WINTER IS NOT COMING! Summer is forever with these lemon crinkle wonders.
Read MoreLemon Crinkles
in Dessert, Gluten, Vegetarian
Dessert
Dirty 30 Strawberry Lemonade Cake
Well, it happened. Jess turned 30.
Read MoreGrandma's Birthday Cake
in Dessert, Vegetarian
This cake... It's pillowy and wet and pumped full of chocolate insanity. The buttercream, if used sparingly, actually contributes to the more savory aspects of the cake layers such that it doesn't give you a sugar headache when you eat like six pieces in a row. Ok, I can't help it if cake descriptions sound extra sexual. Happy Birthday Grandma?!?!
Read MorePit of DisPear Cake
in Dessert, Italian, Vegetarian
I was feeling gloomy so I made this pear cake for happiness, but still made it look like it was next to a rainy window on a stormy day, even though that is ridiculous because I live in San Diego, and San Diego would never betray me like that...
Read MoreDeplorable Almond Paste Cookies
in Dessert, Gluten Free, Italian, Vegetarian
Every single Christmas for my entire life, my grandma has made almond paste cookies. This is her recipe!
Read MoreSour AF Lemon Tart
in Dessert, Vegetarian
This lemon tart shizness is sour AF, so get your drool ready and pucker up!
Read MoreMy Best Friend's Wedding Tart
in Dessert
This past weekend. one of my oldest and only friends Amber got married to her corresponding nerd, giving me the perfect opportunity to fly to Boston and indulge in my only mildly fetishized obsession with tart making. As such, I voyaged to the east coast, drank a bottle of wine that my brother recently procured from a tour of all the wineries in France or something, and three hours later, here was this boozy chocolaty buttery tart that I somehow managed to get to the wedding at a mystery lake 45 minutes away!
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