Dessert Recipes

The Halloween bake sale was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, totally blanked on it. I was standing in my kitchen at … Read more

There used to be a little bakery on the corner of Maple and 3rd, a place called “The Gilded Spatula,” that made a pumpkin bundt … Read more

My nephew asked why I couldn’t just use the powdered sugar from the pantry instead of buying a new bag for the royal icing. I … Read more

It was 11:17 PM on a random Thursday in October, and I had a very specific, slightly ridiculous craving. I wanted something that tasted like … Read more

There used to be a little bakery on the corner of Oak and Elm in my old neighborhood—the one with the crooked awning and the … Read more

The neighborhood fall potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d been thinking about it for weeks—I just hadn’t actually done … Read more

My neighbor, Mr. Henderson, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—a very mundane Tuesday errand—and the smell of vanilla and … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I was possessed by the very specific need to bake something that looked like … Read more

The woman at the farmers’ market booth watched me fumbling with a bag of apples, my toddler trying to escape the stroller for the fifth … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return her hedge clippers—the ones I’d accidentally kept for three weeks—and the … Read more