• Baking

    chocolate cherry almond biscotti

    These chocolate cherry almond biscotti were good enough to pull me out of sluggish apathy this morning and finally revive a blog wallowing in abandonment for three years. Well, abandoned by us as bloggers, but not as bakers. We continue to reference this blog for our favorite shared recipes on…

  • Baking

    ricotta everyday cake

    For some reason, whenever we use ricotta around here, it always seems we have a little leftover. Rarely is the whole container completely used up. But, happily, this phenomenon led me to this recipe which is so tasty, I buy ricotta now just to bake it up. The texture is…

  • Baking

    almond raspberry cake

    A rich vanilla buttermilk layer cake glazed with an amaretto syrup, filled with raspberry jam and topped with a lightly almond-flavored swiss meringue buttercream. I love this cake, so much. It’s rich, and yet delicate. Sweet, but not too sweet. The flavors come together into a soft balance—just a touch of almond…