posts tagged ‘mini’

Pointed pinkies only, please: petits fours with poured fondant icing

Recipe: Poured Fondant Icing

Remember the good laugh we had over “grownup” food in our recent bread pudding post? Foods that, when you were younger, only grown-ups ate; and we kids couldn’t for the life of us figure out why?

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Be the Queen of Hearts: Frangipane Cherry Tarts

Recipe: Frangipane Cherry Tarts

As the weather cools here in New England, I start to think about hot tea, hot cocoa, and all the warm fall drinks I enjoy while sitting on the deck.  I love a good Vermont Steamer (hot milk and maple syrup) in the morning and a rich hot chocolate in the evening.

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Chocolate Decadence Minis: one-bite wonders

Recipe: Chocolate Decadence Minis

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Do you like melted chocolate?

And chocolate cake?

How about melted chocolate inside chocolate cake?

Want to make this dessert the EASY way?

No, not with a mix; with a simple technique. Read on…

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Holiday cakes for the decorating-challenged baker: it’s all in the pan.

Recipe: King Arthur’s Favorite Fudge Cake

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“Help!”

That was the cry coming from my colleagues on King Arthur’s merchandising team yesterday.

“We love these little bakers, but they’re only online, not in the catalogue; and no one is SEEING them! Could you…?”

“Do a blog?” I finished the sentence for them. “Well, you KNOW I’m not one of those fussy bakers. Ummm…” read the rest of this entry »