By Nastassia on May 10, 2012
and the winner is… Krista Simmons BUT Krista is sweet enough to share the cake and I want to help! So I’ve added to the pot and now 3 of you (Krista Simmons, Justin Mak and Kate @ Savour Fare) win a $15 gift certificate each to enjoy coffee and a treat or a couple [...]
Posted in When I'm Not Eating Sweets... |
By Nastassia on May 4, 2012
I have two occasion for celebration today – it is my 3 year bloggiversary and my birthday too! Will you have cake with me? How about Chocolate Cardamom Cake? Deep chocolatey goodness so moist and rich with a slathering of fluffy sweet buttercream with a grated cardamom dusting. You can find this little beauty at [...]
Posted in Sweets in LA | Tagged Bakery Original Farmers Market, Buttercup, Chocolate Cardamom Cake, Comte Thyme Croissant, Roasted Banana Cake, Short Cake Bakery, Short Cake Bakery LA, Short Cake LA |
By Nastassia on April 30, 2012
It is a rare moment when my sweet tooth isn’t in full force, but sometimes I want something savory in the morning. When I get these cravings for salty not sweet a good savory pastry or muffin paired with some crispy bacon or sausange is just the ticket. If you follow me on Instagram (I’m [...]
Posted in Sweet Recipes | Tagged baker street tv, Corn Muffin Recipe, Green Chile Cheddar Corn Muffin, Green Chile Muffin Recipe, muffin mondays |
By Nastassia on April 27, 2012
The Roy Choi Express chugs along this time to A Frame, a modern picnic. This time Cathy and I were joined by our lovely friend and Good Girl Dinette owner Diep. Like our first stop at Chego on this Roy Choy Choo, A Frame desserts blew my mind. Beth on the sweets is a sugar [...]
Posted in Sweets in LA | Tagged A Frame LA, Desserts A Frame, Roy Choi |
By Nastassia on April 23, 2012
This muffin Monday is brought to you by hazelnuts, brown butter and raspberries. Do you like all of these things? I hope you do because they like you! I had left over hazelnut meal from my previous Hazelnut Apple muffins but have not found a good reason to use it again until today. I used [...]
Posted in Sweet Recipes | Tagged Brown Butter Hazelnut Raspberry Muffins, Hazelnut meal recipe, muffin mondays, Raspberry Muffin recipe |
By Nastassia on April 19, 2012
I recently returned from a fabulous four-day stay in the desert. Cool breeze, sun shinning and gorgeous palm trees all around, there really is nothing like the beauty of Palm Springs. Before my visit a friend told me to be sure to stop for the famed desert date shake. As a native Angeleno I was [...]
Posted in Sweets in LA | Tagged Date Shakes, Date Shakes Palm Springs, Hadley's Fruit Orchard |
By Nastassia on April 11, 2012
These buñuelos have stolen my heart. You can find them at Tinto restaurant tucked away in the Saguaro Hotel in Palm Springs. They are an hour and a half drive outside of LA but so worth the trip and a great excuse to visit beautiful Palm Springs. And hey it’s Coachella weekend so why not [...]
Posted in Sweets I Eat When I Travel | Tagged bunuelos, Jose Garces, Tinto Palm Springs, Tinto restaurant |
By Nastassia on April 9, 2012
Can we talk about nutmeg and springtime? I know nutmeg is more of a cozy winter kind of spice but I love nutmeg year round. The flavor of freshly ground nutmeg is magical. It gives sweets that extra wow flavor. You know that extra special something that makes people stop and wonder what that yumminess [...]
Posted in Sweet Recipes | Tagged baking with strawberries, buttermilk muffin recipe, muffin mondays, Strawberry Buttermilk Muffins, Strawberry muffin recipe |
By Nastassia on April 3, 2012
Each month when Food & Wine magazine comes I eagerly flip through the pages and dog-ear all the recipes I want to make. Do I ever make them? Rarely. Not that I don’t want to. I never seem to find the time to get through the ever-growing stack of recipes I want to try. And [...]
Posted in Sweet Recipes | Tagged Cornmeal Almond Cake with Strawberries and Mascarpone, Food & Wine Cornmeal Almond Cake, Food & Wine magazine, March 2012 Food & Wine recipes |
By Nastassia on March 28, 2012
I have recently hopped aboard the Roy Choi Express. Don’t know what the heck I’m talking about? Well let me explain. My dear friend Cathy and I are making our way through the slew of Roy Choi restaurants scattered around West Los Angeles. Why? Well, we like to eat and we like Roy Choi. Having [...]
Posted in Sweets in LA | Tagged Chego Los Angeles, Chego Roy Choi, Desserts at Chego, Pina Krackalada, Rock Yer Road, Roy Choi Desserts, Tres Leches Cake |
