Dessert Recipes

Introduction “I wasn’t even planning to bake that day,” I remember telling my friend while juggling a grocery list and a toddler who insisted on … Read more

“You know that feeling when you walk into a backyard barbecue, and the scent of grill smoke mixes with laughter and summertime buzz? Well, last … Read more

“The power went out halfway through our Fourth of July barbecue,” my cousin Jenna told me last summer, “and honestly, I thought the dessert was … Read more

“The summer I turned thirty, I found myself at a last-minute 4th of July picnic with nothing but a box of cake mix and a … Read more

“You know that moment when you realize the Fourth of July is literally tomorrow and you haven’t planned a thing? Yeah, that was me last … Read more

“You know that moment when you’re at a neighborhood block party, and the dessert table is loaded with every kind of sweet imaginable—but then you … Read more

“I never thought a spilled stout would lead to the best brownies I’ve ever made,” I confessed to my friend Claire the other evening. It … Read more

“You have to try this,” my neighbor said one hot Saturday afternoon, thrusting a bowl of what looked like the creamiest ice cream I’d ever … Read more

“It was one of those chilly October evenings when the wind rattled the windows just right,” I remember telling my friend Jenna as we huddled … Read more

“You wouldn’t believe it if I told you,” my friend Mark said, holding up a slightly lopsided cake, “but this espresso tiramisu cake was supposed … Read more