Category: Cakes and Pies
Royal Icing for “Flooding” Sugar Cookies
This icing is made with meringue powder – a product made with pasteurized egg whites. You can confidently make this icing without worrying about salmonella [more…]
Classic American Buttercream -2024 Reformulation
The easiest, best buttercream for icing and decorating cakes, cupcakes or cookies. This formulation tastes like vanilla ice cream!
Candy ‘Till Ya Puke Cake – A Family Favorite
This cake has been a ‘hit’ at my house for almost a decade. Kids love it, teens go wild over it! I personally, am not [more…]
Fresh Chocolate Ganache
This chocolate sauce is so versatile. Use it warm and you have a drizzly accent for your cookies, cakes or pastries, use it room temperature [more…]
Whipped Chocolate Buttercream
A light, delicious, not-too-sweet icing. It’s almost like the middle of a 3-Musketeers bar! This icing is fabulous on cupcakes, cakes, even cookies. It’s important [more…]
Cookies and Cream Buttercream Icing
Top cupcakes, sandwich between layers of cake, ice cakes, or do whatever you please with this icing. The heavy whipping cream is optional in this [more…]
Fresh Cheesecake – Fast and Easy
Cheesecake is deceptively simple. It only requires a food processor to pulverize graham crackers to make the crust, and later, after a quick wash of [more…]
Lush, Deep Dish Chocolate Cream Pie
The best, most decadent, lush and unforgettable pie. My chocolate cream pie recipe uses ten egg yolks and three cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips to [more…]
The Best Pie Crust Master Class and Recipe
I’ve been making this pie crust for decades. It’s a formula and concept I learned in France, and augmented by studying vintage American cookbooks. I [more…]
Classic American Chocolate Layer Cake
A deep, dark chocolatey cake that is moist and almost custard-like, while still being light. The mayonnaise is an unlikely key ingredient that makes this [more…]