Category Archives: baking

Who doesn’t love a good piece of pie? I love cafeteria-style establishments. These pies plus fresh strawberry shortcake are available at Tebo’s in Gladstone, Oregon.

I have always loved cupcakes, even when they weren’t trendy. Today I baked Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting. I had cut out the recipe from Bon Appetit in 2003 but just got around to making them. The cake part … Continue reading →

I have long been fixated on finding sweet treats and recipes that include black or green tea as ingredients, so I was thrilled when Amai Tea & Bake House decided to offer their tea sweets cookies for sale online. Take … Continue reading →

Cookie aficionados, Carolyn and I need your help. While browsing through the incredible food court in Aussie department store David Jones, we came upon a delectable cookie–the brandy snap creme cookie. Apparently it is a secret recipe by the Cookie … Continue reading →

My mother’s birthday coincides with the first day of spring. I decided to bake her a cake, because I now live in the same city as she does! At first I was going to make a lemon layer cake, but … Continue reading →

Saturday I accidentally went to New Seasons Market (a GREAT local market) during their cookie tasting. It was pretty amazing. They were sampling just about every variety of packaged cookie sold in the store! Here is just one table: I … Continue reading →

Way back in the early 1990s, my friend Alice and I were a little obsessed with scones. We both had the tiny cookbook Biscuits and Scones by Elizabeth Alston, and nearly every day we would get together for scones, tea, … Continue reading →

Ever since Megan and I got a Coffee Crunch Cake from Yasukochi’s Sweet Stop Bakery in San Francisco, I’ve been wanting to make one. I found a recipe online for Blum’s Coffee Crunch Cake, which I figured was close enough. … Continue reading →

I may have blogged about these cupcakes before, but if so, I still think they warrant a second post, since they are so tasty (and also because I have nothing else to blog about. Ha). They are yellow cupcakes with … Continue reading →

Today I baked a triple layer chocolate cake with Hershey Bar frosting (and I didn’t even lick the frosting. I’m kind of off my restricted diet but kind of not): I only had two 9″ cake pans, so the top … Continue reading →