Desserts and Treats

Baked Goods

Rustic Plum Tart Recipe

My best Easter memories are from childhood. Waking up early in the morning to see what the Easter Bunny left for me, each year he used a different tactic. Most memorable was the year he used straw to build a nest on the hearth of our fireplace and filled it with an assortment of candy [...]

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Baked Goods

Tres Leches Cake Recipe

This year is destined to be the year of the Tres Leches Cake. Its name literally translates to ‘3 milk cake’ and is infused with condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream. More bakeries are carrying a version of this cake and I’ve noticed it appearing more often at work functions and weekend dinner parties. [...]

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Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe

Pineapple upside-down cakes are familiar to most people and often seem associated with the 1970′s. My mother made hers in a heavy cast iron skillet and I loved to fight my brother for the candied cherries. My mom made sure that each piece had at least one cherry assigned to it, but it always seemed [...]

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