eat dessert first
This plum cake might be the perfect dessert. It’s easy to make, and can be served as morning coffee cake or as a sweet treat after dinner. As the weather gets chillier, at least here in the upper Midwest, we turn our attention over to apples and pears. The summer […]
By the time I became a pastry chef in the mid 1990s tiramisu, the decadent Italian dessert that defined the 80s, was banned from all high-end restaurants. It was a matter of bad PR, not because it wasn’t well liked or frequently requested. In fact, it was its very popularity […]
These lemon-lavender meringue tarts may seem a little upside down, we usually think of the meringue piled high above the lemon filling, not the other way around. This is a simpler twist on the classic, but all the same tangy-sweet allure. The best part is there is no crust to deal with, […]