My first keto-friendly, sugar-free experiment. I came across a post on The Big Man’s World for a coconut crack bar. Many friends have expressed interest in keto-friendly desserts so I wanted to try my hand at one. This recipe is simple as you just mix three ingredients. However, it proved to be a pain in my butt…
Month: May 2018
Chocolate Pear Cake
Some family was recently traveling in Italy and started sending my photos of some goods in the local bakeries. They’re returning back this weekend and asked about two different cakes. After some Googling and talking with some fellow bakers, we determined that one was a chocolate pear cake and the other was an Italian apple…
New York Style Crumb Cake
One of my favorite breakfast treats is Entenmann’s crumb coffee cake. It never lasts long in our house since I simply cannot control myself around it. I knew it was only a matter of time until I tried making one from scratch. For my first try, I went with Brown Eyed Baker’s recipe. It’s very straight forward and…
Angel Food Cake with Three Berry Compote
It has been a long time since I’ve made an angel food cake and I’ve had a recipe with a three berry compote earmarked from Food & Wine for a long time. Today just seemed to be the right day to give it a go. The recipe is straight forward and was very easy to execute. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~…
Baklava
Over a year ago, I tried a bacon baklava recipe. It turned out really well! This time, I tried the recipe that the bacon one was modified from. This baklava recipe is from Closet Cooking. Baklava is fairly straight forward and easy to make. If you’ve never used phyllo dough before, be forewarned that it is…
Casual Confections 