Dessert Recipes

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday. I’d stopped by to return her hedge clippers, and the smell hit me before … Read more

This was supposed to be a regular vanilla tres leches cake. I mean, the plan was so simple. I had the whole thing mapped out … Read more

Last October, I was killing time in a dusty little antique shop in Beacon, New York, waiting out a sudden downpour. The place smelled like … Read more

It was 11:17 PM on a frantic Tuesday in mid-December, and I was staring at a half-melted bag of candy canes. The holiday baking list … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, watched me fumbling with a piping bag on my front porch last December. I was trying to get the perfect swirl … Read more

The office cookie swap was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day affairs—the kind with homemade caramel … Read more

I wasn’t expecting candy-making advice from my accountant, but there I was, sorting through a pile of receipts at his cluttered desk, when he started … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a hardware store on the corner of 5th and Elm that made a … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of our local grocery store last Tuesday when the scent of vanilla extract hit me—and suddenly I was … Read more

My neighbor Mark wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow his ladder—ours had a wobbly leg—and the smell hit me before I … Read more