because we could all use …

Pfeffernüsse

Pfeffernüsse

Pfeffernüsse is a type of cookie I discovered in a mad dash to beat the crowds out of Grand Central Terminal and make it safely onto the 6:02 to Wassaic one pre-Christmas evening, many Decembers ago. I was cruising past one of the many Zaro’s outlets peppered throughout the station, looking for some kind of pastry or cookie …

Cranberry Apple Sauce

cranberry apple sauce

Autumn is in full swing, with crisper mornings, darker evenings, and the near-daily HELL I face while trying to match the perfect pair of skinny pants with coordinating ankle boots. (The WORST, amirite?) One of my favorite parts of fall? All of my local farmers’ markets are laden with apples! I feel that I am a …