TBB - Caramel Buns

March 08, 2015 by Monica in Baking, Baking Club, Bread, Sweets, The Baking Bible

It was gooey, and sticky and caramel-y. What more can you ask for after a 2-day baking project.

TBB - Lemon Posset Shortcakes

February 22, 2015 by Monica in Baking, Baking Club, Cookbooks, The Baking Bible, Sweets

Tom and I are celebrating our second wedding anniversary this coming Tuesday. I’m sitting writing those words, and I still cannot believe it’s been already two years since our wedding.

Tradition says that you should give something made out of cotton for your second anniversary, but seriously – whose husband would be excited about new pajamas or a bath robe or bed sheets? I know mine wouldn’t.

TBB - Chocolate Pavarotti with Wicked Good Ganache

February 16, 2015 by Monica in Baking, Baking Club, The Baking Bible

Making this cake was a time for me to go back in time.

I was twenty-something years old, and it was the summer of 1990. It was my first trip to Europe and my first trip to Italy. I was going to finally meet my extended Italian family - Great aunts, uncles, cousins, my grandparents siblings both set of grandparents had over 10 brothers and sisters, so it was a very, long visiting trip.

It was an exciting time for my twenty-year old self.