Category: Cookies-Cake-Pastry

Poppy Seed Pockets, A Cookie Recipe For Purim

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[1] Poppy pockets are a spin on traditional hamentaschen (photo and recipe © Go Bold With Butter. [2] Most people think of poppy seeds as black, but they are also available in white at Silk Road Spices. Black poppy seeds are nutty and sweet, and have a stronger flavor than white poppy seeds (photo ©…
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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe For National Banana Bread Day

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[1] Banana bread with chocolate chips and nuts. We highly recommend the optional chocolate glaze in the recipe (not shown) (photo © Lulu Durand | iStock Photo). [2] Don’t want chocolate chips or nuts? How about blueberries? Here’s the recipe from Driscoll’s (photo © Driscoll’s). [3] Fancy banana bread: baked in a rectangular pan, topped…
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RECIPE: Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake With A Chocolate Cookie Base

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[1] Cherry cheesecake with chocolate accents (photo and recipe © Betty Crocker). [2] Use chocolate chips or a chopped chocolate bar to make the glaze (photo © Bella Baker [now closed]). [3] Make your own cherry filling with fresh or frozen cherries, or canned cherries in water. The recipe is below (photo © Oregon Specialty…
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Best Cherry Pie Recipe For National Cherry Pie Day

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[1] This cherry pie gets a fancy lattice top (photo © Cherry Marketing Institute). [2] Mom’s cherry pie (photo © Eric Hood | iStock Photo).   February 20th is National Cherry Pie Day, and we’re honoring both the holiday and home baker Jean Van’t Hul by publishing her recipe for “the best cherry pie ever.”…
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FOOD FUN: Green Tea Fortune Cookie Cake Recipe

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At last: an idea to repurpose the fortune cookies that so many of us acquire from Chinese food take-out. This Green Tea layer cake is made by Baked NYC, one of the most popular bakeries in New York City. The cake has three almond white cake layers, frosted and filled with green tea buttercream. You…
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