I started the Ugly Duckling Bakery blog in 2021 to share the recipes that I make for my family, ranging from 30 minute weeknight meals to more complicated weekend cooking, baking projects made from scratch, and classic cocktail variations. I realized recently that I identify personally with heirloom tomatoes - my goal isn’t to create recipes that are the equivalent of artificially ripened but tasteless tomatoes we get year-round. We’ll get along if you’d rather eat a tomato that is bursting with summertime flavor but perhaps looks misshapen and imperfect. My tiramisu cake doesn’t look like it came from a commercial bakery, but no one complains about how it tastes.
Any Chocolate Lovers Out There?
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Happy Friday, Reader There are two kinds of people in this world. People who looooooove chocolate. And people who are like, yeah, chocolate's ok, but what about a fruit dessert? Or coconut? Or ... The mister is one of the former. So when I said I wanted to make Claudia Roden's whole orange cake for a dinner last weekend, he asked me to make a second dessert with chocolate. So if you're like him and you'd also choose the macarons with Nutella ganache over a moist, orange cake every time, this list is for you. My 12 Favorite 💜 Chocolate RecipesAll chocolate. All the time.
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Ugly Duckling Bakery
I started the Ugly Duckling Bakery blog in 2021 to share the recipes that I make for my family, ranging from 30 minute weeknight meals to more complicated weekend cooking, baking projects made from scratch, and classic cocktail variations. I realized recently that I identify personally with heirloom tomatoes - my goal isn’t to create recipes that are the equivalent of artificially ripened but tasteless tomatoes we get year-round. We’ll get along if you’d rather eat a tomato that is bursting with summertime flavor but perhaps looks misshapen and imperfect. My tiramisu cake doesn’t look like it came from a commercial bakery, but no one complains about how it tastes.
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