
Berries for dessert? Sure! So long as they’re sitting on a piece of cake. I appreciate the fresh berries of the season, but when it comes to dessert I need something a little bit more substantial. Cake is always good, but a Pavlova is even better because it lets the berries think …
Published on March 25, 2011

Instead of making the olive oil upside-down cake with nectarines or plums, I decided to use a fruit that was actually in season…strawberries! This recipe is a combination of the olive oil cake (sans olive oil) and a filling and topping I saw on a Chowhound cake. The Chowhound cake called for mascarpone and next [...]
Published on April 4, 2009

I’d been meaning to make a strawberry cake for the past two years — ever since I saw a really good looking one at a gas station/bakery in La Grange, TX. It was baked in a giant sheet pan and was very tall, soft and pink. At first I thought maybe it was a box-based [...]
Published on May 17, 2008