Dessert Recipes

My friend Carla had flat-out refused zucchini desserts for years. Honestly, she claimed the idea of biting into a cake loaded with green veggies was … Read more

Introduction Last Tuesday, while I was fumbling around trying to make a dessert with the last few peaches from the farmer’s market, my neighbor watched … Read more

“Why not just toss the wild huckleberries in whole instead of folding them in gently?” my friend asked one summer afternoon as we stood in … Read more

It was 11:37 PM on a random Wednesday, and a sudden craving for something sweet and weirdly comforting hit me hard. I didn’t have the … Read more

“Why can’t we just skip the oven and make the cheesecake cups with fresh peaches and cream right now?” my friend asked one lazy Sunday … Read more

Introduction The neighborhood bake sale was in less than two hours and I had absolutely nothing ready. Everyone else was rolling in with multi-layer cakes, … Read more

Introduction Last Sunday afternoon, I was wandering through the grocery store aisle when the faint scent of cinnamon and caramelized sugar caught me off guard … Read more

Introduction There used to be this tiny, sunlit bakery tucked into a quiet corner of my old neighborhood in Portland that made the most unforgettable … Read more

Introduction The power went out halfway through one of those gloomy Sunday afternoons, and honestly, I was more annoyed than anything else. I was rummaging … Read more

This was supposed to be a straightforward lemon pound cake experiment. I grabbed the wrong measuring cup—somehow a half-cup instead of a full—and was already … Read more