by Maryanne on August 31, 2011, one comment
Somewhere in between bread pudding and coffee cake, lives the buckle. Its a type of cobbler made with yellow cake batter and mixed with fruit (traditionally, blueberries). As you can see, I have an overload of fresh fruits. I’ve been making jams the past couple of days and I still have some fruit waiting [...]
by Maryanne on August 30, 2011, 2 comments
Back in the 90s during my elementary school years, birthday cakes came from grocery store bakeries or from the local Filipino bakery (Goldilocks and Red Ribbon). They were your typical sheet cakes with super sweet shortening frosting, too much airbrushing, and plastic figure decorations. No complaints. I thoroughly enjoyed those birthday celebrations and happily ate [...]
by Maryanne on August 26, 2011, no comments
What do you do when you have overripe bananas sitting on the kitchen counter? If you’re like me, you end up making the usual, same old banana bread. Well, I’ve had enough and I want to break that habit. Say hello to my new banana recipe– the banana cinnamon roll. I usually reserve cinnamon rolls [...]
by Maryanne on August 23, 2011, 54 comments
When I think blueberries in baked goods, I immediately picture those ugly blueberry muffins with exploding berries and goo everywhere. Sure, they’re tasty and smell fabulous but they’re not always a pretty sight. Now, here’s a baked blueberry good that I can’t help but gawk at.
by Maryanne on August 18, 2011, one comment
Whoa, I didn’t realize how difficult it would be to keep with up the blog while I’m out of town. I just got back from a lovely week up in Napa Valley. Nothing better than being picked up at the airport with sunflowers and chocolates. I did some hiking, a little wine tasting and a [...]