Even though summer is over you can still enjoy these strawberry lemonade cupcakes!

Enjoy the last days of summer (quite literally two days to go) with some blueberry sour cream ice cream!

Looking for pumpkin but not pie to serve for the holidays? Consider this Pumpkin Ricotta Cheesecake, my very own Red Rider BB gun experience.

Everything that you did or didn't want to know about the mysterious ingredient and how to make your own. Get cultured with crème fraîche!

This brioche tart is pastry kin to the delicacy that brought Julia Child to tears. Break out the hankies!

Savor the flavor of cinnamon with this cinnamon milk tart!

For those of you in the need of something to spice up your holiday, enter to win a selection of fall spices from Penzeys!

New York Crumb Cake & the importance of sharing.

With a mini Brooklyn Bridge in the background, this crumb cake is in a New York State of mind.

I ♥ NY Cupcakes! My IC challenge entry. This month's theme is a savory cupcake. All I could think of was bagels. And what is more NY than a bagel that has a dream of becoming a cupcake. NY, a place where impossible dreams come true!

Check your "glorified chocolate pudding thrown in a tart shell" at the door. This chocolate & coconut cream tart will blow your mind!

Does cheesecake float? Find the answer, & a recipe for Ricotta Cheesecake with Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta, Whipped Cream, & Strawberries here!

What to do with this cherry? I say cover it in chocolate and stuff it in a cupcake! Click to see a recipe for Cherry Midnight Cupcakes.

In the mood for lemon meringue, but not a pie? Try these lemon poppy seed meringue surprise cupcakes!

Who knew that delicious, homemade ice cream could be so easy? And what better to go with it than chocolate and strawberries?

Double-Shot Espresso Brown Butter Cupcakes. Topped with Caramel Espresso Buttercream, they'll keep you up for a week!

Want to know why Dorie Greenspan's book is a bestseller, check out this cake.

Just can’t eat another doughnut? Check out the Spoon! Desserts section of this Recipe Round-Up for a revolutionary idea.

Kick Strawberry Shortcake in the pants with an outside-the-box cookie recipe. Check out the rest of the round-up while your at it!

A round-up of recipes from last week including decorative cookies!

Take your Kugelhopf up a notch with a brown butter soak!

Need some ideas on what to have for dessert (among other things) on Thanksgiving? Check this out!

Forgive my tardiness, but I was overcome with election mania. That said, Rugelach was a winner for me, especially with sugared pecans!

Yeasted breads can make you feel like a magician. Try this festive bread for any holiday celebration.

Here's my go at this week's TWD Chocolate Chocolate Cupcakes.

Yes, it's kinda fruity, and yes, you're venturing into umbrella-drink territory; but we're at the dawn of summer—it's okay to put on your flowered shirt and relax a little bit. A Painkiller can help you shake out whatever winter stiffness remains, and prepare you for the long, hot months ahead. More

A three-layered delight consisting of a coconut-chocolate base topped with a rich custardy buttercream and then finished off with a layer of bonus chocolate on top? Yes please. More

Instead of flipping endless pancakes while everyone else eats, please a crowd with Ina Garten's baked blintz cake: two thin layers of cake surrounding a layer of sweet cheese filling and topped with blueberry sauce. More

Brown sugar cakelets, also known as strawberry shortcake's brunchified cousins, provide an excellent opportunity for you to squeeze more dessert into your day and more strawberries into your summer. I split each cakelet and filled it with a schmear of improvised brown sugar cream cheese frosting and a spoonful of strawberries for a brunch dessert that doesn't feel too terribly over-the-top to indulge in midday. More

Did you know that August is National Brownies at Brunch Month? Don't waste time asking follow-up questions like why this month-long holiday exists. Instead, bake up a batch of brunch-friendly Mimosa Brownies. More

Ricotta is one of the easier cheeses to make at home—it's especially tasty when fresh from the cheesecloth. The single step that makes cheese is adding acid to the milk, be it from lemon juice, vinegar, or buttermilk, in varying proportions. For this recipe you will need a big ol' pot, a non-reactive stirring spoon, a colander lined with cheesecloth, paper towels, butter muslin, or a very clean flour sack dish towel, and a reliable thermometer. It's pretty simple, and you get to call yourself a cheesemaker after. More

Discovering the Pake (a pie baked into a gigantic cake) was something of an epiphany: talk about a way to make pie even awesomer. But it also prompted a question: what else could be applied to pie for an added dimension of delicious? The answer was clear, of course: a cookie dough coating. Introducing: the Pookie, a cookie-coated pie. More

I was truly sold on this cherry clafoutis the next day, when I had a sliver straight out of the refrigerator; the flavor and texture of the custard were best when it was cold. Pitting the cherries takes some time, but otherwise this is truly a lightning-fast batter. More