Sumptuous Lemon-Scented Pull-Apart Loaf. Envelopes of sweet fluffy bread, lemon sugar, and a slathering of cream cheese icing.

Tall, soft biscuits and the warm memories they evoke

Light, fragrant, airily crisp almond-orange biscotti dipped in dark chocolate. Wow.

Blackberry Jam Almond Bars and the results of my college applications

Tangerine Meringue Tart with Chocolate Crust. Sweet, sophisticated, and simple – a three-act symphony of sugar

For 17 and Baking’s 1 year blogoversary I recreate the first cake I ever made from scratch: an almond cake with lemon mascarpone frosting!

2 chewy raspberry cocoa cookies + a mini scoop of incredible, chocoholic-converting ice cream = dynamite ice cream sandwiches!

I made 100+ sugar cookies in 2 days, rolled-out and dropped, iced and frosted. The result? The perfect sugar cookie

Things I enjoy: icy blueberry farms in February, a quiet sense of adventure, and simple chocolate crinkle cookies shelled in powdered sugar.

A cross between fudge and truffles, these brigadeiros use only 3 ingredients and open the door to endless variations!

The *best* rice pudding, infused with floral jasmine green tea and speckled with a million little vanilla bean seeds

Soft, pillowy doughnuts with cinnamon sugar, meyer lemon curd, a sweet glaze or blackberry jam.

Maple and Walnut Nanaimo Bars and how I got my voice back

Buttercream chrysanthemums, piped petal by petal onto chocolate cupcakes filled with meyer lemon curd (almost too pretty to eat!)

These caffeine-spiked mini hostess cupcakes kept me awake last night, but boy, were they worth it!

I make midafternoon crepes and travel around the world from my own bedroom.

Bacon + Chocolate = World Peace?

The single best breakfast for the true banana lover? Double Banana Pancakes with Triple Berry Maple Syrup

Make these chocolate Swine Flu Recovery Cupcakes with just one piping tip – they couldn’t be easier, or cuter!

Striped peppermint meringue cookies sandwiched with chocolate ganache