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!
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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!
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 –
Puckery Perfect Lemon Lingonberry Cake
Lemon Lingonberry Cake, done Sweet Nerd style. It’s a bit of ‘Splatter meets Swedes.’ The puckery sweet filling was inspired by Sweden’s popular Lingonberries and the urban splatter painted finish was inspired by street art in Los Angeles.
Honeycomb Peach Kolachkes ~ Heavenly Breakfast Bites!
Czech and Kolachkes go together like Bees + Honey! And speaking of bees, this Kolachkes recipe, which I found in my fave cookie cookbook, Cookie Love, upped the ante by adding in Honeycomb.
Tahini Berry Breakfast
There is a small Canadian town that’s putting food cities to shame (I’m referring to this article by Saveur Magazine) called Tofino.
Butterscotch & Grilled Pineapple Flatbread – Best Ever Dessert
I’m having a Rocky Balboa moment. I’m envisioning myself racing by snow-capped Patagonian mountains with the sounds of a crowd cheering me on as I finish the final descent to the finish Line.
Summer Love Grafookies
Daring. Delicious. And Dripping With Love. It’s an odd combination, I realize, but I can’t help creating a mash-up of Grandma’s Sweet Cookies with the edgy splattering and streaking of urban XO lettering and hand drawn hearts.
Nectarine & Blueberry Pies, Two Ways to Please Your Crowd!
Need a party theme? Allow me to introduce you to Amy Murphy of Parties, Petals, and Paper who has taught (and continues to teach) this Sweet Nerd a thing or two about hosting.
How To Create Morning Waffle Dudes!
Introducing…waffle dudes (aka, Stick Men)! These treats are tons of fun to make, and everyone in the family can be apart of the creation process.
