Whatever your feelings were about the election, these brownies are a perfect response. They will surely cheer you up if you are unhappy about the results (chocolate always improves things!), and serve as a tasty victory dessert if you are happy about the results. We look forward to voting in the next election! Politics aside,…
Category: Dessert
Peach Pound Cake
You might be wondering why we made a pound cake with peaches in it in October, instead of something normal and seasonal like apple pie. Well, we’ve had some chopped peaches that our grandmother froze for us about a month ago, when the peaches were getting overripe. Finally we had a chance to pull the…
Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
High school has been an annoying interference in blog posting- we’ve got lots of recipes on our “To-try” list but basically no time to make or photograph them (our math grades are more important, unfortunately!). While these cookies are certainly far from inventive or creative, they are one of our favorite things to make and…
Blondies
Yesterday we made a batch of these and some beautiful cheesecake brownies to sell at a bake sale at our school today. The sad thing is that all of the blondies and the brownies sold before we could even get one ourselves! So, after we took the PSATs today (who invented them anyway? Obviously whoever…
Lemon Layer Cake with Vanilla Bean Frosting
For our not-so-little little brothers’ 15th birthday (yes, we have fraternal twin brothers), they requested this lemon cake. Or, we suggested this cake because it looked so good and they knew better than to disagree! The bad lighting doesn’t do this cake justice; it is one of the best cakes we’ve ever made. There is…
Thumbprint Cookies
If you are searching for an easy, yet delicious and impressive dessert to make, look no further! These yummy little cookies are super fast to make (they are basically shortbread cookies) and can be filled with any filling you want, depending on the occasion. While we kept ours simple on the outside, the cookies can…
Brown Butter Pumpkin Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting
These cupcakes are so good! We brought them in to our Latin class for fun, and they were just right since it was the first day of October- the flavors are perfectly in season! Everyone who had one loved them, so we will happily make them again sometime soon. The homemade caramel sauce is what…
Fresh Fruit Tart
Summer, sadly, is over. But on the off chance you still have some fresh fruit sitting around, you should definitely make this tart. If you are unable to accept that fall (which is a great season, but marks the start of school) is here, it may make you forget for a moment that it is…
Chewy Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies are often underrated, and while we agree that sometimes all you need is a warm chocolate chip cookie, these definitely are a close second or third in the list of the best cookies ever. They are chewy, and have a nice buttery flavor. Just ignore the fact that there is butter, cream cheese,…
Chocolate Swirl Buns
When Annie over at Annie’s Eats posted about these buns two days ago, we knew we had to make them! They are a mini version of chocolate babka, minus the streusel. We worked at a retirement home over the summer, and they often served babka. It was purchased from a frozen food supplier and was…
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