Cornbread Cake with Blueberry Balsamic Glaze-More Joy!

Cornbread Cake with Blueberry Balsamic Glaze-More Joy!

Continuing on my “All Things Joy” thread.  Joy Cho, creator of Sour Cream Gem Cakes posted yet another winning snack cake (in Eater this time), a stunning Cornbread Cake with Blueberry Balsamic Glaze.  I literally ran to my kitchen to try it.  Like her Mochi Banana Bread, this is simple, easy to make, and delicious. …

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Mochi Banana Bread,The Cho-sen One

Mochi Banana Bread,The Cho-sen One

I think of myself as a pie person but lately, I have found myself baking cakes.  Not fancy multi-layer show-stopper cakes, simple one layer, easy to make, snacking cakes.  That grab-and-go type treat, unfussy, portable, the bar cookie of cakes. Brooklynite pastry chef, Joy Cho, first caught my attention with her amazing Sour Cream Gem …

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Lemon Curd, So Nukalicious!

Lemon Curd, So Nukalicious!

When Tree Gives You Lemons…..Make Lemon Curd! Outside my kitchen window grows one of my few garden successes,  a lemon tree.  While Meyer Lemon trees are ubiquitous here, I have a beautiful Eureka Lemon tree that despite me, produces a ton of lemons year-round.  I actually fertilized it this year…I now have a gazillion of …

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Mango Sticky Rice-Nuked!

Mango Sticky Rice-Nuked!

Raise your hand if you have had Mango Sticky Rice.  Just trying to gauge in the pantheon of delicious desserts, where Mango Sticky Rice lands.  I live in a bubble in the Bay Area where you can be in an Asian restaurant or supermarket be it Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, in minutes.  Mango Sticky Rice …

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Butter Mochi, Microwave Magic

Butter Mochi, Microwave Magic

Yes, on the Mochi treat trail once again.  Aside from being delicious, Mochi is pretty darn easy to make thanks to Mochiko Sweet Rice Flour.  I have been playing around with recipes that find their roots in Hawaiian Butter Mochi.  Sweet Rice flour, butter, eggs, sugar, and different liquids (milk, coconut milk, fruit nectars….) combined …

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