Baking A Moment

Spring/Summer

Lemon Olive Oil Cake Recipe

Olive Oil Cake

I make these vanilla cut-out cookies every year, and they never disappoint! So easy to make, the dough is great to work with, and they absolutely, positively, DO NOT SPREAD when you bake them. Perfect for decorating with royal icing.

How to Bake (Easy! and Delicious!) Cutout Cookies with Neat Edges

Overhead image of pizzelle on a wire cooling rack with whole anise seeds and powdered sugar.

Pizzelle Recipe (Thin and Crisp)

Square image of unbaked pie crust in a dark blue dish with a rolling pin in the background.

Homemade Pie Crust Recipe

Tomato sauce being ladled from a large enameled cast iron Dutch oven.

Tomato Sauce

Basic Scone Recipe: moist, buttery, and melt-in-your-mouth plain scones.

Basic Scone Recipe

Tiramisu cake with a slice cut out, displaying the many layers.

Tiramisu Cake

Streusel topping in a small enameled pot.

Basic Streusel Recipe

Homemade lemon vinaigrette, presented in a small glass jar and adorned with chopped shallots.

Lemon Vinaigrette

Best Marble Cake Recipe

Marble Cake

A loaf of glazed coconut bread with dripping icing and toasted coconut flakes on top, on a marble board with a blue cloth underneath.

Coconut Bread

Rich, shiny chocolate glaze for drizzling over cakes or topping donuts.

Chocolate Glaze

Best Pound Cake Recipe

Traditional Pound Cake Recipe

An icy Moscow mule drink in a copper mug, garnished with lime and fresh mint.

How to Make a Moscow Mule

Chocolate chip cake baked in a square pan with powdered sugar on top.

Chocolate Chip Cake

Homemade Oreos stacked on a white surface with a blue napkin in the background.

Homemade Oreos

Best Vanilla Cake from Scratch

Vanilla Cake Recipe: Perfectly Moist and Delicate

Lamb chops with an herb bread crumb coating, cooked to medium-rare.

Herb Encrusted Lamb Chops

Homemade oreo ice cream in a white ceramic loaf pan with a vintage ice cream scoop.

No-Churn Oreo Ice Cream

Salmon glaze on roasted salmon filet served over sweet corn and grape tomatoes, with a basil butter sauce.

Glazed Salmon over Corn and Tomatoes

Blueberry crisp served in a shallow dish with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Blueberry Crisp

Homemade ice cream cake with layers of cake, fudge, cookies, ice cream, and whipped cream.

How to Make an Ice Cream Cake

A slice of no-bake chocolate cheesecake on a dark plate with a vintage silver fork.

No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake

Pretzel bun sliced horizontally and presented on a baking tray.

Pretzel Bun Recipe