Dessert Recipes

The power went out halfway through my first attempt at these cupcakes. There I was, standing in a dark kitchen at 8 PM on a … Read more

My neighbor Rosa watched me struggling with a piping bag one October afternoon. I was trying to get the perfect swirl on some basic sugar … Read more

My husband, Mark, had claimed to hate candy corn for as long as I’ve known him. Eight years. He’d make a face every time a … Read more

I was standing in line at the post office—honestly, the most boring errand of the week—when the woman ahead of me started chatting with the … Read more

I was supposed to be making a proper chocolate trifle for a Halloween party. You know the kind—layered with homemade custard, real whipped cream, the … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in late October, and I had a ridiculous, specific craving for something that tasted like a cloud … Read more

My niece, who is eight and has very strong opinions about snack foods, asked why I couldn’t just pour melted white chocolate over a big … Read more

I was standing in the bulk bin aisle of our local co-op last Tuesday when the smell hit me—a mix of toasted cumin and something … Read more

My seven-year-old nephew looked up from the cookbook he was flipping through and asked, “Why can’t we just put the sprinkles right into the cake … Read more

Third time in as many weeks, and I finally stopped counting sprinkles. The first batch looked like a unicorn had sneezed on it—too many, too … Read more