Happy New Year ( Read more... )

Everything's still a little crazy around my apartment -- still not fully unpacked -- so this weekend I decided to make something simple that didn't require oven time. I still wanted to do something a little out there, though, so I decided to set some Twinkies on fire. You know. The usual ( Read more... )

Got married. Moved to a new city 3 hours away. Started new job (as a teacher, so also started tons of new curriculum development ( Read more... )

I just moved to a new apartment, and my new kitchen is filled with boxes, boxes, boxes! Since I haven't been cooking up anything new, I decided to compile some of my absolute favorite recipes from Willow Bird Baking so far in 2012. If a recipe is sitting here in this post, it means for all sorts of reasons -- a combination of taste, preparation fun ( Read more... )

A while back, I started attempting classic desserts. I do this kind of thing once a month, on average, because there's a lot of sugar and fat here and I'm a vain bastard... but that also means that if I'm going to have to run more laps for a dessert, that dessert is going to be worth the extra sweat. These were ( Read more... )

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My birthday was this past weekend, and I celebrated by devouring this cake with my boyfriend. Straight out of the skillet, no fluff, no formalities. It's my favorite chocolate sheet cake recipe piled high with gooey frosting, vanilla bean ice cream, and hot caramel sauce. Haaaaappy birthday indeed ( Read more... )

Yesterday I made something I'd never made before for various reasons but mainly because I don't have a freezer in my tiny studio flat, only a tiny compartment in my fridge that just about makes water hard. I'd read and seen on various blogs that you don't need a machine to make ice cream if you stir the mix regularly so I'd considered trying that. ( Read more... )

This is probably the easiest “ice cream” in the entire world, as well as being among the healthiest. It has only two ingredients and is sugar-free, dairy-free, gluten-free and egg-free. Literally ANYONE can make and eat this - you don’t even need an ice cream maker. And the best part of having this super-healthy dessert in the freezer? You can chow ( Read more... )

I posted Taco Pockets recently and told you that I'd be posting a way to use part of your yeast dough to make a simple dessert. Here ya go ( Read more... )