• Bar Cookies

    Black and White Blondies

    It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here. Don’t worry, I have been baking (I’m sure you were). This recipe was made an enjoyed several weeks ago; I’m playing catch-up with getting it posted. My paying job was taking up a lot more of my time. We were nearing a project deadline and an already stressful job got even more so. Some staff were visiting from other branches. One of them is a friend who normally hears about my baking but doesn’t get to try it. So I asked her what she might like me to make and bring in. She said something chocolate. Of course! I’m pretty sure chocolate…

  • Cakes & Cupcakes

    Chocolate Raspberry Bundt Cake with White Chocolate Ganache

    Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day! I’m excited. If you are still looking for something sweet to bake for the special people in your life, may I suggest this pretty cake? This recipe is loosely adapted from one in Nigella Lawson’s How to Be a Domestic Goddess, which I still love many years after getting it. Honestly, who doesn’t want to be a domestic goddess? #goals. I knew I wanted to make a bundt cake that combined chocolate and raspberry flavors. A lot of layer cakes incorporate chocolate and berry by having them in separate components – a chocolate cake with a raspberry icing, for example. But I have this adorable heart shaped bundt pan, and…

  • Cookies

    Cranberry & White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

    There is a home video of me as a little girl in which my family is decorating Christmas cookies. Apropos of nothing, I look at my father, who is shooting the video, and say very loudly “I like ice cream and Christmas!” We weren’t even having ice cream at the time. I was just proudly stating my favorite things I guess!