ZoëBakes

Grapefruit Posset with Campari Gelee

This is a grapefruit Posset. It has been around for a very long time, but chances are you’ve never heard of it. It is like a perfectly executed panna cotta, in texture and taste, but it is made without the gelatin. There is no fear that you will end up […]

Grapefruit Pound Cake

This is the most awkward time of year for produce. Our expectation in winter is that we have to rely on imported or frozen fruit, if we want anything other than snow to eat. During the summer we have all kinds of local options and even take them for granted […]

Matzoh Crack S’mores

These Matzoh Crack S’mores are incredibly simple and combine two of my recipes (homemade marshmallows and Matzo Crack) into one amazing Passover dessert. Every year I make matzo crack at Passover, because I don’t think I’d be invited back to the Davis family seder if I didn’t. This year I […]

Chocolate Marble Cake

My 15-year-old is not one to spend time cooking, so when he does I watch with delight. Turns out he’s been paying attention. He moved with confidence and ease as he made this chocolate marble cake, so there is hope he’ll leave home someday with at least a few skills […]

Gluten-Free Maple Oatmeal Cookies

Order my new cookbook, Zoë Bakes Cookies, now! One of the most interesting things about writing a book on gluten-free breads, was learning about what grains are gluten-free and which are not. Oats are considered by many to be on the fence. It would seem that it would be a […]

Baked Stuffed Apples (Paleo)

These simple and delicious baked stuffed apples are a fun, healthy treat featuring chopped nuts and dried fruit. If you are looking for something lighter with apple pie vibes, you have to try this paleo recipe! These paleo stuffed apples are the perfect dessert for the week after Thanksgiving. I’ve […]

Spice Cake from Silvana’s Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Kitchen

This gorgeous gluten-free spice cake is from Silvana Nardone’s most recent cookbook, Silvana’s Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Kitchen. She has created incredible recipes for those who are sensitive to wheat and dairy, using her own gluten-free AP flour mix and a simple recipe for homemade almond milk. Of course, I headed straight […]

Cherry Pie (With A Secret Ingredient)

The not-so-secret secret to this recipe is using sour cherries to cut through some of the sweetness. Find out why sour cherries make for the best pie and get the full recipe below! Cherry Pie Tip: Sour Cherries The key to success with this sweet, but not too sweet, cherry […]

Trix Cake

We really have David Chang and Christina Tosi of the Momokuku restaurant group in NYC to thank for elevating breakfast cereal from a mere bowl of milk to high-end desserts. They’ve been serving cereal milk (you know the flavored milk at the end of a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios) […]

Blueberry Cake

Sometimes the best ideas come from happy accidents. I had set out to make blueberry sauce for the boys’ pancakes, instead this purple, berry-stuffed cake materialized. I’d been testing a recipe for the perfect white cake, which I am always on the hunt for. (I think, in my humble opinion, […]

Cherry Cheesecake

I started off thinking this Cherry Cheesecake was a Valentine’s post, with a heart-shaped sensuous cheesecake, topped with ruby-red cherry sauce. It still is, but I have to digress for a moment and talk about the Olympics. It is more connected and less random than you might think. When I […]

My Kitchen Remodel (Before and After)

In 2013 my husband and I bought a house. It’s a gob-smacking piece of 1902 architecture with ornate woodwork, the likes of which I’d never seen before. It was built by T.P. Healy, who made a name for himself in Minneapolis building homes for the flour barons and other folks […]