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A blog about all things baking and confectionary but with a twist. Everything is made parve (non-dairy) and is just as delicious as any dessert can be.

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Apr 29

Key Lime Bars with a Gingersnap Crust

Key lime desserts always make me think of vacation. It seems like the only time I ever have anything key lime is when we are on vacation someplace warm. I happen to really love key lime pie, but for some reason it never occurs to me to make it mysel (read full article)

Bar cookies, citrus, fruit, gluten-free, lime, soy-free

Apr 19

Candied Grapefruit Peel and a Give-Away

I grew up in a home where no food was wasted. Even the smallest dribs and drabs of leftovers from dinner was put back into the fridge to reappear at a meal later in the week. In fact, the only night we didn’t have leftovers of some sort was Sh (read full article)

Candy, citrus, fruit, gluten-free, soy-free, Vegan

Apr 19

Candied Grapefruit Peel and a Give-Away

I grew up in a home where no food was wasted. Even the smallest dribs and drabs of leftovers from dinner was put back into the fridge to reappear at a meal later in the week. In fact, the only night we didn’t have leftovers of some sort was Sh (read full article)

Candy, citrus, fruit, gluten-free, soy-free, Vegan

Mar 21

Raspberry Truffles

One of my favorite things to make for Passover is truffles. Even though Kosher for Passover truffles are easy to buy, homemade ones are worth the effort. They look much more complicated and impressive than they really are and make a stunning additio (read full article)

Candy, Chocolate, fruit, gluten-free, non-gebrotz, Passover, raspberry, soy-free, truffles, Vegan

Mar 21

Raspberry Truffles

One of my favorite things to make for Passover is truffles. Even though Kosher for Passover truffles are easy to buy, homemade ones are worth the effort. They look much more complicated and impressive than they really are and make a stunning additi (read full article)

Candy, Chocolate, fruit, gluten-free, non-gebrotz, Passover, raspberry, soy-free, truffles, Vegan

Jan 07

Raspberry Mousse

This time of year I often find myself feeling like my body needs a bit of detoxing. After all of the overindulgence of the holidays fresh lighter foods seem more appealing to me than their heavier counterparts. The same goes for desserts. Don't worry (read full article)

fruit, gluten-free, mousse, Vegan

Dec 29

Grapefruit Tarragon Sorbet

I have joined the project Gourmet, unbound. It was started by some amazing food bloggers it is an effort to keep the recipes and stories of Gourmet magazine alive even though we no longer can look forward to the magazine appearing on our doorstep and (read full article)

fruit, gluten-free, sorbet, soy-free, Vegan

Oct 26

Roasted Pear Amaretto Trifle

Trifle is one of my favorite desserts. Basically a layered dessert consisting of sponge cake, fruit and pastry cream there is something both elegant and comforting about it at the same time. I love the interplay of textures and flavors, and the beaut (read full article)

custard, fruit, soy-free

Oct 20

Cornmeal Pound Cake with Rosemary Poached Pears

A few weeks ago someone emailed me asking if I had any good "plain" parve pound cake recipes. I wasn't much help since I had never made a parve pound cake, but it did make me realize I needed to remedy that situation. I tend not to make simple cakes (read full article)

cake, fruit

Oct 07

A Comforting Dessert in No Time at All

Growing up we had a large pippen apple tree right outside the kitchen window. It was prolific, to say the least, and the apples were often on the tart side for eating which made them perfect for baking. Except for the years when my dad was trying to (read full article)

fruit, Quick, soy-free

Sep 21

Easy Apple Tarts

Sometimes it is nice to make a tasty dessert worthy of company with very little effort. I always think that the dessert is as important as the meal, but when there is lots of cooking to be done there simply aren't endless hours to spend on the desser (read full article)

fruit, soy-free

Sep 03

Peach Blueberry Cake

A little while ago, as I was looking up the recipe for blueberry lemon jam in my files, this recipe for peach blueberry cake caught my eye. Since I am making a real effort to try the recipes I have already saved rather than always searching for new o (read full article)

cake, fruit, pie, soy-free

Aug 14

Roasted Apricot Sorbet

A great side benefit of our short lived blueberry picking adventure was stopping at all the farm stands for amazing produce on our way back. The farm that had the blueberries also had large apricot orchards, and they were selling "apricot seconds" fo (read full article)

fruit, non-gebrotz, Passover, sorbet, soy-free

Aug 10

Blueberry Picking with the Family

Last week, wanting to do something fun and summery as a family, we went blueberry picking on the North Fork of Long Island. Since our son absolutely loves picking tomatoes from our garden (unfortunately sometimes green ones as well as ripe ones) we f (read full article)

fruit, soy-free, Vegan

Jul 26

A Treasure from the Farmers' market

Last week I went to the farmers' market near my house after not having been for several weeks. I didn't know what I was going to find, and I was thrilled with all the different friuts that had come into season since I last had been there. Apricots, p (read full article)

fruit, pie, soy-free, Vegan

Jul 16

My favorite ugly cake

One of my all time favorite cakes is a blueberry lemon almond upside down cake. This moist delicious cake has a delicate lemon and almond flavor with a sugary crunch on top from caramelized blueberries that makes you want just another little slice mo (read full article)

cake, fruit, soy-free

May 31

Chocolate Raspberry Tarts

Often when I have an idea for a dessert in my head it takes over and occupies my mind until I have an opportunity to try it. Then, even if it doesn't work out as planned, I can let it go until the next idea comes along and drags me into the kitchen. (read full article)

Chocolate, fruit, soy-free, tarts

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