This cake is my final celebration of summer fruit before embracing apples and warm baking spices. It’s the perfect recipe to bake before resolving to fetch the blankets out from storage for the cool mornings and evenings and transitioning back to coffee served hot. A simple acknowledgment of the transitive, summer-into-fall season. This plum cake
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Mustikkapiirakka: Finnish Blueberry Pie
Mustikkapiirakka is Finnish for blueberry pie. But this isn’t just your standard blueberry pie. Mustikkapiirakka is like a mix of shortbread, blueberry tart, and cheesecake. It has a rich shortbread crust that is pressed into the pan, then it’s filled with a luscious crème fraîche filling and heaps of wild blueberries. The short Finnish summer
Lavender Plum Galettes with Frangipane
I just got to Maine to visit my family for a while, and in Maine, August is a month to celebrate the ephemeral. Everything seems to be at its brightest. The flowers are in bloom, the fruit has ripened, and we have long days of cloudless sun. It’s time to take advantage of what’s on
Torta Caprese: Italian Chocolate Almond Cake
Torta Caprese is a flourless chocolate cake from the island of Capri. It has a thin hard shell and a rich interior flavored with almonds and Strega or rum. It’s usually dusted with powdered sugar or served with a generous portion of fresh whipped cream. The texture for this cake comes from whipped egg whites
Rustic Coffee Walnut Cake
Sometimes you just need a simple, comforting cake that can be put together in just an hour. I find that this Italian torta rustica di noci e caffè fits the bill. It’s a humble, rustic cake that can be prepared for guests at moment’s notice or lend some comfort on a whim. You won’t need
Buranelli: Venetian Butter Cookies
A 45-minute Vaporetto ride northeast through the Venetian Lagoon brings you from Fondamente Nove to the islands of Mazzorbo and Burano. The islands are connected by a small, wooden bridge. Really it’s a collection of several islets now linked together. Where Mazzorbo is a bit more spaced out, dotted with green, and even home to
Financiers: French Almond Cakes
Financiers are miniature almond cakes with crisp edges and a soft interior flavored with nutty brown butter. Financiers are traditionally baked in rectangular molds to make them look like gold bars. It seems like no one is quite sure if they get their name from their shape, or if they get their name and shape