"Oh I'd never put my elbows on the table" – Mary Berry
I am a choir director working in a mid-sized high school on the outskirts of Indianapolis, and if you know anything about the Indy high school music scene, you know that means one thing: SHOW CHOIR. As a choir enthusiast with an extensive dance background, an over-active ambition mindset, and a lover of sforzandos and […]
These pretzels are a crowd-pleaser and are sure to vanish quickly whether you are cooking for a crowd or just one bacon-crazed man-friend.
This pastry ring masquerades as a bread, giving you every excuse you need to both pretend that it is adequate food for a full meal, and to smear copious amounts of butter, jelly, or icing all over it.
Warning: this recipe is really rich. Every time my man-friend watched the video when helping me edit he would remark “that’s…. a lot of sugar,” while watching my hands dump in a ridiculous amount of that delicious and cavity-creating substance.
For some reason, the top two layers of my cake decided to take a dive into the bottom of the fridge. I am unsure as to the reason for this architectural failure, although I suspect that the culprit is, as usual, my own impatience. The sponges probably weren’t cool enough.
Today is Saturday, hallelujah. This was a great week at school but also a looooong one, so I have really been looking forward to some downtime. I started my day by delivering donuts to some awesome volunteers for the DCHS Show Choirs that were working on the set, which meant that I got to go […]
Yassss look at that fudgey goodness. I know what you’re thinking. That doesn’t look like something I would normally blog about. It isn’t layered. It doesn’t require a bazillion techniques and dirty dishes. It isn’t even very cute. Normally I would be way too competitive with myself to post about this super humble chocolate cake, […]
I always enjoy returning to what is, realistically, my favorite and most-used cookbook, Paul Hollywood’s “How to Bake.” The pecan loaf pictured above was made from that book, and I’ll get to that particular comedy of errors that somehow miraculously yielded something yummy in a bit. Matt and I are slowly approaching our wedding, which […]
Hey there world, it’s been a minute! I am a week and a half into a BADLY NEEDED two week break from teaching, and this is the first time that I have felt like I had the energy to do any writing. I’ll get to those beautiful and delicious millionaire shortbread cookies above, but I’d […]
School is up and running full swing again, which means that I am basically ready for Halloween and the Holidays…. so this is a post about a bread that is great for fall. If that’s not your jam yet, visit this post in a month or so when you are craving something to dip in […]