Huguenot Church Blueberry Brunch Cake is quintessentially old Charleston, this recipe emanating from an 1871 archival reprint from the Huguenot Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Huguenot Church Blueberry Brunch Cake is perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a light dessert. This cake required a few adjustments from the original recipe. This was in an effort...
Desserts
Fruit Galette with Salted Honey
Seems to me these delicate summer fruits all come in at the same time, leaving me no choice but to cook 'em all up together...a wildly imperfect sugared masterpiece. A Fruit Galette with Salted Honey is one of those 'don't need to follow a recipe' recipes that comes out amazing every time. They are free...
Grapefruit Sugar Pound Cake
Grapefruit Sugar Pound Cake is quintessentially summer's breath on a fancy plate. Consume slowly. Grapefruit Sugar Pound Cake is a straightforward cream cheese pound cake, elevated by the addition of grapefruit. It’s summertime after all. And every time I bake it, I am thrust back to my earliest memories of childhood, and of running...
How To Make A Crustless Quiche
Regardless of the fillings you choose, the ratios are always the same, resulting in a perfect crustless quiche. A frequent question I receive in the Not Entirely Average in-box is how to make a crustless quiche. Well, how to make any quiche, really. This is honestly a more recent inquiry. It appears to be...
Brooklyn Egg Creams and Classic Black & Whites
The peculiarity of the matter is such that an egg cream contains neither eggs, nor cream... Brooklyn Egg Creams and Classic Black & Whites are both spectacular singular indulgences. A quick trip back in time for a moment, back to 1900s New York. Back in the day, virtually every block in New York City...
Chocolate Raspberry Tart
This stunner of a tart showcases the raspberry like no other, seductively mingling with soft chocolate ganache that has been heightened with a trifling glint of almond. Think this looks too hard to assemble? Think again.... If only I could have known how beautifully beautiful this Chocolate Raspberry Tart would turn out, I'd have...
Strawberry & Cream Muffins
Strawberry season is upon us, and with an abundance of ripe and delicious berries, use some of your haul to bake up these dreamy Strawberry & Cream Muffins. Strawberry & Cream Muffins are the answer to too many berries to eat up all at once. Who has this problem? Well, I do after I...
Cream Puffs with Jasmine Custard
A simple choux pastry dough is mixed together, then baked and filled with a subtle and sweet jasmine custard. A wonderfully 'Spring' dessert, Cream Puffs with Jasmine Custard are a great baking project, and just in time for Mother Nature's change to fairer days. When it comes to cream puffs and éclairs, freshness is...
County Fair Lemon Pie
Serve this irresistible No-Bake County Fair Lemon Pie on special occasions like Mother’s Day or a birthday or anytime you need an easy lemon dessert. This one will be the blue ribbon winner for sure… This crudely constructed County Fair Lemon Pie recipe starts with freshly squeezed lemons and sugar. The light and creamy...
Bailey's Irish Cream Cupcakes
Bless your little Irish heart and every other Irish part, and may your days be filled with cupcakes. Celebrate the luck of the Irish with Bailey’s Irish Cream Cupcakes. Rich vanilla cake surrounds a surprise bright green center, crowned with a magnificent swirl of fluffy Irish Cream liquor frosting which is made with...
Pistachio Cake
Pistachio Cake is a classic recipe printed and re-printed for decades in old-school church and neighborhood cookbooks. There are probably hundreds of variations, but the general components are white or yellow cake mix, a box of instant pistachio pudding mix, lemon-lime soda, and coarsely chopped nuts for garnish. Also referred to as Leprechaun...
Cherry Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies
I mean, whenever do the merits of chocolate really need an explanation? Exactly….never. These amped up Cherry Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal cookies are consistently scrumptious winners in my big tome of cookie recipes. There are versions of this recipe that have been kicking around the internet for years, but almost all call for raisins, craisins,...
Chocolate Pie
If there ever were to be an official ‘flavor’ for Valentine’s Day, I’m thinking it’d have to be chocolate, so of course if there were ever an official ‘food,’ for Valentine’s Day, then I am hereby proclaiming it Chocolate Pie. If there ever were to be an official ‘flavor’ for Valentine’s Day, I’m thinking...
Russian Crème Custard
Russian Crème Custard is the luscious and grin-coaxing Casanova of the dessert tray. I’m kind of feeling like love is precipitously brimming, my Russian Crème Custard freshly made and the smell of fresh raspberries filling my kitchen. Valentine’s Day arrives soon enough, and I have planned a small gathering convened around this sweetest of...
Chocolate & Toffee Matzo Crunch
Ready for the easiest sweet treat that you can easily make between the big recipes? Chocolate & Toffee Matzo Crunch is colorful, flavorful, and wildly ADDICTIVE! The recipe yields a heaping plateful of these crunchy-sweet squares. I make this quasi-candy around the Holidays to fill in around my homemade tins of...
Semi-Homemade Cranberry Orange Christmas Cake
The combination of sweet oranges and tart cranberries makes my kitchen smell like a giant orange pomander. This Semi-Homemade Cranberry Orange Christmas Cake is deliciously moist, bursting with holiday flavors, and the perfect seasonal sour cream cake. The combination of sweet oranges and tart cranberries makes my kitchen smell like a giant orange pomander....
Pumpkin Pecan Bread Pudding
It's an easy bread pudding recipe made with pumpkin puree, good bread, and a few other simple ingredients. Pumpkin Pecan Bread Pudding is a great fall dessert. I've made many variations of bread pudding over the years, but I stopped experimenting once I perfected this cinnamon custard version to which I have added pumpkin and pecans in time...
Chocolate Blueberry Drops With Flaky Sea Salt
Chocolate Blueberry Drops With Flaky Sea Salt are a four-ingredient extravagance that are nothing short of delightful. Chocolate Blueberry Drops With Flaky Sea Salt are the faultless solution for when my sweet tooth needs a little TLC. In fact, I am somewhat obsessed with them. I mean, fruit and chocolate - is there...
A Pear Tart With Shortbread Crust
Mid Fall, and after I’ve had way too much ‘pumpkin everything,’ I turn to pears, my next favorite autumn fruit, and bake a brilliant Pear Tart with Shortbread Crust. Mid Fall, and after I’ve had way too much ‘pumpkin everything,’ I turn to pears, my next favorite autumn fruit, and bake a brilliant...
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins are moist pumpkin muffins studded with a generous amount of sugared cream cheese that rouse the senses and lets you appreciate Fall as an edible! This Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin recipe is among my favorite muffin recipes ever. Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins are moist pumpkin muffins studded with a...
