S’Mores Pie

by Liz // August 31, 2019 // No Comments

Summer, you sexy, sweaty temptress… you’re going to leave me, aren’t you? You told me that we’re good, that you’d stick around for a long while, and I was stoked. Remember when you locked the school doors at the end of June exclaiming, “That’s the end of that!”, and we all cheered loudly? That was a great day. But suddenly you started lighting off fireworks in the middle of our street, screaming, “America!”. That’s when I started to wonder if you were in a hurry to get on with life. Two weeks ago I overheard you talking to Karen about ending summer camp. You just started! And why are you confiding in Karen? Now I see you brought your suitcase down from the attic, and you left me a “Dear Liz” letter on the fire place mantel.

Don’t tell me… you’re a fan of those crappy pumpkin lattes for jerks, aren’t you? Yeah, thought so.

Well Summer, I’ve got news for you. You’re not going anywhere. I’m going to make summer pies well into September. Maybe even October. What’s that you say? Summer fruit won’t be in season much longer? The jokes on you, lady! I’m making a S’mores Pie every week until Christmas. And then I’m going to start right back up again on January 2nd, SO PUT THAT SUITCASE DOWN.

Thank you.

Okay, let’s do it.

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Strawberry Pie

by Liz // July 12, 2019 // No Comments

My baby girl, Project Pastry Love, just turned 5 years old on April 12th. It’s crazy to think she’d be getting ready for Kindergarten if she were human. I’m glad she’s not human because I don’t know how to style girls’ hair. I do know how to bake though. My original intention when creating Project Pastry Love was to become an expert in baking, and even though I cannot call myself an expert yet I have learned so much about the pastry arts since beginning this blog.

There have been some surprises, however, that I didn’t anticipate when I launched Project Pastry Love back in 2014. Firstly, I’ve become a writer! I enjoy writing about the happenings in my life within the opening paragraph of each blog post. More often than not, these stories have had nothing to do with the recipe being featured. Well, this has led the path to writing articles for Mommikin, and Shore Monthly Magazine.

The second surprise is that through Project Pastry Love I’ve stumbled into my own two-bit, make-shift, what the heck am I doing? wild wild west baking business. I only wanted to show you what I baked and what I had learned from that dessert. It didn’t even cross my mind to sell it to you, but well… here we are. And it’s pretty damn cool.

Lastly, and the sweetest surprise of them all, is that on several occasions now friends and acquaintances will text me a photo of something they baked themselves. The text usually begins with, “I hardly ever bake, and I’m embarrassed to show you this, but I just made this dessert and I’m so proud of myself.” I always text back that their dessert looks glorious and yummy. And it does. Always (homemade is best). What they don’t know is how truly honored I feel that they wanted me to see their sweet creations.

When I started Project Pastry Love I never dreamed that any of this would happen.

So, in honor of our birthdays (I turned 43 on June 4th), I made a strawberry pie. I made a strawberry pie that had a buttery crust, and a luscious strawberry filling. Shoot, I made this strawberry pie twice- it was so nice… and I needed to get it just right. For you. Continue reading →

Irish Cream Blondies

by Liz // April 3, 2019 // No Comments

I saw the Feedfeed’s video on how to make Irish Cream from scratch, and I drooled all over my phone (I was watching it on my phone). Then, with bulging eyes, I watched as they poured some of that Irish Cream into their blondie recipe. Well, that threw me over the edge, so I stopped parenting altogether, fled the house to Fairway Market, and stocked up on Irish cream blondie ingredients. I came home, preheated the oven, checked on my kids (they are still alive! Yay!), and proceeded to make the Irish Cream while waiting for the eggs to come to room temperature. Then I made up the blondie batter, popped it in the oven, and while sipping on leftover Irish Cream, I worked on science experiments with my youngest (I’m back to parenting!). Suddenly, a sweet burning smell emanated from the kitchen, and I realized that I had over-baked the blondies (they were still eaten, by the way). So, I set out the next day to make another batch. This time they were perfect. The key is to not drink, bake, and parent simultaneously.

How’s that for some baking science?

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Vegan Chocolate Frosting

by Liz // March 17, 2019 // No Comments

My oldest son, Cameron, always requests a vegan cake for his birthday. My husband is allergic to eggs and dairy, you see, and Cam wants his daddy to enjoy a slice of celebration too. He’s such a good boy.

I have to be honest though… Cam choosing to have a vegan birthday cake is not really a much of a sacrifice. Vegan baking is actually quite delicious. In fact, I might even declare this vegan chocolate cake to be my favorite chocolate cake in all the land!

If Cameron were to donate all of his toys to charity, or let me sleep in one morning, or put on his shoes in under 10 minutes… well, that would be something. But wanting to have this vegan chocolate cake for his birthday? Meh. Continue reading →

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