Pear Necessities, French Anjou Galette
Did you know that December is National Pear Month? I hear you: “National Pear Month?” on top of “Christmas,” “Hanukkah,” and “New Years”!?
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Go Nuts For Chocolate Bark, A Perfect Homemade Gift
Bark for all! This is the perfect homemade treat for the holiday gift-giving season. I am always looking for ‘duplicate’ gifts that I can spread amongst my three sisters, my running group, Gavin and Liam’s teachers, or my besties.
Bagel of Champions with Cranberry, Black Pepper, and Goat Cheese
Don’t be average. Go for the gold with this, the bagel of champions with its abundant goat and cream cheese spread, a saucy mixture of cranberry-n-cherries, and cracked pepper sprinkled on top.
Hey Chocolate Bread, Meet Kabocha
Another year gone by, another birthday celebrated…sigh. But, one thing I still love is receiving lovely thoughtful gifts from my peeps!
Warm Date Cake with Whiskey Sauce ~ The Best Form of Day Drinking
Raise your hand if you’re into day-drinking. Not a fan? What if the booze comes in the form of drunken baked goods?
Trick or Sweets ~ Little Nerd Workshop Fun!
Calling all ghouls, goblins and ghosts! Little Nerds everywhere – it’s time to head to the Haunted Headquarters for a Halloween Workshop!
Mummytastic Fun!
Mummy cakes are roaming the halls of our Sweet Nerd Headquarters (ummm, that would be my kitchen, folks!). This past week, a brood of 4th graders joined The Sweet Nerd Halloween Workshop to mummify some white cakes.
Bootiful Cakes, A Spooky Street Sweet
Happy “BOO” Birthday! Halloween marks a special day for honoring my brother Marc’s birthday and giving him some BOOtiful cake love.
5 Ways To Make Mealtime Muffins
With the stress of transporting everyone from school activities to soccer games, then to prepping dinner and helping with homework, my afternoons can get a little bonkers.
The Sweet Nerd in Germany
“Guten Morgen,” as Liam and Gavin would say en route to our morning breakfast in Germany. From the moment we arrived in the Bavarian Alps, these jibber jabbers spoke to anyone who would listen.
Blueberry & Rhubarb Rugelach
Have you ever seen a volcano spewing blueberries? This is what comes to mind as I remember the first times I made this delightful blueberry and rhubarb rugelach.
Fancy Pomegranate Molasses Toast
Urban Chic + Beautiful Brunch Brunch’n Babes! This is how to take your brunch game to next-level status and wow your girlfriends the next time they’re over for a lazy weekend morning.
Drunken Fig & Pecan Sticky Buns, My Kind Of Morning
Wiping my brow, I had made it through the first day of pastry school. It wasn’t pretty, as I was feeling 40-something, overwhelmed, a bit out of place, and well, super-sweaty from frustration and the heat of the ovens.
Baby Buttermilk Blueberry Bundt Cakes
These Buttermilk Blueberry Bundt Cakes are a blissful combo of not-too-sweet crumb cake and rich, blueberryicious topping. You can find different shapes or molds online, or exercise some patience, and scour your closest yard or estate sale.
Simple Fig & Cherry Goat Cheese Appetizer, 5 Easy Steps
Seriously?!? I hate LA traffic. The 5 freeway is THE WORST. The other day, while stuck in bumper-to-bumper, I started daydreaming of something much more cheery –
