Category: Desserts

Butternut Squash Chess Pie

Butternut Squash Chess Pie

The color of this burnt orange pie could be misleading.  Cinnamon, ginger, and cloves are not among its ingredients.  Instead, lemon is the starring flavor in this pie.  Together with lemon, roasted butternut squash is added to this classically southern … Continue reading




Espresso Gingerbread Cake

Espresso Gingerbread Cake Recipe

The Santa Ana winds were gusting Sunday night,  and just as I had predicted, the power went out.  Likely to find myself in the dark before the evening was over, I had lit candles throughout the house and tucked a … Continue reading




Pecan Pie Bars

Pecan Pie Bars Recipe

I have quite the collection of cookbooks.  Some people might think it excessive, but I think of each and everyone of them as a friend.  I spend endless hours flipping through their pages, inhaling the smell and savoring the taste … Continue reading




Apple Cheddar and Thyme Crostata

Apple Cheddar and Thyme Crostata Recipe

In an effort to use up every delectable apple we schlepped 3000 miles from our trip to an apple farm in New Jersey, I bring you another apple dessert, or is it an appetizer, or both.  You decide.  Either way, … Continue reading




Dark Chocolate ‘Beer’ Cake with Sour Cream Caramel Frosting

Chocolate 'Beer' Cake w Sour Cream Caramel Frosting Recipe

It’s official!  I finally had my first beer –  in a cake that is.  ðŸ˜‰  In all the hundreds of cakes I have eaten to date, not one had beer in it.  My Dad was an incredible cake baker, and … Continue reading