On Taking the Long Shot & Raspberry Chocolate Cake Recipe

On Taking the Long Shot & Raspberry Chocolate Cake Recipe

My family thinks I’m fucking crazy. The words they use to my face, because they love me, are “brave” and “ballsy”, but I know full well the conversations they’re having behind my back probably sound a little more like how I talk to myself. Every 

Recipe: Orange Chocolate Cake

Recipe: Orange Chocolate Cake

Y’all, what a year. I always feel like I have so much explaining to do when I pop back up on this blog once or twice a year, but I have nothing to really say for myself this time, except that in late February of 

Hazelnut Chocolate Ricotta Tea Cakes

Hazelnut Chocolate Ricotta Tea Cakes

I made these hazelnut chocolate ricotta tea cakes a couple of months back, and I have to say, I’ve rarely been more surprised by a dessert. There are few more classic combinations than hazelnut and chocolate, of course, and the ricotta may sound like an 

Walnut Sage Blueberry Galette

Walnut Sage Blueberry Galette

Well, folks, it’s just about time to say goodbye to summer, and to be frank about it, I am not sorry. It is my least favorite of all the seasons and often feels like it’s there just to be gotten through. But one thing I 

A Birthday Cake for Charlie

A Birthday Cake for Charlie

A decade ago — or possibly even less — I would’ve made fun of the kind of person who made a birthday cake for their dog. We always had family dogs while I was growing up, but they were backyard dogs who, while part of