To my delight, I spent most of this past Sunday in the kitchen. It was pouring outside (Los Angeles got a whopping 1.5″ of rain) and I loved bustling about my kitchen playing around with fondant, chocolate, blueberries and Pate Brisee (pie dough) as…
At Secret Marmalade, I specialize in creating desserts that aren’t too sweet. But, truth be told, I love candy. Really really sweet candy. As I kid, I was delighted by circus peanuts, probably ingested more paper than necessary trying to get those candy buttons…
As you *might* have noticed, I haven’t blogged in ages. But, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been baking! I’ll be spending this Saturday in the kitchen making dozens of homemade Cadbury-style creme eggs for those who have requested them (second batch coming the week…
Anyone who’s ever seen me bake can attest to the fact that my kitchen resembles that of the Swedish Chef when I’m done. Eventually, I’ll probably become a tidier cook. But for now, I’m going to celebrate Saturdays with different clips of Mr. Borg…
As you might have read below, I’ve always disliked stollen. It was too sweet, too rum-soaked, too almondy. But, I was determined to make something delicious and impress not only myself but the other non-stollen fans in my family. I recently joined the…
For the last few days, I’ve been lucky enough to spend it baking cookies and making candies with my grandparents. There’s eight of us spending Christmas together this year and so it was a great time to try out a few new types of…