Lemon Battery Cake
Phrosting and Physics When the last day of my super awesome coworker Ana was approaching (in early December), someone commented, “We should get her a cake.” I perked up. Did someone just say cake? I like cake. I like making…
Brown Butter Hazelnut Cake
How to skin hazelnuts without pulling out all of your hair It was my birthday recently (okay, if we’re being honest it was almost more than a month ago because I’m slow at this whole blogging thing), and I think…
Take 5 Cupcakes
CHOCOLATE I can’t believe I’ve been blogging for multiple months and have not yet delved into the science of chocolate. This is a serious failing on my part, and I extend my deepest apologies. And I’m going to remedy it….
Three-ingredient Lemon Pie
Bonding: let’s get together, yeah yeah yeah The more I read about food science, the clearer it becomes that protein interactions determine the fate of everything from simple scrambled eggs to the most delicate cake. And protein interactions are governed…
Candy corn cookies
Of pumpkins and pectin My lovely cousin had the audacity to get married to a great guy, host a rocking party, and gather most of my awesome family together—on Halloween weekend. (Britt: I’d take your wedding over Halloween any day….
Chocolate layer cake with raspberry filling and chocolate ganache
Ganache-ing their terrible teeth I love birthdays. They are an excellent excuse to make extravagant cakes, which I love to do and would probably do more often if people didn’t seem to find it extremely strange when the occasion for…
