Sugar Plum Tart With Puff Pastry
Hi! I have not been on Project Pastry Love in a whole month. I missed it terribly. I missed baking terribly. My life got in the way. Can you believe that?! I mean, really. The nerve! But I am feeling renewed these days, so let’s get this bitch going! Continue reading →
Chocolate Chip Cookie Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches with a Salted Caramel Sauce drizzle
I want to hold on to summer as long as I can, so I made ice cream sandwiches. I started with chocolate chip cookies that I studded with a little bit of coarse sea salt. Then I made vanilla ice cream using a vanilla bean for a richer flavor. Finally, I drizzled oh so yummy, salted caramel sauce to complete the look and taste. It was heavenly. These little beauties were made for my cousin, Aleks. She jokingly told me to tell all of you that she is my most favorite cousin. The truth is she is one of my most favorite people. Continue reading →
Little Pittsburgh Doughnuts
My husband is still suffering with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. We are going on 4 weeks now. During this time he has been home from work, but I feel like we have hardly seen each other- I have been taking care of the kids and he’s been quietly suffering in bed. Yesterday my parents (the wonderful grandparents that they are) swooped in and took my four year old for a Grandmommy/Grandaddy/Cameron fun time that included a sleepover. That gave me and my husband some much needed time to relax together. We put baby Wesley down for a nap, I made us some coffee, and I began to make these doughnuts while my husband kept me company. Next to being with my children this is one of my most favorite things to do- I love working in the kitchen with Aron right near by. I love our conversations. Sometimes they are poignant and sometimes they border on the ridiculous. I also love our silences. It’s quiet and relaxing but I know that he is there. He will get better… it may not be soon, but he will get better. In the meantime, maybe we can share a few more of these lovely moments. Continue reading →
A Surprise! Raspberry Almond Cake with Buttercream Frosting
If there were ever a week to bake a yummy cake it would have to be this week. My home was visited by a bully of a virus, shingles. Seriously, shingles can be so mean. I had a mild case of it in May, and by June I was losing some hearing in my left ear. The wacky part of this whole story is that my husband came down with a rare form of shingles two weeks ago. His was a more severe case. That shingles is a right bastard, I tell ya. Oh, and for the record my husband and I are not in our eighties. I know you read shingles and then had a vision of me as an eighty year old. I’m not. I’m 35… Okay, I’m 38. Continue reading →
