Dessert Recipes

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last October, fumbling for my keys, when the smell hit me. It wasn’t perfume or someone’s … Read more

The PTA bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just a little forgot, like buying the ingredients but not baking yet—I … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a vintage shop on the edge of town called The Whisk & Wand … Read more

My neighbor across the hall, a retired art teacher named Mrs. Gable, watched me wrestling with a bag of candy corn that had somehow fused … Read more

My sister-in-law Jenna wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday afternoon. I’d stopped by to borrow a cake pan—mine had mysteriously vanished after a neighbor’s … Read more

I had refused to put soda in a dessert for my entire adult life. Fifteen years of baking, and I’d scoff every time someone mentioned … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and a very specific craving for something chocolatey and festive hit me. I didn’t have … Read more

There used to be a little bakery tucked between a dry cleaner and a bookstore in my old neighborhood that made the most incredible pumpkin … Read more

Alma wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a casserole dish she’d lent me three weeks ago — honestly, it was … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of our local grocery store last October, staring at a row of black food coloring bottles, when the … Read more