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Just in time for St. Pat’s. Photo © Sprinkles Cupcakes. Marzipan as a cake decoration goes back hundreds of years. It was so popular as a confection, it was used for centuries in Europe to cover wedding cakes, or to create the decorations that topped conventional frostings. But times change, and there’s less marzipan…
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Irish whiskey cake: an upside down apple cake with a mascarpone filling. Photo courtesy Betty Crocker. This cake was originally pitched to us as a holiday fruitcake—an upside-down apple cake with whiskey-soaked fruit. But we liked the idea of it for St. Patrick’s Day as well. The recipe, from Betty Crocker, was developed with…
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Modern Art Desserts is a call to art lovers who like to make dessert. Photo courtesy Ten Speed Press Happy birthday to Piet Mondrian, the Dutch painter whose “grid” paintings have delighted millions. Pieter Cornelis “Piet” Mondriaan was born on March 7, 1872, grew up to become a primary education teacher and then entered…
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