Dessert Recipes

“Hey, did you see the cookie?” my sister texted me at 11:47 pm, right in the middle of my frantic kitchen cleanup. I’d just pulled … Read more

“You really gotta try this,” my friend texted me one evening, attaching a grainy photo of a gooey, chocolate-drizzled dessert topped with crunchy pretzels. Honestly, … Read more

“Are these really just Oreos on a stick?” I remember someone asking during my first attempt at making these Perfect Graduation Cap Chocolate-Dipped Oreo Cookie … Read more

“You brought the gold drip? Seriously?” That’s what my cousin blurted out when he spotted the shimmering finish on this lemon curd layer graduation cake. … Read more

“You’re not serious, that’s a sheet cake?” my friend asked, eyeing the colorful specks in my mixing bowl as if I’d lost my mind. Honestly, … Read more

“You really have to see this,” my neighbor texted me one humid July morning, a few days before the Fourth of July. I was knee-deep … Read more

“Hey, can you whip up something festive for the Fourth?” my neighbor texted me just hours before the block party. Honestly, I was halfway through … Read more

“You really think this meringue is going to hold up with all those berries?” my cousin teased as I carefully piled strawberries and blueberries onto … Read more

“You sure that rhubarb belongs in a cake?” my friend asked, raising an eyebrow as I peeled those bright pink stalks for what was supposed … Read more

“You’re making pie again? Seriously?” my friend teased over the phone as I shuffled through a pile of rhubarb stalks at the farmer’s market. Honestly, … Read more