Half-Size Bakes (Page 3)

That fuzzy pink number

One of the first recipes I ever half-sized was this chocolate cake with strawberry icing. Unlike many of the recipes I have shared here, this one was not a family favorite. In fact, I had never made it before. In the early days of

scones

A little refined

When The Resident Food Critic was about 8 years old, I took her out to a "fancy" restaurant that served afternoon teas. She was absolutely enchanted: the waiter brought her her very own pot of tea, showed her how to dissolve a sugar cube

muffins

A little rustic

When I bring up muffins in conversation, the reaction is often lukewarm. (Yeah, I talk about food a lot.) Muffins these days are a coffee-shop staple, but I would argue that if you've only had muffins from coffee shops, you really haven't had muffins

cake

Harvest Time

I asked Tech Support what dessert he would like for Father's Day, and he asked for spice cake. He's like that: very fond of old-fashioned bakes like spice cake and peanut-butter cookies. He is a great admirer of the basics, done to perfection. What

breakfast

A Lazy Weekend Morning

My ideal weekend starts with a lazy morning: reading, sipping tea and nibbling on a fresh pastry, all while lounging in a warm bathrobe. Recently I discovered clafoutis ...

dessert

Peached

Apparently, I am nothing if not predictable. When I mentioned the other day that I was looking at peach cobbler recipes, my daughter rolled her eyes and informed me that I do this every summer. Every summer, I resolve to find a new cobbler

dessert

Angelus Cake

Follow my blog with Bloglovin The first thing I did when I got this half-size angel food pan was cackle maniacally over its adorable half-size cuteness. The second thing I did was make chocolate angel food cake. I remembered have made one (full-size) in