Dessert Recipes

I did not trust coffee in cake. That was my line in the sand, the hill I was willing to die on. Chocolate cake? Absolutely. … Read more

The kitchen was already starting to smell like fall, but not in the usual way. It wasn’t just cinnamon or nutmeg hanging in the air—it … Read more

My husband took a bite of one of these pumpkin sourdough discard muffins and just stopped mid-chew. He looked at the muffin, looked at me, … Read more

My Aunt Ruth called me on a Tuesday, three days before Rosh Hashanah. “I’m bringing dessert,” she announced, which was alarming because Aunt Ruth once … Read more

For a while, I just accepted that pumpkin cinnamon rolls weren’t going to taste like much. The pumpkin always seemed to disappear into the dough, … Read more

I want apple cider donuts right now, but I don’t want to stand over a pot of hot oil, and I definitely don’t want to … Read more

The last peach was gone before I could even get a spoon. My neighbor, who had only stopped by to borrow a lawn chair, stood … Read more

For a while, I just accepted that homemade banana bread was going to be a little dry by the second day. That’s just how it … Read more

I burned brown butter three times before I made a decent batch of cookies. That’s not an exaggeration for dramatic effect—it’s the embarrassing truth of … Read more

I told my daughter we were making a black cat cake for Halloween. She looked at me, then at the cookie dough I was scooping … Read more