Pie

The past two days have been a non stop bake-athon. We have three pumpkin pies, a bourbon pumpkin cheesecake, cranberry cake, and some lovely candied pecans. Deeelicious.

Unfortunately, all of this baking has led to multiple burns. Now, I must go tend to my war wounds....

Lavender Honey

I have the most amazing jar of lavender honey from Fauchon, and it's been sitting in my cupboard waiting for something that would really make it shine. This recipe is exactly what I've been waiting for. Oh yes, my little lavender honey. We're going to get along quite well.

p.s.-- Lavender is by far my favorite thing to bake with. Ever.

Haven and Hell

This Heaven and Hell layer cake from Saveur is making me swoon. Layers of airy angel food cake and layers of rich devil's food cake are tied together with peanut butter mousse and milk chocolate ganache. I'm thinking this baby may need to be my weekend project for next weekend.

Cherry Clafoutis

Due to a disastrous miscommunication between the manager and the produce guy at our local supermarket, my dad and I got a GIANT bag of cherries for $.50 the other day. About 5 lbs of bright red, juicy deliciousness. I experienced not one ounce of guilt when turning a large chunk of those little beauties into what you see above. A rustic french cake/custard called a clafoutis. I happen to think this is one of the most perfectly simple desserts ever, and it's even better for breakfast. Yum.

Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

Tonight is a sad night for hockey fans in DC. That's ok though. The boys played hard, and so we're not going to talk about that. Instead we're going to talk about Ina Garten's Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars.
Terrible phone picture. I know. It's because I'm lazy. Anyway, these little babies are cooling right now, and I can't wait to slice into them.