Albirdia Sweets

02/12/2013

Did you know ? Tea cakes were meant to cut the bitterness of the tea when sugar was less available and were made more like a bun than a 'cake'. They typically contained dried fruits or exotic spices such as cinnamon. For a very similar reason, people eat doughnuts with unsweetened coffee today!

11/14/2012

Banana bread in a mason jar !! Went to Davanti Enoteca last week and had the best carrot cake of my entire life ... In a mason jar.. Why not banana bread !!??

11/01/2012

Tomorrow attempting my first from-scratch pumpkin pie... can't wait!!

10/11/2012

Hey all! October is the BEST month of the year! (It's my birthday month and... ) The most FUN holiday of the year. Having a party??? Send me an email for some spooky sweet treats!! [email protected]

10/04/2012

The delicious, chewy, spicy... can they be fudgy without chocolate?? Anyway.. the best apple brownies in the world!

10/04/2012

Chai-spiced apple cider!

10/04/2012

Yesterday- a hot Chai-spiced Apple cider. It was SUPER good. These are the spices. The really small round ones on the bottom- black pepper! It's the secret to a spicier chai, or cider!

10/03/2012

Okay so Apple Brownies (more like blondies, actually) turned out REALLY good.. perfectly moist, a litte spicy, super balanced, not too sweet! I could eat the ENTIRE pan..? These would mail well!! They would be a perfect ending to a Turkey dinner, too!

09/30/2012

Hey guys! It's been a while! This week I am dedicating to... APPLES! Watch out for all sorts of yumm apple desserts in the next few days!

09/12/2012

I made these cupcakkes (and added hazelnut flour) for Valentine's day this year, but instead made a raspberry 'butter' cream and topped them with homemade hazelnut candies.. Vegan cupcakes are actually really good- don't knock it 'til you try it!
http://chefchloe.com/sweets/raspberry-tiramisu-cupcakes.html

A lot of you wrote in asking for more cupcake recipes, so I am sharing my winning Raspberry Tiramisu Cupcake Recipe.

09/12/2012

Okay, so I thought I was being cool by still using film, but one of the only places around here that still develops lost an entire roll with photos of the cake that I made for Lilli's baptism.. hopefully someone else has another one- I'm super bummed! But anyway- it was a white layer cake filled with lemon curd and strawberries, decorated with a light yellow swiss meringue buttercream and pastel piped hearts!

06/24/2012

Peach Tartelettes... I wish I had a picture of the strawberry ones.. they were my favorite! :)