Feed your inner child; indulge your outer adult There are few things as comforting as the smell of baking apples… except perhaps digging your spoon into a warm apple dessert. Individual apple crisps with a simple upgrade: tequila! Here’s a crisp that will fill your kitchen with those irresistible baked-apple […]
What is clafoutis? Clafoutis is a traditional dessert from the region of Limousin, in Southwestern France. Cherries are placed in a buttered dish, topped with a flan-like batter and baked until the whole thing is puffed up and golden-brown. The dessert is rustic, but somehow irresistibly beautiful and ambrosial, which […]
This quick and easy recipe for roasted plums is a family favorite. Serve it with cardamom gelato and crushed pistachios for a showpiece dessert!
Chocolate Layer-Mousse Cake with Cognac and Bittersweet Chocolate Curls. A light and not-too-sweet chocolate layer cake. The recipe has many steps, but it is easy to make. Use good-quality baking chocolates like Callebaut and a cake leveler, and plan to make the cake ahead of time. A show-stopper of a dessert!
Viviane Bauquet Farre shares her recipe for chestnut cake (made with chestnut flour). It is incredibly delicious and gluten free. Paired with pan-roasted Bartlett pears and chestnut honey syrup, this chestnut cake is good enough to be served at a special dinner or a holiday brunch.
Amelanchier, a native plant of North America, are found in all the states except Hawaii. There are 20 species of this lovely small tree, also know as Serviceberries, Juneberry, Shagbush, Sarvisberry, shadblow and Saskatoon. The berries usually become ripe in June and they are a favorite of birds… Here is a delicious and easy Serviceberry and Poppy Seed Cake recipe.